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Question | Answer |
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What charge does a proton have? | positive |
What charge does a neutron have? | neutral |
What part of an atom has a negative charge? | electron |
The nucleus of an atom contains what two parts? | protons and neutrons |
Protons + neutrons equal what? | atomic mass |
Most of an atom is ____? | empty space |
The current model of an atom is called | the electron cloud model |
Where do you find protons and neutrons? | in the nucleus |
Where can you find a list of every element that has been discovered? | on the periodic table of the elements |
Where do you find metals on the periodic table? | on the left side |
What makes up the atomic number? | the number of protons in the atom |
What is the equation for Photosynthesis? | Carbon Dioxide + Water Oxygen + Glucose |
What is glucose? | Sugar made by plants |
What is a producer? | Organism that makes its own food |
What is a consumer? | Organisms that cannot make their own food |
What are herbivores? | Organisms that only eat plants |
What are carnivores? | Organisms that only eat meat |
What are omnivores? | Organisms that eat both plants and meat |
What is being passed on in food chains and food webs? | Energy |
What are 2 organelles that plant cells have and animal cells do not? | Cell Wall and Chloroplasts (that are filled with Chlorophyll) |
What is the function of the nucleus in cells? | The brain of the cell, organizes all cell activities |
What is the function of the mitochondria in cells? | The power house of the cell, turn food into energy |
What is the function of the ribosomes in cells? | Protein in the cells |
What is the function of the vacuole in the cells? | Stores waste and water |
What is a chemical change? | New substance is formed, cannot get original substance back |
What is a physical change? | Parts are still the same, just changed form, size |
What is kinetic energy? | Energy of motion |
What is potential energy? | Stored up energy |
Name the fossil fuels | Oil (petroleum), coal, natural gas |
What does ‘Renewable Resource’ mean? | A resource that can be replaced in your life time |
What 2 factors create a Biome? | Temperature and Precipitation |
What biome has the greatest diversity of plants and animals? | Tropical Rainforest |
What is ‘permafrost’? | Ground in the Tundra that is permanently frozen |
What biome do we live in? | Temperate Deciduous Forest |
What is a Coniferous plant? | A tree that does not lose its leaves and has cones |
When the Earth goes around the sun we call this a | Revolution |
The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called | rotation |
Why do we experience seasons? | The Earth is tilted on its axis |
What keeps the moon from floating away? | Earth’s gravity |
Name the planets in order from the Sun | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
Name the wavelengths of the Electromagnetic Spectrum in order from longest to shortest | Radio, Microwaves, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma Ray |
What is the waste product of photosynthesis? | Oxygen |
What is a valence electron? | Electrons in the outmost shell of an atom, they are what causes atoms to interact with other atoms |
Freezing, melting, cutting, breaking, ripping, evaporating, mixing are all examples of ____________ change. | Physical |
Combustion, burning, photosynthesis, rusting are examples of ___ change. | Chemical |
Day and night are caused by | Earth’s rotation |
During photosynthesis, plants take in their energy from the | Sun |