Question | Answer |
the smallest complete unit of life | Cell |
type of reproduction involving only one parent or only one sex cell | Asexual |
an organism that is made up of many cells | Multicellular |
type of reproduction involving two different sex cells, sperm and egg | Sexual |
any change in the environment that an organism reacts to | Stimulus |
an organism that makes its own food within the cells of its body like a plant | Producer |
the behavior of an organism when it reacts to a stimulus | Response |
an organism that must eat or take in another organism for food | Consumer |
the process in producers where light energy is used to convert carbon dioxide and water to food and oxygen | Photosynthesis |
layers of gases that surround the Earth | Atmosphere |
the amount of work performed by a particular force | Energy |
the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it. | Deposition |
any structure of behavior of an organism that enables it to survive in its habitat | Adaptation |
the process by which molecules of water vapor become liquid water. | Condensation |
small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms | Sediment |
the process by which water is lost through a plant’s leaves. | Transpiration |
referring to the forces or conditions within the Earth that cause movements of the crust. | Tectonic |
the spinning motion of Earth or any planet on it axis | Rotation |
type of rock formed from cooled magma or lava | Igneous |
the movement an object around the sun | Revolution |
type of rock formed from the compaction of sediments over millions of years | Sedimentary |
the path a planet or moon follows as it revolves around another object. | Orbit |
type of rock formed from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions. | Metamorphic |
the result of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis | Season |
the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another | Convection |
the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment. | Independent Variable
(Manipulated Variable) |
the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment | Dependent Variable
(Responding Variable) |
a factor that can change in an experiment | Variable |
the transfer of heat between materials that are touching. | Conduction |
smallest particle of matter | Atom |
when 2 or more atoms are chemically combined. | Molecule |
when 2 or more different kinds atoms are combined | Compound |