7th STAAR Unit 1-4 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Preventative Safety Equipment | Equipment, such as goggles, used to prevent accidents from happening in the lab |
Emergency Safety Equipment | Equipment, such as fire blankets or eye washes, used when there is an emergency in the lab |
Procedures | Steps to follow |
Photosynthesis | The process where plants transform radiant energy from the sun in to chemical energy in glucose |
Chlorophyll | The pigment that gives plants it's green color. |
Stomata | The place on a plant where gas exchange takes place |
Transpiration | Plants release water vapor into the atmosphere |
Chloroplast | the part of a plants cell where photosynthesis takes place |
Glucose | A simple sugar made by plants during photosynthesis |
Trophic Level | A level in a food web where all organisms have the same role |
biomass | the total amount of living organisms (plants and animals) in an area |
Producer | organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis |
Consumer | Organisms that must eat other organisms to get energy |
Decomposer | organisms that break down dead plants and animals and put nutrients back into the soil |
Respiration | The process where plants turn glucose into usable energy |
Turgor Pressure | The amount of fluid in plant cells that give a plant its stiffness |
Geotropism | A plants response to gravity |
Work | A force acting through a distance (causing movement) |
Joule | A unit of measurement for work |
Newton | A unit of measurement for Force |
Catastrophic Event | An event, such as a hurricane or tornado, that causes extensive damage to ecosystems and humans |
drought | A long period of little to no rainfall |
Earthquake | Faults in the earth collide and release pressure |
tsunami | A very large wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean |
flood | A large amount of water filling or moving in areas beyond where it normally would be |
hurricane | An ocean storm with violent winds and rain |
Tornado | a destructive funnel of violently rotating winds |
Volcano | A mountain or hill with an opening where lava can escape |
Wildfire | a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly |
Ecoregion | an area that has similar land, soil, and species characteristics |
weathering | The breaking down of rocks |
erosion | The carrying away from sediments |
deposition | The dropping of sediments after they have been carried a distance |
processes | actions or steps |
reshape | shape differently; change |
Environment | An area with both living and non living components |
watershed | An area where waters from different areas flow in to a larger body of water |
aquifer | a permeable rock area below ground which can carry water |
groundwater | water underground |
porosity | the ability to absorb fluids |
permeability | the ability to allow liquids to flow through |
percolation | The slow movement of liquid through an object |
pollution | the introduction of something that is poisonous or harmful to an environment |
infiltration | small groups or things moving into an area |
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