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7th Units 1-12
7th science STAAR Vocabulary
| 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 |
| Atmosphere | |
| Comet | |
| Gravitational Pull | |
| Mass | |
| Meteoroid | |
| Microgravity | |
| Slingshot Effect | |
| Solar Radiation | |
| Solar System | |
| Weight | |
| Asteroid | |
| Ecosystem | |
| Sustainability | |
| Biodiversity | |
| Biome | |
| Population | |
| Primary Succession | |
| Secondary Succession | |
| Climax Community | |
| Pioneer Species | |
| Microhabitat | |
| Organelle | |
| Organ | |
| Organ System | |
| Tissue | |
| Cell | |
| Organism | |
| Nucleus | |
| Mitochondria | |
| Vacuole | |
| Cell Wall | |
| Cell Membrane | |
| Cytoplasm | |
| Function | |
| Structure | |
| Cholorplast | |
| Spontaneous Generation | |
| Mitosis | |
| Cytokinesis | |
| Cell Theory | |
| System | |
| Adaptation | |
| Circulatory System | |
| Respiratory System | |
| Skeletal System | |
| Muscular System | |
| Digestive System | |
| Excretory System | |
| Reproductive System | |
| Integumentary System | |
| Nervous System | |
| Endocrine System | |
| Thermal Energy | |
| Molecule | |
| Organic | |
| Chemical Change | |
| Respiration | |
| Digestion | |
| Carbohydrates | |
| Physical Change | |
| Homeostasis | |
| Stimulus | |
| Internal Stimulus | |
| External Stimulus | |
| Fight or Flight | |
| Phototropism | |
| Geotropism | |
| Traits | |
| Gene | |
| Sexual Reproduction | |
| Asexual Reproduction | |
| Heredity | |
| Dominant Trait | |
| Recessive Trait | |
| Punnett Square | |
| Genotype | |
| Phenotype | |
| DNA | |
| Chromosome | |
| Allele | |
| Natural Selection | |
| Selective Breeding | |
| Dichotomous Key | |
| Exoskeleton | |
| Variation | |
| Adaptation | |
| Camouflage | |
| Migration | |
| Hibernation | |
| Phototropism | |
| Appendages |