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7th STAAR Unit 1-4
STAAR vocabulary for Units 1-4
| 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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