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Assessment Review
Vocab Review for 8th Grade Assessment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment |
| air mass | large body of air of similar pressure, temperature and humidity |
| air pressure | force of air pressing down on surface of the Earth |
| altitude | measure of the height above sea level |
| asexual reproduction | reproduction involving only one parent; produces identical offspring |
| atom | smallest particel of an element that stil retains properties of that element |
| density | the amount of mass in a given volume |
| boiling point | temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas |
| carnivore | meat eating organism |
| herbivore | organism that only eats plants (producers) |
| chemical change | change that results inthe formation of a new substance |
| chemical property | characteristics that displays whan matter underoges a change to a new substnace(s) |
| cholorplast | organelle in plant cells that contians chlorophyll; where photosynthesis occurs |
| climate | long term weather average over a large area |
| cold front | boundary formed when a cold front moves into a warm front |
| commensalism | symbiotic relationship; one organism benefits and other has no effect |
| community | all the different populations that live within a habitat |
| compound | when 2 or more elements are chemically combined |
| concentrated | when a large amount of solute is dissolved in a solvent |
| condensation | changing a gas back to a liquid, occurs when energy is removed |
| conduction | the transfer of heat through direct contact of materials |
| conductor | a material through which electricty/heat can flow |
| consumer | an organism that obatins nutrients by eating other organisms |
| decomposer | an organism that breaks down the remains and wastes of other living things |
| digestion | the breaking down of nutrients into a useable form |
| dilute | a weak solution |
| ecosystem | the living members of a community and the nonliving elements of their environment |
| electric circuit | a complete path through which electrons can flow |
| electrical energy | a form of energy produced by the flow of electrons |
| element | a substance made of all the same types of atoms |
| energy | the ability to do work |
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