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End of Year Science
A Review Stack for the End of Year Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to change in order to fit a new situation or use | adapt |
| to study something by breaking it down into simpler parts | analyze |
| to group things together because they share one or more properties | classify |
| an answer to an experimental question based on observation or the study of data | conclusion |
| a condition that is not changed in a scientific experiment | constant |
| an organism that feeds on other organisms because it cannot make its own food | consumer |
| a scientific investigation in which there is only one variable and all other conditions are kept constant | controlled experiment |
| information such as that gathered from an experiment | data |
| a community that includes all the living and non-living things in an environment and the relationships between them | ecosystem |
| everything that surrounds an organism and influences it | environment |
| a procedure that is carried out to investigate a scientific question | experiment |
| the process by which seeds swell up and sprout | germination |
| a place that an organism lives | habitat |
| a prediction about how an experiment my turn out based on research or observation done before doing the experiment | hypothesis |
| any living thing | organism |
| the process by which green plants use energy from the sun to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen | photosynthesis |
| anything that spreads harmful or unpleasant substances into the air, water, or ground | pollutant |
| a set of steps that explain how to do something | procedure |
| an organism that can make its own glucose through the process of photosynthesis | producer |
| the process in which ALL organisms use oxygen to burn glucose in order to release the energy | respiration |
| an organism that eats dead organisms | scavenger / decomposer |
| a part of an experiment that is changed | variable |
| an animal that eats other animals | secondary consumer |
| an animal that eats plants | primary consumer |
| List some ways that animals depend on plants. | nutrients (glucose), oxygen, possibly shelter |
| List some ways some plants depend on animals. | pollination, seed dispersal |
| List some non-living parts of an ecosystem. | air, sunlight, water, the sand part of soil (Remember: dead things are not non-living parts of the environment.) |
| Name the poles of any magnet. | positive (+) and negative (-) |
| How many poles do most magnets have? | two |
| What material is attracted by magnets? | iron (also cobalt and nickel) |
| What happens when opposite poles (+-) of magnets are brought together? | They attract. |
| What happens when like poles (++) (--) of magnets are brought together? | They repel. |
| What will happen to a coil of wire if electricity is passed through it? | It will become an electromagnet. |
| What is the best way to increase the strength of an electromagnet? | add more coils of wire |
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