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End of Year Science
A Review Stack for the End of Year Exam
Question | Answer |
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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 |