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Science Review 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acid | Substance that dissolves rock |
| Adaptation | Changes that help an organism survive and reproduce |
| Agricultural | Having to do with farming |
| Aquatic | Having to do with water |
| Aquifer | Underground water storage |
| Asexual Reproduction | Reproduction by one parent |
| Beach | Area along the shore covered with weathered rock bits |
| Biodiversity | A variety of living things |
| Biomass | Living or once living matter |
| Biome | Specific location with specific climate, plants, and animals |
| Canyon | Area carved into the earth's surface by river erosion |
| Catastrophe | Any misfortune, in this case, a sudden disaster |
| Chemical Weathering | Acid rain or oxidation |
| Chromosomes | Structures that hold the DNA (genes) |
| Climax Community | Final, stable stage of ecological succession |
| Compost | Decaying matter (Temp. increases during process) |
| Condensation | Water turning from vapor to liquid |
| Consumer | An organism that eats other things for energy |
| Contraction | Shortening |
| Delta | Area of deposition caused by the slowing of water |
| Deposition | Drops off eroding material |
| Dichotomous key | Used to identify items with paired statements |
| Dissolution | Break apart-usually in liquid |
| Dominant Trait | Feature that is seen in organism (phenotype). Represented by a capital letter |
| Downstream | Further in the direction the water flows |
| Dune | Build up of sand or other material due to the wind |
| Earthquake | Movement caused by plate tectonic |
| Ecological Succession | Gradual changes to an ecosystem over time |
| Ecoregion | A specific region with specific plants, animals, and climate |
| Ecosystem | All the biotic and abiotic features in a particular area |
| Energy Pyramid | Model showing energy movement in an ecosystem |
| Erosion | Moving of weathered material |
| Evacuated | Moved to another area |
| Evaporation | Change of state from liquid to gas |
| Excessive | Too much |
| Expansion | Increase in amount or size |
| Exposed | Showing, visible |
| Extensions | Parts that stick out past the body |
| External | Outside |
| Extremely | A lot |
| Fertilizer | Chemicals used to increase plant growth |
| Flood | Too much water with nowhere to go to |
| Food Chain | A chain showing the food source to a consumer |
| Food Web | Shows overlapping food chains |
| Formation | Something created e.g. cliff or canyon |
| Gene | DNA, determines traits of an offspring |
| Geoligist | Scientist who studies rocks and minerals |
| Geotropism | Plant growth in response to gravity |
| Germinate | Begin to grow |
| Glacier | Huge mass of ice |
| Gradient | Scale that goes up |
| Habitat | Where a particular organism lives |
| Heredity | Passing on of traits from parents to offspring |
| Hurricane | Huge area of low pressure, giant storm |
| Impact | Hit |
| Ingesting | Take in |
| Intensity | How strong or weak something is |
| Internal | Inside |
| Mechanical Weathering | Ice wedging, heating and contracting, plant roots, mass wasting |
| Mountain | Built up pile of rocks |
| Mudslide | Self-Explanatory |
| Natural Selection | Breeding without human interference |
| Negative | Opposite of; not good |
| Nucleus | Structure in cell the holds chromosomes (like the brains!) |
| Nutrient | Organic matter that provides needed materials for an organisms |
| Percolation | Movement of water down through soil and rock |
| Phenomenom | Event |
| Photosynthesis | Process by which plants make sugar |
| Phototropism | Plant growth in response to light |
| Pioneer Organism | First organism in an area |
| Pollutant | Something bad for the environment |
| Positive | Good |
| Precipitation | Water falling from the sky in any form |
| Primary Succession | The first stage of succession. It's basically rock |
| Producer | Plant |
| Recessive trait | Not expressed trait. Represented by a lowercase letter |
| Response | Reaction to a stimulus |
| Run-off | Water moving downhill |
| Saffir-Simpson scale | Rates the intensity of Hurricanes |
| Saturation | Completely full |
| Secondary Succession | The second stage of succession. It begins with soil |
| Sediment | Broken down substances that have settled somewhere |
| Selective Breeding | Human interference in the breeding process |
| Sexual Reproduction | Reproduction that requires two parents |
| Stimulus | An action that causes a response |
| Sustainability | Continues on and on |
| Tornado | Vortex of wind |
| Tributaries | Smaller streams that feed into larger streams |
| Turgor Pressure | Water pressure that help keep the plant upright |
| Volcano | Location where molten rock emerges from the earth |
| Water Table | Water level underground |
| Watershed | Land area that provides run-off for a river |
| Weathering | Breaking down of rocks by mechanical or chemical means |
| 3 examples of Mechanical Weathering | Freezing, Thawing, Wind Erosion, Wave Erosion, Heating and Contraction, Plant Roots, Gravity |
| 1 type of Chemical Weathering | Acid Rain, Oxidation |
| Why are adaptations necessary? | Survival and Reproduction |
| Which carries more sediment, Fast Streams, or Slow Streams | Fast Streams |
| What is the correct scientific term for downward movement of water through pores and spaces in the ground | Percolation |
| What is the function of roots? | Store Water, Absorb Nutrients and Water |
| What is the function of leaves? | Make food |
| Which way should the arrows point in a food chain or food web? | Toward the organism getting the energy (toward the eater) |
| 3 ways humans affect the environment | Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Land Pollution |
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