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Casteel SOL Review 2
SOL Science Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sepals | The small leaves that form around the developing flower are the: |
| Thomas Edison | Who invented the light bulb: |
| The roots | Which plant part takes in water and nutrients? |
| The stem | Which part supports the plant and allows the movement of water and nutrients? |
| the leaves | Which plant part makes food for the plant? |
| pistil | The seed forms in the female reproductive part of the flower called the |
| stamen | Pollen forms on the ends of the male reproductive parts of the flower called the: |
| pollination | Pollen is transferred from the stamen to the pistil in a process called: |
| spores | Most plants reproduce with seeds, but ferns and mosses reproduce with: |
| photosynthesis | Green plants produce their own food in a process called: |
| water, nutrients, sunlight, carbon dioxide (from the air) and chlorophyll | To produce food, green plants use: |
| chlorophyll | Plants are green because of: |
| dormancy | Many plants enter a period of ______ in the winter, which is similar to hibernation for animals. During this period most of their normal activities stop. |
| habitat | An organism's _____ provides food, water, shelter and space. |
| sun | All energy comes from _____ , and then cycles through the food webs to all of the animals in the community. |
| plants | _______ get energy directly from the sun and use it to make food. |
| producers | Because plants produce their own food, they are called ___________ . |
| consumers | Organisms that get their energy from eating plants or other animals are called: |
| food web | All of the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem make up a: |
| plant | Food chains and food webs always start with a: |
| decomposer | The food chain starts with a producer (a plant) and ends with a: |
| ecosystem | All of the living and nonliving things in an environment make up an: |
| adaptations | All organisms have _________ that allow them to survive in its environment |
| migration, hibernation, instincts, etc | Behavioral adaptations are things that organisms do to survive. Examples of behavioral adaptations are: |
| temperature | The measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere is: |
| humidity | The amount of moisture in the air is: |
| air pressure | The weight of the air causes: |
| air masses | Air circulates around the Earth in big chunks called: |
| a few drops | A milliliter of liquid is: |
| 1 liter | One thousand milliliters equals: |
| quart | A liter is close in volume to a: |
| balance | An instrument used to measure mass is a: |
| 1 gram | The mass of a paperclip or a sheet of paper is about: |
| 1 kilogram | The mass of a book could be about: |
| fingernail | A centimeter is about as long as your: |
| kinetic | Objects in motion have ______ energy. |
| stored | Potential energy is ________ energy. |
| potential energy | Due to the pull of gravity, the higher an object is off the ground, the more ____________ it has. |
| friction | Two objects rubbing together create: |
| heat | Friction resists or stops motion, and creates: |
| closed circuit | Which will light a bulb, an open or closed circuit? |
| conductors. | Electrical energy moves easily through materials that are: |
| metal | Wires are usually made from ____ because it conducts electricity well. |
| insulators | Material like rubber, plastic and wood do not conduct electricity well. They are: |
| electromagnet | If you wrap wire around a nail and run electricity through the wire, you have created an: |
| static electricity | If you rub your feet on the carpet, or rub a balloon on a wool sweater, you may create: |
| electrons | Static electricity occurs when negatively charged _____ are rubbed off of one surface and on to another. |
| static electricity | Benjamin Franklin learned that lightning was a form of electricity. What kind of electricity? |
| rainy weather ahead. | A falling barometer often means: |
| Cumulonimbus | What kind of cloud brings stormy weather, thunderstorms, and sometimes even tornadoes? |
| cumulus clouds | Puffy white clouds that look like cotton balls are: |
| cirrus clouds | High, thin, wispy clouds are: |
| stratus cloud | Which cloud forms a gray blanket over the sky, often bringing steady rain or drizzle? |
| barometer | This instrument measures air pressure is a: |
| anemometer | This instrument measures wind speed: |
| hygrometer | This instrument measures moisture in the air: |
| rain gauge | This instrument measures precipitation: |
| eight | Earth is one of ____ planets that revolve around the sun. |
| third | Earth is the ______ planet from the sun. |
| rocky inner planets | Venus, Mercury, Earth and Mars are the : |
| water and an oxygen rich atmosphere | What does the Earth have that allows it to support life? |
| It blocks out most of the sun's damaging rays. | How does the Earth's atmosphere protect the Earth? |
| the Earth | Ancient Greeks like Aristotle and Ptolemy believed _________ was the center of our solar system, and the planets and the sun revolved around us. |
| sun | Copernicus and Galileo tried to convince the world that ________ was actually the center of the solar system, and all of the planets revolve around it, and not around the Earth. |
| moon | The NASA Apollo missions sent astronauts to the ______ . |
| watershed | About half of Virginia is considered to be in the Chesapeake Bay ________ because the surface water and all of the materials it carries drain into the Chesapeake Bay. |
| forests | Much of Virginia is covered in ______, an important natural resource for Virginia. |
| coal | An important energy resource mined in the southwestern part of Virginia is ________ . |
| reproduction, it makes the seed | What is the role of the flower? |
| Wherever there was a flower | Where do you find fruits on a plant? |
| My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos | How do we remember the order of the planets? |
| Aristotle & Ptolemy | Who incorrectly believed that the Earth was the center of the solar system? |
| carbon dioxide | What gas do plants need for photosynthesis? |
| Oxygen | What gas to plants release during photosynthesis? |
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