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EOG Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Problem | situation that need to be overcome |
| Hypothesis | a proposed plan to a problem with some evidence |
| Procedure | process to solving a problem |
| Data | statistics collected to analyze |
| Analyze | examine a problem |
| Conclusion | a final interpretation to the problem |
| qualitative | relating to the quality of something rather than quantity |
| Autotroph | organism that produce their food |
| Energy Pyramid | show percentage of ecosystem total energy that is stored at each trophic level |
| Cellular Respiration | process of breaking sugar into a form that cell can use as energy |
| Niche | role of a organism in a ecosystem |
| Ecosystem | all the biotic and abiotic things in a certain place |
| Commensalism | one species benefit and it doesn't affect the other |
| Parasitism | one species benefit and the other is harmed |
| Hydrosphere | all the water on the earth's surface |
| Aquifer | large pool of groundwater |
| Impermeable Soil | soil under an aquifer that does not let water go through it |
| Nitrates | measure level of nitrogen in water |
| Bioindicator | organism used to access ecosystem's health |
| Point Source Pollution | pollution that can be traced to a specific contamination site |
| pH | measure how acidic or basic water is |
| Salinity | number of salts dissolved in a body of water |
| Deep Ocean | the deepest layer in the ocean |
| Chemosynthesis | organism uses chemical to create energy instead of sunlight |
| Wave | the energy from the wind causes the ocean to do this |
| Coriolis Effect | the rotation of the earth causes the ocean to have this effect |
| Tides | the moon's gravity causes the ocean to do this |
| Hydrothermal vent | it is like geyser or hot water but in the ocean floor |
| Solar enegy | energy from the sun |
| Fossil fuel | natural fuel that are coal or gas |
| Geothermal Energy | energy that is heat from earth |
| Renewable resource | resources that can be replaced to use again |
| Hydroelectric energy | energy that is water or waves |
| Wind Energy | creates electricity using the wind |
| Nonrenewable Resource | resources that are used up faster than they can be renewed |
| Law of Superposition | younger layer of soil/rock is on top and the oldest is at the bottom |
| Index Fossil | fossil of organism that are found in rock layer and lice a short part of earth history |
| Sedimentary Rock | rock formed from the particle of sand and other things |
| Igneous Rock | rock formed when magma cools and harden |
| Radiometric Dating | give the relative order of past event by determining the estimated age of geological feature |
| Relative Dating | give the exact order of past events by determining the absolute age of geological feature |
| Absolute Dating | order historical remains in order of their age |
| Evolution | when something happen to an organism that makes it change |
| Taxonomy | naming group of biological organism based on the share of characteristics |
| Phenotype | characteristic of a trait |
| Geologic Time Scale | time line of events that have occurred in earth history |
| Biological Evidence | evidence containing biological material |
| Geological Evidence | evidence of earth's plate tectonic, past climate, and evolutionary history of life |
| Genetic Evidence | evidence that contain gene in biology |
| Epidemic | rise in number of people infected with a disease in the same community |
| Prokaryotic | does not have nucleus |
| Parasite | organism that live in/on a host |
| Bacteria | prokaryotic, unicellular organism that are producer and consumer |
| Pathogen | microscopic organism that cause disease by harming your body |
| Virus | non-living parasite made of nucleic acid and have a protein coat |
| eukaryotic | has a nucleus |
| heterogeneous | mixture that you can tell from each other and separate them |
| chemical change | atom form or break apart and the end product has different property |
| electron | negative electricity |
| physical change | change in which new property are not formed |
| metal | effective conductor of electricity |
| law of conservation of mass | nothing is created nothing is destroyed |
| inhibitor | decrease the rate of chemical change |