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EOG Review
Term | Definition |
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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 |