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Kansas Science Assessment Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the smallest complete unit of life | Cell |
| type of reproduction involving only one parent or only one sex cell | Asexual |
| an organism that is made up of many cells | Multicellular |
| type of reproduction involving two different sex cells, sperm and egg | Sexual |
| any change in the environment that an organism reacts to | Stimulus |
| an organism that makes its own food within the cells of its body like a plant | Producer |
| the behavior of an organism when it reacts to a stimulus | Response |
| an organism that must eat or take in another organism for food | Consumer |
| the process in producers where light energy is used to convert carbon dioxide and water to food and oxygen | Photosynthesis |
| layers of gases that surround the Earth | Atmosphere |
| the amount of work performed by a particular force | Energy |
| the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it. | Deposition |
| any structure of behavior of an organism that enables it to survive in its habitat | Adaptation |
| the process by which molecules of water vapor become liquid water. | Condensation |
| small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms | Sediment |
| the process by which water is lost through a plant’s leaves. | Transpiration |
| referring to the forces or conditions within the Earth that cause movements of the crust. | Tectonic |
| the spinning motion of Earth or any planet on it axis | Rotation |
| type of rock formed from cooled magma or lava | Igneous |
| the movement an object around the sun | Revolution |
| type of rock formed from the compaction of sediments over millions of years | Sedimentary |
| the path a planet or moon follows as it revolves around another object. | Orbit |
| type of rock formed from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions. | Metamorphic |
| the result of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis | Season |
| the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another | Convection |
| the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment. | Independent Variable (Manipulated Variable) |
| the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment | Dependent Variable (Responding Variable) |
| a factor that can change in an experiment | Variable |
| the transfer of heat between materials that are touching. | Conduction |
| smallest particle of matter | Atom |
| when 2 or more atoms are chemically combined. | Molecule |
| when 2 or more different kinds atoms are combined | Compound |