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Science Domain 1
4-8 teacher cert
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| measures temperature | Thermometer |
| measures atmospheric pressure | Baramoter |
| measures speed of wind | Anemometer |
| measure resistance | Ohmmeter |
| measures the water vapor content of the atmosphere | Hygrometer |
| element that is constant and unchanged | Control variable |
| something made by or repeating | Replication |
| statement based on repeated experiments or observations that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena | Scientific law |
| aspect of the natural world and universe that can be repeatedly tested and verified | Scientific theory |
| energy that can be made during our lifetime, ex: biomass, solar, wind, tidal, wave, hydroelectric power | Renewable energy |
| natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a quick enough pace to keep up with consumption, ex: oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear energy | Non renewable energy |
| is a smaller or larger physical copy of an object, | Physical model |
| abstractions of things in the real world, whether physical or social. they are concepts which are used to help people know, understand, or simulate a subject the model represents | Conceptual model |
| description of a system using mathematical concepts and language, is the process of developing | Mathematical model |
| a single parent creates 2 identical daughter cells | Mitosis |
| organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations | Genotype |
| set of observable characteristics | Phenotype |
| single celled organisms that do not have a nucleus | Prokayotic |
| have a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles, can be unicellular (protists) or multicellular (fungi, plants and animals) | Eukaryotic |
| change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms | Evolution |
| mechanism, how species change over time due to differential survival and reproduction of individuals | Natural selection |
| balance or equilibrium, to maintain internal stability | Homeostasis |
| cues from within an animal for survival; (hunger, thirst, sleepiness) | Internal stimuli |
| things that are heard, seen, tasted, felt, or smelled | External stimuli |
| living factors in the environment | Biotic |
| physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms | Abiotic |
| consumer that eats only plants | Herbivore |
| secondary consumers, organisms that feed on the flesh of herbivores | Carnivores |
| consumers that eat both plants and animals | Omnivores |
| consumers that get their energy from detritus, or nonliving organic material; the remains of dead organism, feces, fallen leaves, and rotting trees; two important groups to remember are prokaryotes and fungi which are | Detritivores or decomposers |
| organism that can make its own food | Producer |
| organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organism | Consumer |
| organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms | Decomposer |
| organism that feeds on a living host | Parasite |
| eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts | Fungus |
| single celled organism that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes | Bacteria |
| a series of chemical reactions that break down glucose to produce ATP, use as energy for the body | Cellular respiration |
| plants use light energy to create chemical energy, in the chloroplast, and create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar | Photosynthesis |
| only reproduce inside host cells by getting into cells, and replicate | Viruses |
| push or pull on an object with mass that causes it to change its velocity | Force |
| movement of something from its place or position | Displacement |
| distance over time, and scalar | Average Speed |
| displacement over time, vector | Velocity |
| force over mass, vector | Acceleration |
| characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance | Physical properties |
| characteristics ability of a substance to react to form new substance | Chemical properities |
| reversible change, ex: cutting, bending, dissolving, freezing, and melting | Physical change |
| irreversible chemical reaction, ex: rusting, burning (combustion), rotting, and digestion | Chemical change |
| mass over volume | Density |
| liquid turns into gas | Evaporation |
| solid turns into gas | Sublimation |
| water vapors in air turn to liquid, ex: fog on the mirror during shower | Condensation |
| large molecules made of small, repeating molecular building blocks called monomers, ex: rubber, plastic, RNA, and DNA | Polymer |
| the smallest building blocks of matter and make up everything around us | Atom |
| positive charge found in the nucleus, and is also the atomic number | Proton |
| doesn't have a charge found in the nucleus, to find you subtract the atomic number from the mass number | Neutron |
| negative charge and travels around the nucleus, and is also the atomic number | Electron |
| have metals and nonmetals properties, combine to with nonmetals and form a covalent bond | Metalloids |
| electrons in the outermost shell | Valance electron |
| chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions | Element |
| composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients | Compound |
| complete transfer of valence electrons between atoms | Ionic bond |
| chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons | Covalent bond |
| chemical reaction in which energy is released, usually feels hot | Exothermic |
| chemical change in which energy is absorb, usually feels cold | Endothermic |
| stored energy | Potential |
| energy of motion | Kinetic |
| through physical contact | Conduction (thermal energy) |
| through movement of a fluid, like liquids or gases | Convection (thermal energy) |
| without physical contact, such as electromagnetic radiation | Radiation (thermal energy) |
| movement of electrons | Electricity |
| force exerted by magnets when they attract or repeal each other | Magnetism |
| distance between crest to crest of a wave | Wavelength |
| number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time | Frequency |
| map that shows the surface features of an area | Topographic map |
| chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface, ex: wind, rain, and freezing | Weathering |
| processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (moving) | Erosion |
| body of water that is surrounded by land it can be fresh water or salt water | Lakes |
| water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers | Groundwater |
| body of rock or sediment that holds groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater | Aquifer |
| outer layer of the thermosphere, extending outward into space | Exosphere (Endlessly) |
| temperatures increase steadily with altitude | Thermosphere (Twirled) |
| strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core | Mesosphere (Monkeys) |
| extends from 10 to 30 miles up; location of ozone layer; absorbs 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature increases with altitude increase | Stratosphere (Silly) |
| 0-17 km above Earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most atmospheric water vapor. (temperature decreases with increasing altitude, pressure decreases) | Troposphere (The) |
| the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates | Continental drift |
| colliding, lithosphere is destroyed, and forms mountains, volcanoes, trenches, and island | Convergent |
| dividing, lithosphere is formed, and forms rift valleys, spreading ridges, and basin range | Divergent |
| sliding, lithosphere is neither formed or destroyed, and forms earthquakes and faults | Transform |
| remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together | Sedimentary |
| changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions | Metamorphic |
| cooling of molten rock at or below the surface | Igneous |
| moon between the earth and sun | Solar eclipse |
| earth between the moon and sun | Lunar eclipse |
| ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion | Star |
| cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust that forms after a star explodes | Nebulae |
| huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity | Galaxy |
| material deposited in a new spot | Deposition |
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