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45 Cards in this Set
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Ecology |
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What is an Ecosystem? |
An ecosystem is a community full of interacting organisms |
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What is Biotic and Abiotic? |
Living and Non-living organisms |
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What are the Biospheres? |
Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere |
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What is biodiversity? |
The variety in life in a particular habitat |
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What is a Biome? What are the Biomes in Canada |
A big or major habitat. Tundra, Boreal Forest, Temperate Forest, Grassland |
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What is biodiversity? Significance to humans? |
Boosts ecosystems productivity |
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Ecological realationships |
Predation, Commensalism, Parasitism, Mutualism |
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What's a producer, consumer, decomposer, scavenger? |
Producer: An organism that creates their own food; Plant. Consumer: An organism that relies for food off other animals or plants. Decomposer: An organism the decomposes dead material. Scavenger: An animal that feeds off of dead animals. |
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What's the difference between a food chain and a food web? |
A food web consists of many food chains where a food chain just follows one path of animals. |
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What's the Carbon cycle? |
Factories release smoke which filters through the air affecting plants and animals; creates fossil fuels which transfer back to the factories. |
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What's cellular respiration and photosynthesis? |
Cellular Respiration: the process that releases energy Photosynthesis: the process where plants take energy from the sun and create oxygen |
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What percent of energy is transferred to the next consumer? |
10% |
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Chemistry |
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What are the 4 postulates of the Particle Theory of Matter |
1.All particles are in motion 2.All particles have a force of attraction 3.All matter is made of particles 4.All particles are pull substances |
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Classification of Matter |
Matter, pure substances, compounds, elements Mixtures, solutions, heterogeneous mixtures, |
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Physical properties |
Malleability, Hardness, Ductility, Lustre, Solubility, Viscosity, Density |
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Chemical properties |
Combustibility, Heat change |
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Physical changes |
Change of state and appearance |
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Chemical changes |
Change of new chemical state |
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Particle Theoriests |
Greeks, John Dalton, William Crooks and J.J. Thompson, Ernest Rutherfurd, Neil Bohr, Chadwick |
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Atomic structure |
Proton, Electron, Neutron |
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Electricity |
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What is a columb |
6.24x10 to the power of 18 |
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How to charge an object |
Friction, Contact, Induction |
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What is electricity |
Static and current |
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Draw circuit diagrams |
know how |
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Ohms law |
V=IR |
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Know how to solve for Voltage, Current, and Resistance in a series |
V=IR |
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Astronomy |
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What is Astronomy |
The study space and celestial objects in space |
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What is Cosmology |
The study of the origin and history of space |
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What is the Big Bang |
Starting with a small singularity, then inflating over the next 13.8 billion years to the cosmos that we know today |
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What is the Red shift |
The displacement of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths |
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Galaxies and shapes |
Spiral galaxy, Barred spiral galaxy, Irregular galaxy, Elliptical galaxy, Ring galaxy |
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Stars characteristics |
Luminosity, Colour, Tempature |
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Stars life cycle |
Nebula-> Protostar-> Red giant-> Planetary Nebula-> White dwarf Nebula-> Massive Star-> Red Super Giant-> Supernova-> Neutron Star or Blackhole |
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Order of planets |
M.V.E.M.J.S.U.N |
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Solstice and Equinox |
Solstice: Summer; June 21: Winter; December 21 Equinox: Spring; March 20: Fall; September 22 |
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Earths Rotation and Revolution |
Rotates every 27 days; Revolution every 365.24 |
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Tides |
Spring tides occur during the full moon and the new moon. During the moon's quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles,causing the bulges to cancel each other. The result is a smaller difference between high and low tides and is known as a neap tide. |
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Lunar Phases |
New moon, Waxing crescent, First quarter, Waxing gibbous, Full moon, Waning gibbous, Third quarter, Waning crescent |
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Lunar Eclipses |
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its shadow |
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Aurora borealis/australis |
The northern and southern lights |
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Retrograde motion |
When planets are moving and it looks like they are stopping and going backwards then forward again |
