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Tropism |
The growth response of plants to their environment due to external stimuli |
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Phototropism |
A plants response to light |
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Geotropism |
A plants response to gravity |
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Dependent Variable |
The outcome, or result of the experiment |
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Independent Variable |
The variable that is being tested, changed |
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Constant |
The materials that stay the same |
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The experimental group |
The group that is being tested |
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The control group |
The group that the experimental group is being compared to |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess on what you think will happen in the experiment |
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Scale |
What you mark on the axes of a graph |
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Interval |
The rate at which the numbers on a graph are changing |
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Range |
The beginning to end number of data |
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What is an IVCDV chart used for? |
To collect all of the data |
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What is quantitative data? |
Numerical data |
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What is qualitative data? |
Data in the form of observations (like smell, sight, etc) |
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What would you use to measure the mass of something? |
A triple beam balance scale |
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What would you use to measure the amount of something in mililiters? |
A graduated cylinder |
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What would you use to measure the temperature of something? |
A thermometer |
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When do you use a bar graph? |
When you're comparing data |
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When do you use a line graph? |
When you're tracking data over a period of time |
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When do you use a pie graph (although this will never be on a quiz)? |
When you're using parts of a whole |
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Equilibrium |
A balance between 2 forces |
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Sustainability |
The length that something can function/sustain |
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Ecosystem |
An environment where biotic and abiotic factors interact |
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Ecology |
The study of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors in environments |
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Microhabitat |
A miniature habitat |
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Biotic |
Living factors |
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Abiotic |
Non living factors |
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Limiting factors |
A factor that limits the success of an environment |
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Biome |
A large naturally occuring habitat |
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Community |
A group of biotic factors working together |
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Population |
One species in an ecosystem |
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Organisms |
One individual from a population |
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Biodiversity |
The variety of life in an environment |
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What is the weather, and land type for the Panhandle plains? |
Around 58 degrees and grassy/gently rolling land |
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What is the weather and land type for the Blackland Prarie? |
Hot summers, cool winters Hilly, rolly land |
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What is the weather and land type for Big Bend? |
Dry and hot Mountains and Basins |
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What is the weather and land type for Pineywoods? |
Rainy and hot Flat with trees |
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What is the weather and land type for the Coastal Plains? |
77 degrees, hot Watery, a slowy drained plateau |
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What is the weather and land type for the South Texas Plains? |
Dry and hot Grassy |
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What is the weather and land type for Hill Country? |
Mild and dry Hilly grassland |
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Why would the bottle biology lab represent a microhabitat? |
Because its a mini habitat and it has abiotic and biotic factors interacting together |
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Xylem |
The system that transports water in a plant |
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Phloem |
The system that transported glucose in a plant |
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Turgor pressure |
The water pressure in plants Opens and closes the guard cells |
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Adhesion |
The attraction of two unlike molecules to each other |
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Cohesion |
The attraction of 2 like molecules to each other |
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Transpiration |
The evaporation of water from the leaves through the stomata |
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Respiration |
The process of a plant "breathing" Opposite of photosynthesis |
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Guard cells |
The cells that guard thw stomata |
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Stomata |
The mouth/opening in a plant |
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Photosynthesis |
The process of turning radiant energy into chemical energy (glucose) in a plant |
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Chlorophyll |
The stuff in a plant that gives it it's color and helps with photosynthesis |
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Chloroplast |
The part in a plant that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis |
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Glucose |
The product of photosynthesis A plants food The raw materials of respiration |
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Indicator |
a substance that indicates the presence of another substance |
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Hot water bath |
A beaker placed in a tub of hot water with test tubes in it |
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What are the 3 basic processes that occur in the leaf of a plant? |
Respiration Transpiration Photosynthesis |
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In photosynthesis what kind of energy transformation takes place? |
Radiant energy to chemical energy |
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What do plants convert sugar to for storage? |
Starch |
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What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis? |
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What adaptations do plant structures have in order to use the process of transpiration? |
The size of their leaf |
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What is the role of the stomata in the process of photosynthesis and transpiration? |
P lets the plant get CO2 T releases excess water |
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What substance exits the leaves through stomatas? |
Water and oxygen |
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What substance enters the leaves through stomatas? |
CO2 and water |
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Compare xylem and phloem |
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What are the raw materials and products of photosynthesis and respiration? |
P water and carbon dioxide, and glucose and oxygen R glucose and oxygen, and water and carbon dioxide |
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In a rainforest, is there gonna be a lot or a little amount of stomatas? |
A lot of stomatas |
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Element |
Matter made of only 1 kind of atom |
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Periodic table |
A table that organizes the elements |
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Organic compound |
A compound with carbon (all life is made up of it) |
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Organic matter |
Matter composed of organic compounds |
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Periods |
The rows in a periodic table |
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Groups |
The columns in a periodic table |
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Neutron |
Uncharged particles that come from the nucleus |
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Electron |
Invisible negatively charged particles |
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Proton |
Positively charged particles in the nucleus |
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Atomic mass |
The weighted average mass of the isotopes of an element |
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Atomic number |
The number of protons and electrons |
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What does APEMAN stand for? |
Atomic number equals protons equals electrons Mass equals atomic.number plus neutrons |
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How do you know if an element has similar properties with another element? |
If they're in the same group |
