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Full Out Exam Study! (Science Ed.)
All you need to know for Mr. Guthrie's eighth grade science exam.
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Science
8th Grade
12/13/2010

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What are the four types of leaf Margins?
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Entire, toothed, double-toothed, and lobed
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What is an autotroph?
Definition
Plants who can make their own food
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What are the two types of vein pattern?
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Pinnate and Palmate
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What are the two types of leaf arrangements?
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Alternate and opposite
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What are the two types of compound leaves?
Definition
Pinnate and Palmate
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What are the three types of leaf?
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Simple, Compound, double-compound
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What goes into a plant to make energy?
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Light, water, nutrients, carbon dioxide
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Tell me how to use a microscope.
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Don't touch the lenses, be careful when focusing(not to close), start on low power and adjust the light.
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Tell me how to care for a microscope.
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Carry it with both hands, roll up the cord when you are done, cover with the plastic cover
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When was glass invented?
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2000 B.C.
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What is the function of the body tube on a microscope?
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It holds the lenses in place at the proper distance from each other
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Where are the objective lens located?
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At the bottom of the body tube closest to the object being examined.
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What is the function of the stage?
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To hold the examined specimon in place.
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What does the nosepiece do?
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It is what rotates the objective lens.
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What does oculus mean?
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eye
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What are the ocular lens?
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The lens system near the top of the body tube.
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What is a slide?
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A piece of glass that the speciman is put on
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What are stage clips?
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Clips that hold the slide in place
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What is the diaphragm?
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It controls the amount of light that shines up through the body tube.
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