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(PLANTS) begin...
What are two ways in which animals reproduce? |
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| What do all living things need in order to survive? |
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| ENERGY-WATER-FOOD-A PLACE TO LIVE |
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| What are the 6 characteristics of all living organisms? |
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| All organisms: ARE MADE OF CELLS, USE ENERGY, REPRODUCE, RESPOND, GROW, AND DEVELOP |
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| Name the 5 groups of animals with backbones |
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| “Farm B” FISH-AMPHIBIANS-REPTILES-MAMMALS-BIRDS |
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| How are all animals classified? |
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| VERTEBRATE or INVERTEBRATE |
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| Animals are heterotrophs. What does that mean? |
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| THEY GET THEIR ENERGY FROM EATING PLANTS OR OTHER ANIMALS |
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| Fish are cold-blooded. What is it also called? |
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| What are warm-blooded animals called? |
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| What are the special features that enable an animal to survive its environment? |
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| Which two organelles do plant cells have but animal cells do not have? |
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CELL WALLS
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CHLOROPLASTS
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| Name the eight groups of invertebrates |
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• SPONGES
• FLATWORMS
• MOLLUSKS
• ARTHROPODS
• CNIDARIANS
• ROUNDWORMS
• ANNELIDS
• ECHINODERMS
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| Animals that are plant eaters ONLY are called |
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| Animals that eat meat ONLY are called |
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| Which type of circulatory system moves blood around the body in a series of vessels? |
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| Name the four stages of complete metamorphosis |
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1. EGG
2. LARVA
3. PUPA
4. ADULT
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| What is the name of the two-word naming system Linnaeus used |
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| Which two levels did Linnaeus use |
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GENUS and SPECIES
Example: humans are (homo-sapiens)
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| Name the 7 classification levels used to classify all organisms? |
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| 1.KINGDOM 2.PHYLUM 3.CLASS 4.ORDER 5.FAMILY 6.GENUS 7.SPECIES |
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| Which level is the broadest with the most organisms? |
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| How many groups are there in the Kingdom level? Name them. |
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FIVE GROUPS…
1. PLANT
2. ANIMAL
3. FUNGI
4. PROTIST
5. MONERA
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| What are two characteristics from each of the five kingdoms? |
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PLANT-
1. made of many cells
2. make their own food
ANIMAL-
1. made of many cells
2. must get energy eating other organisms
FUNGI-
1. one cell or many cells
2. cannot make their own food
PROTIST-
1. one-celled w/ a nucleus
2. simple, many celled
MONERA-
1. all bacteria belong here
2. one-celled w/out a nucleus
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| Name some fungi diseases that harm plants |
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• GRAIN MOLD
• CORN SMUT
• WHEAT RUST
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| Name three processes that take place in the leaves of plants? |
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1. PHOTOSYNTHESIS
2. TRANSPIRATION
3. RESPIRATION
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| Which part of the plant is where reproduction takes place? Name the female and the male parts. |
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REPRODUCTION TAKES PLACE IN THE FLOWER
• MALE PART
(STAMEN)
• FEMALE PART
(PISTIL)
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| Which type of reproduction involves only one parent and results in identical offspring? |
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| What are the 4 stages of the life cycle for all flowering plants? |
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1. GERMINATION
2. PLANT DEVELOPMENT
3. FERTILIZATION
4. SEED PRODUCTION
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| What is the movement of plants in response to stimuli called? Name three of them. |
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TROPISMS
1. PHOTOTROPISM (light)
2. GRAVITROPISM (touch)
3. THIGMOTROPISM (gravity
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(PLANTS) end...
Name the two types of seed plants. |
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1. ANGIOSPERMS (flowering plants and seed within a fruit)
2. GYMNOSPERMS (cone-bearing and “naked” seeds)
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(WEATHER) begin...
Because warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools as it goes up, what type of current is set up in the atmosphere? |
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CONVECTION
the movement of thermal energy in a gas or a liquid |
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| Name the three convection regions in our northern hemisphere. (these are also known as our climate zones) |
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1. TROPICAL
2. TEMPERATE (we live in the temperate)
3. POLAR |
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| What is the condition of Earth at a certain time and at a certain place known as? |
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What is the study of weather known as?
What would you call someone who studies the weather? |
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METEROLOGY is the study of weather.
METEROLOGISTS are people who study the weather |
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What gas makes up most of the air in our atmosphere?
About how much of that gas is present in the air we breathe? |
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NITROGEN
makes up most of the air we breathe
78% of the air is made of N |
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What are the layers of gases surrounding the Earth called?
Which layer do we live in? |
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ATMOSPHERE
We live in the bottom layer where 99% of the weather occurs called the TROPOSPHERE |
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| Name the 5 layers of our atmosphere, beginning with the lowest altitude. |
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1. TROPOSPHERE
2. STRATOSPHERE
3. MESOSPHERE
4. THERMOSPHERE
5. EXOSPHERE |
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Name the instrument and give the units for recording:
1. wind speed
2. temperature
3. air pressure
4. humidity |
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1. ANEMOMETER (mph) or knots
2. THERMOMETER (C°or F°)
3. BAROMETER (inches or millibars)
4. HYGROMETER (%) |
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| What happens to the air pressure as we gain altitude? |
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| AIR PRESSURE DECREASES (that's why the weather balloon gets bigger until it bursts.) |
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| Which layer of the atmosphere has the highest air pressure? |
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| TROPOSPHERE where we live |
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Which layer of the atmosphere is where we normally see meteors burn up? |
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Name the part of the stratosphere where oxygen is found as O3.It also blocks harmful UV rays. |
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Which type of pressure system indicates stormy or changing weather? |
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| Name the three main cloud shapes and their characteristics. |
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1. CUMULUS...puffy, white, fair weather clouds
2. STRATUS... layers, low altitude, fog
3. CIRRUS... high, ice-crystal clouds, wispy |
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| What are the two types of mechanical energy? |
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KINETIC... object in motion
POTENTIAL... stored energy because of its position |
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| What does an electric current flowing through a wire wrapped around an iron core form? |
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| What is made when a magnet rotates around coils of wire or when coils of wire are rotated around a magnet? What is the machine called? |
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| ELECTRIC CURRENT made by a GENERATOR |
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| Name three ways HEAT can be transferred. |
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1. CONDUCTION
2. CONVECTION
3. RADIATION |
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| Which type of heat transfer takes place in the currents of water or the currents of air in the atmosphere? |
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| Which type of heat transfer takes place when you walk on hot sand, touch a hot potato, and eat a hot piece of pizza? |
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| CONDUCTION because you "touch the heat source" |
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| What is the equation to find out how much work is done? |
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| Which type of electrical circuit has only one path for the electrons to follow? |
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| SERIES like some lights at Christmas time |
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