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9th Grade
05/15/2012

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define Ecology
Definition
The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
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define Photosynthesis
Definition
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct
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define Respiration
Definition
The action of breathing.
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explain the process of combustion
Definition
Rapid chemical combination of a substance with oxygen, producing heat and light.
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what is Decomposition
Definition
The state or process of rotting; decay
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How do you see colour
Definition
all the colours are being absorbed except one colour that reflects the one colour
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name the color spectrum in order
Definition
red,orange,yellow, and green,blue indigo and violet
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what do coordination of the nervous and endochrine system consist of
Definition
central nervous system cns, peripheral nervous system pns, and the hormonal system
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what is the main energy source
Definition
the sun
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what is reflection
Definition
The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.
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what is refraction
Definition
The fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc., being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density
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define long sighted
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when the person can only focus on far away objects but cannot look at things at a short range
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define Short sighted
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when the person can only look from a short distance but cannot look at far away objects
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label Parts of the eye
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[image]
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label Parts of the ear
Definition
[image]
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difference between a food chain and a food web
Definition
a food chain goes in a straight line and a food web has multiple possibilites of predators
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what are autotrophs?
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they make their own food in a process called photosynthesis
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what is a herbivore?
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a plant eater
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what is a carnivore
Definition
is a meat eater
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what is an omnivore
Definition
it eats both meat and plant
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what is a biotic factor
Definition
a factor that not living e.g. dirt
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what is an abiotic factor
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a living factor e.g.birds
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what is an decomposer
Definition
an organism that eats down a dead organism
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Define energy
Definition
power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, esp. to provide light and heat or to work machines
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