Transcript xavier martinez Vocab Flash Slides Units 1-4

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By: Xavier Martinez
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What is scientific inquiry?
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Scientific Inquiry
• Definition: asking
questions about the
world
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What is the scientific method?
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Scientific Method
• Definition: organized
way of solving
problems
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What is a hypothesis?
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Hypothesis
• Definition: an
educated guess; “ I
think…because”
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What is an independent
variable?
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Independent Variable
• Definition: what the
scientist changes
What is a dependant variable?
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Dependent Variable
• Definition: the
results that change
What is a control/constant?
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Control/Constant
• Definition: what the
scientist keeps the
same
What is mass?
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Mass
• Definition: how
many grams an
object weighs
What is volume?
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Volume
• Definition: the
amount of space an
object takes up
What is density?
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Density
• Definition: the mass
of an object
compared to its
volume (mass
divided by volume);
if an object’s density
is more than 1, it
sinks and if an
object’s density is
less than 1, it floats
What is a species?
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Species
• Definition:one kind
of organism that
have similar
What is a kingdom?
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Kingdom
• Definition: the most
general way of
organizing living
things into 5 major
groups (animals,
plants, Protista,
Monera, fungi
What is an ecosystem?
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Ecosystem
• Definition: all of the
living and non-living
things in an
enviroment
What is photosynthesis?
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Photosynthesis
• Definition: the
process that plants
use the sun to make
their own food in
chloroplasts
What are producers?
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Producers
• Definition:
organisms that
make their own
energy (plants)
What are consumers?
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Consumers
• Definition:
organisms that eat
others for energy
What is a food web?
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Food Web
• Definition: diagram
showing all the
feeding relationships
among producers,
consumers, and
decomposers in an
ecosystem (ARROW
POINTS TO
EATER!)
What is an energy pyramid?
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Energy Pyramid
• Definition: diagram
showing the amount
of energy flowing
through an
ecosystem with
more at the bottem
producers
What is a cell?
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Cell
• Definition: the basic
unit of life
What is a nucleus?
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Nucleus
• Definition: the
control center of the
that has all genetic
material
What is mitosis?
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Mitosis
• Definition: the
control division
process that makes
exact copies of body
cells
What is meiosis?
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Meiosis
• Definition: the
process that makes
four sex cells with
half as many
chromosomes
What is asexual reproduction?
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Asexual Reproduction
• Definition: a method
that produces
offspring identical to
the parent
What is fertilization?
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Fertilization
• Definition: the
joining of male
sperm and female
egg cells
What are genes?
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Genes
• Definition: tiny parts
of DNA that give
instru
What are inherited traits?
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Inherited Traits
• Definition:
What are adaptations?
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Adaptations
• Definition:
What is natural selection?
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Natural Selection
• Definition:
What is evolution?
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Evolution
• Definition: