Chapter 1: Water
What is runoff?
Runoff is precipitation that flows over the surface of the soil instead of soaking in.
What are the best type of places for a fungus to grow? (You can pick more than one)
A. dry B. warm C. cold D. moist
Both B and D - warm and moist
What is the jelly-like substance found inside cells that contain organelles called?
Cytoplasm
A measure of the amount of matter of an object is called:
Mass
What is the pivot point on which a lever rotates?
Folcrum
What is the part of a microscope called that you look into?
An eyepiece
What is a seedling?
What is a segment of DNA located in the chromosome that, along with other things, controls specific traits?
A gene
What is the formula to find area?
Area = length x width
What are devices called that make tasks easier?
Simple machines
Draw the process of photosynthesis on the white board - make sure to include the THREE things that go into it and TWO things that come out of it.
Photosynthesis is the process that allows green plants to make SUGARS from SUNLIGHT, WATER, AND CARBON DIOXIDE and that releases OXYGEN into the atmosphere.
What is the name for a fleshy, spore-producing growth of certain fungi?
A mushroom
Name the three main stages of the cell cycle.
Interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis
Name the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit AND Celsius
F: 32degrees C: 0degrees
What is the formula for speed?
speed = distance/time
Name the 4 elements that are most abundant in living things.
oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
What insect transmits the disease, malaria, to humans?
A mosquito
Name one way plant cells differ from animal cells.
Plant cells have cell walls, chloroplast and animal cells don't. Plant cells are shaped like boxes, animal cells are irregular.
What is the formula for volume?
Name the three different classes of levers.
First class, second class, third class
Draw the water cycle on the white board - make sure to include all FOUR parts.
Name TWO ways that humans sometimes interfere with the life cycle of a salmon.
Building dams, roads, etc. fishing, pollution
Label the drawing Ms. Hannah draws on the board with the following: CELL WALL, CELL MEMBRANE, NUCLEUS, DNA
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Deci-
The speed of a bike is traveling 91 miles in 7 hours is going ________.
13mph