Living Systems
What is the difference between a vascular plant and a nonvascular plant?
Vascular plants have veins and grow up
Nonvascular do not have veins and grow outward
What is the name of the scientist who studies fossils?
Paleontologist
What type of storm forms over the ocean?
Hurricane
What causes the phase of matter to change from a solid to a liquid to a gas?
Heating / Melting / Boiling
How is a hypothesis written?
As an If/Then statement
What is the difference between a behavioral and structural adaptation?
Behavioral is something they do
Structural happens to their body
What is it called when rocks break apart?
What is called when it is moved by wind/water/etc.?
Weathering
Erosion
How does sleet form?
Below 32 degrees drops of rain freeze as they fall.
Describe what the particles are like in a solid.
They are packed very tightly together, moving very slowly.
What the difference between a conductor and an insulator?
Conductor allows electricity to pass through and an insulator does not.
Name 3 vertebrates and 3 invertebrates
Answers will vary
Name all three types of rocks - tell me how to get each one.
Metamorphic - Heat & Pressure
Igneous - Cool & Hardens
This tool is used to measure the speed of the wind.
Anemometer
What is the difference between a mixture and a solution?
Mixture can be separated
Solution can not be separated - one substance dissolves in the other.
What are the three variables in an experiment? Explain them.
Independent - I change
Dependent - Data
Control/Constant - Stays the same
What is taken in during photosynthesis? What is pushed out?
Sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water are taken in
Sugar and oxygen are pushed out.
Name all four layers of the earth going from the inside, out.
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
The amount of moisture in the air is the _______
Humidity
Name all three charges of the atom
Proton - positive
Neutron - neutral
Electron - negative
What is the difference between a series and a parallel circuit?
Series- all on one circuit - one bulb goes out, they all go out
Parallel-two or more connected circuit - so if one bulb goes out, the others can still stay lit.
What are the two organelles a plant cell has that an animal cell does not have?
What are their functions?
Chloroplast - captures sunlight
Cell Wall - protects plant cell
Name all three types of plate boundaries and explain what direction each of them are going.
Divergent - Separate
Convergent - Collide
Transform - Slide Past
When cold air pushes into an area of warmer air _________ forms.
A cold front
Atom is to element
__________ is to compound
Molecule
What is the difference between an observation and an inference? Give an example of each
Observation - uses your five senses
Inference- uses your common sense
Examples will vary