Chemical Reactions
Bubbles forming is evidence of what being produced?
Gas
The process where plants make thier own food
photosynthesis
This season comes after winter and before summer
Spring
What organ absorbs most nutrients into the bloodstream?
The small intestine.
A community of living and nonliving things interacting in one area is called
an ecosystem
A reaction that releases heat is reffered to as an....
exothermic reaction
Plants use this energy from this to power photosynthesis.
Sunlight
List the 2 dates for the math MCAS
May 5th, May 7th
What tiny finger-like structures increase surface area for absorption?
Villi.
An organism that makes its own food is called
a producer
If mass seems to disappear, it is usually beacause gas is ______ a system.
escaping
This gas from the air is used by plants during photosynthesis.
Carbon Dioxide
The line that divides the Earth into 2 halves and gets more direct sunlight in the spring is called
The Equator
What do complex carbohydrates (starches) break down into?
Glucose.
All matter is made up of these tiny particles
Atoms
This sugar is made by plants as food
Glucose
This Earth focused holiday is celebrated on April 22nd.
Earth Day
Where in the body does gas exchange occur?
In the alveoli of the lungs.
When one organism hunts another for thier own benefit, they are called ______.
Predators
Can atoms be created, or destroyed?
YES or NO
NO
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This is the process plants use to release energy from stored glucose
cellular respiration
Daylight _________ during spring.
(Increases or decreases).
Increases.
Why is M’Kenna (the girl from the case study) tired and weak?
Her small intestine doesn’t absorb enough nutrients, so her cells don’t get enough energy.
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Often used to describe complex relationships in an ecosystm, this is what we call the path that energy takes as organisms eat one another.