Module 9
Name at least two valid acceleration units. Hint: distance/time.
What is feet/second2
miles/hour2
meters/second2
Made up of the Greek roots for 'Life' and 'Study of', this is the field of study of living organism.
What is 'Biology'?
Pg 305, BTD for Biology.
Most fish use these in order to get oxygen from the water.
What are 'Gills'?
Pg. 350, blue text definition
This is the layer of the Earth that scientist refer to where lie exists on the planet.
What is the 'Biosphere'?
Pg 275, second paragraph
This is the main source of food and energy for cells.
What are 'Carbohydrates'?
Pg 306, The Chemicals for Life section.
How you calculate relative speed when objects travel in different directions.
What is by figuring the sum of their individual speeds?
Microbiology studies these two categories of living creatures.
What are 'Unicellular and Multicellular'?
Pg 311, first paragraph.
Most bony fish have this to keep them from sinking when they stop moving.
What is 'An Air Bladder'?
Pg. 352, first paragraph
These are nonliving components of an ecosystem.
What are 'Abiotic Factors'?
Pg 366, last paragraph
Whales use this form of communication to send soundwaves through water.
What is 'Echolocation'?
Pg. 356, fourth paragraph
The time the rate of change of an object's velocity occurs.
What is Acceleration?
This is the jelly-like material that suspends the rest of the cells major structures.
What is 'Cytoplasm'?
Pg 308, second paragraph
While fish swing by using a side-to-side motion, whale and dolphins use an ____ and ____down motion due to their flukes being oriented top to bottom.
What is 'Up and Down'?
Pg. 356, third paragraph
This is the process of the world recycling all of the Earth's materials to continue supporting life.
What is the 'Biotic Cycle'?
Pg 374, Ecological Cycles section
Living creatures inheriting traits from their parents is known as _________.
What is 'Heredity'?
Pg 328, Genetics section.
The acceleration due to gravity for any object in English units.
What is 32 feet/ second^2?
Most fungi produce these when they reproduce, including common mushrooms and toadstools.
What are 'Spores'?
Pg 315, last paragraph
Sunlight is only able to penetrate water to this depth.
What is '200 meters'?
Pg. 359, second paragraph
This is the process of new life taking over after an area of land is disturbed and undergoes a great change. An example would be after a volcanic eruption.
What is 'Ecological Succession'?
Pg 379, second paragraph
Organisms that make their own food are _______, and organisms that obtain food by eating other organisms are ________.
What are 'Producers and Consumers'?
Pg 367, BWD
This is the reason to one use a reference point to determine whether or not an object is in motion.
What is "It allows you to determine whether or not position changes"?
All cells contain these 4 major elements. (Name at least 2)
What are 'carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen'?
Pg 306, Chemical of Life section.
This is the scientific name for the midnight layer of the ocean.
What is 'The Bathypelagic layer'?
Pg. 337, third paragraph
This is the process of bacteria that use chemicals such as sulfur and nitrogen to produce energy instead of photosynthesis.
What is 'Chemosynthesis'?
Pg 368, think about this section
These organisms obtain their food and energy from dead organisms.
What are 'Saprophytes'?
Pg 315, BTD bottom of the page