Structure and Function
What part of the plant absorbs water and nutrients from the soil?
Roots
What chromosomes do males have?
XY
What type of circuit has multiple paths for current?
Parallel Circuit
What is the smallest part of an element?
Atom
large pieces of the Earth's crust that move
tectonic plates
What is the green pigment in plants that helps with photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
What chromosomes do females have?
XX
What type of circuit has one path for current?
Series Circuit
What bond shares electrons between atoms?
Covalent Bond
he process by which carbon moves between the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere.
carbon cycle
organ that help body to filter blood
Kidney
the process where male and female gamete join to form a zygote.
Fertilization
Three type of heat transfer
conduction, convection, and radiation.
What bond transfers electrons between atoms?
Ionic Bond
how did the moon form?
The Moon formed from debris after a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object.
What do plants take in to make food during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide and water
Why do siblings look different from each other?
They inherit a mix of DNA from both parents.
What is the unit of electric current?
Ampere (A)
What table arranges all known elements?
Periodic Table
What can cause a species to go extinct?
environmental changes
the process by which plants lose water through evaporation from their leaves, stems, and flowers
transpiration
the process where organisms with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
natural selection
What law states energy cannot be created or destroyed?
Law of conservation
a reaction when a more reactive element displaces, or pushes out, a less reactive element from a compound that contains the less reactive element.
Displacement reaction
How do tectonic plate movements cause earthquakes?
When tectonic plates shift or collide, they release energy that causes the ground to shake, resulting in an earthquake.