Vocabulary 1
To change in order to fit a new situation or use
adapt
Rain that is contaminated with pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide gases.
acid rain
A water-filled glass or plastic container where organisms can live and be observed.
aquarium
Living in water
aquatic
Largest and most important city in the Middle Colonies
Philadelphia
A growth on the tip or side of a plant that develops into a flower or leaf.
bud
An organism that feeds on other organisms or organic matter because it cannot make its own food
consumer
Information, such as that gathered during an experiment.
data
To upset the development, movement, or organization of someone or some thing.
disrupt
The men who started the Great Awakening...
George Whitfield and Jonathan Edwards
Daily Double: A scientific investigation in which one variable is changed and all the others are kept the same, or constant
controlled experiment
Everything that surrounds an organism and influences it.
environment
A scientist who studies insect life.
entomologist
The first stage in the development of an organism. It also may be the part of the seed that grows into a plant.
embryo
Who do the Pirates play in Thursday's home opener?
The Chicago Cubs
To group things together because they share one or more properties
classify
A decision that is based on observation or on a study of data. The end of an experiment
conclusion
Daily Double: A community that includes all the living and nonliving things found in a certain area.
Ecosystem
The science concerned with the relationships among living things and their environment.
ecology
A word meaning "many different people and things living together in one area." This is what set the Middle Colonies apart from New England and the Southern colonies
diversity
To study something by breaking it down into simpler parts
analyze
A spiny organ that sticks out of the rear end of the cricket and other insects.
cercus
A condition that is not changed in a scientific experiment
constant
The first leaves of a new plant. It stores food until the new plant can begin to make its own food through the process of photosynthesis.
Also called seed leaf.
cotyledon
Name all 4 Middle Colonies. For a bonus 500 points, Who were the leaders of each?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware