Cells/Body Systems
These connect the arteries and the veins.
What is Capillaries?
The study of heredity; the study of genes and why people "look" the way they do.
What is Genetics?
These use the sun's energy to produce their own food. Grass, trees, flowers, and all other plants are examples of these.
What are Producers?
The height above sea level. As we go higher in this the temperature decreases.
What is Altitude or Elevation?
An instrument used to measure how much rain has fallen.
What is a Rain Gauge?
These consist of more than one cell and have differentiated cells that perform specialized functions.
What is Multicellular Organisms?
The Father of Genetics. He invented the Punnett Square to work out possible traits of an offspring of two parents.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The process where producers use energy from the sunlight to make their own food.
What is Photosynthesis?
The force put on a given area by the air above it. This decreases as we go higher in elevation, and is measured with a barometer. It is also the best indicator of weather or precipitation.
What is Air Pressure?
An instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is an Anemometer?
An individual form of life that may be unicellular or multicellular.
What is an Organism?
Traits or characteristics passed down genetically from one's parents, such as eye color, hair color, and skin color.
What are Inherited Traits?
Shows the relationship between all the organisms in a community. It shows how populations must compete for food with the arrows going from the prey to the predator.
What is a Food Web?
The angle at which the sunlight strikes the Earth's surface. It is most direct at the Equator which results in higher temperatures.
What is the Angle of Insolation?
An instrument used to measure humidity
What is a Hygrometer?
The body system that is in charge of carrying oxygen throughout the body (includes the nose, trachea, and lungs). This system is at work when we breathe.
What is the Respiratory System?
The pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action, and artifacts. The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
What is Culture?
All the organisms of a species living in the same area.
What is a Population?
A band of wind between 30 and 60 degrees latitude that move from west to east because of the Coriolis Effect. The U.S. has these kinds of winds.
What are Prevailing Westerlies?
Used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes.
What is a Richter Scale?
These carry oxygenated blood BACK from the body to the heart.
What are veins?
A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing, and serving to identify it.
What are Characteristics?
The role or job of an organism in its community.
What is a Niche?
A type of front that happens when a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses and is pushed upward; can bring strong winds and heavy precipitation.
What is an Occluded Front?
An instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a Barometer?