Photosynthesis
The main pigment in plants responsible for photosynthesis.
What is Chlorophyll?
Drives the water cycle
What is the Sun?
The basic unit of heredity.
What is gene?
energy source is considered renewable because it uses wind
What is wind energy?
This greenhouse gas is the largest contributor to climate change.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
the reactants of photosynthesis
What are Carbon dioxide and water?
Process that changes water from liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
The process of creating gametes.
What is meiosis?
fossil fuel commonly used to generate electricity but produces air pollution
What is coal?
This term describes the large-scale cutting down of trees that destroys forests.
What is deforestation?
produced at the end of photosynthesis
What are glucose and oxygen?
Process that returns water to Earth from the atmosphere.
What is precipitation?
Type of trait is always expressed if present.
What is dominant?
energy source comes from the Sun and can be converted into electricity
What is solar energy?
This process reduces waste and prevents pollution by reusing materials.
What is recycling?
Cell organelle that photosynthesis occur
What is chloroplast?
Process that releases water vapor from plants.
What is transpiration?
The number of chromosomes in a normal human cell.
What is 46?
type of energy produced by moving water through dams
What is hydropower?
This type of runoff contains harmful chemicals from farms that enter rivers and lakes.
What is agricultural runoff?
The type of energy that photosynthesis convert into chemical energy?
What is solar energy?
Force that causes runoff and infiltration.
What is gravity?
The chance of having a recessive trait if both parents are carriers.
What is 25%?
nonrenewable resource that takes millions of years to form
What are fossil fuels?
This environmental problem occurs when burning fossil fuels releases toxic gases into the air.
What is air pollution?