Conservation of Energy

Atmosphere & Weather

Plants
Plants 2
Vocabulary
100

______Energy is used to describe both kinetic and potential energy.

What is Mechanical Energy?


100

What is the first layer of the atmosphere?

What is the Troposphere?


100

Which group is the largest in the plant kingdom?

What are Vascular Plants?


100

What is the state when plants are asleep?

What is Dormancy?


100

Transfer of heat energy by rays or waves.

What is Radiation?


200

Energy is called this while in motion.

What is Kinetic Energy?


200

What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?

What is the Thermosphere?


200

All Vascular Plants have ____,_____and _____

What are 

roots

stems

and leaves

200

What is the process of reproduction that involves only one parent plant?

What is asexual reproduction?


200

The transfer of heat energy by the movement of particles or as a fluid.

What is Convection


300

_____Energy is energy derived from the position of an object.


What is Potential Energy?


300

What is the process in which water gets heated then rises into the air?

What is evaporation?


300

The two major groups of seed producing plants are __________and ___________

What is 

Cone-bearing plants

and Flowering plants

300

What is a kingdom of organisms that do not make their own food.

What is Fungi?


300

_______poles attract.

What is opposite?


400

All energy originates from where?

What is the Sun?


400

What is the process in which water flows and returns to sea level or underground water?

What is runoff?


400

A carrot is an example of a _____ root.

What is a Taproot?


400

What is the formula for photosynthesis?

Water+sunlight+carbon dioxide=

C6, H12, O6+Oxygen

(Glucose)

400

The amount of force that the air exerts on it's surroundings, or the weight of the air above.

What is Air Pressure


500

Which of the following is an insulator?

What is a Thermos?


500

What cloud is the highest in the troposphere?

What is Cirrus clouds?


500

How do you know if a plant is a monocot?

List one way

Either have 3 petals or multiples of 3


The leaves are long and slender with parallel leaves

Have a tap root system

500

How do you know if a plant is a Dicot?

List one way

Have 4 or 5. Or multiples of 4 or 5

Leaves are usually wide with branching veins

Fibrous root structure

500

The amount of water vapor in the air.


What is Retaliative Humidity?