CSET Flashcards
Water cycle, What does X represent?
Condensation
Rain drop and gravity- which direction
will it fall? Look at the picture below.
Slight down direction
From the Northern Hemisphere, what place would experience the longest amount of daylight?
Anchorage, Alaska
What statement is true about mutation? What are mutations?
Variations in the populations
Compared to the waters of the continental shelf, the surface waters of the open ocean are generally much less productive because they?
Lack of nutrients derived from the land or ocean sediment on the seabed.
Natural Selection has to do with variations, overpopulation, competition and reproduction. Adaptations/variations to environment are crucial for survival
A process that causes populations to change over time.
Northern hemisphere and winter, position of Polaris in the northern hemisphere during the winter solstice?
Earths poles is most titled away from the sun are solstices.
The energy from the sun… (know the process of photosynthesis) Questions on photosynthesis:
Plant uses carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose (sugar) and oxygen.
Function of a cell. What is produced in the nucleus? OR
Which of the activities take place in the nucleus of a cell?
RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA template
El Nino’s effect on seagulls/fish/fisheries?
No plankton, it disturbs the whole chain, warm waters.
Members of what group act as decomposers.
Fungi
Whats inside of the nucleus
Protons and neutrons are in the middle.
A student making a model of an atom, what would be the most accurate?
Having the protons and neutrons in the NUCLEUS.
Which of the following is indicated by size of the minerals in an igneous rock sample?
How long the rock took to cool as it formed.
Which of the following changes is an example of natural selection?
The percentage of beetles that are genetically darker in color increases in populations that expand from prairie into forest.
During the N Hemisphere winter, the sun’s path across the sky is shorter and closer to the horizon than it is during the summer. This seasonal change in the sun’s path across the sky is caused by…
Tilt on Earth’s rotational axis compared to its orbital plane.
N Temperature region which marine environment temperature exhibits highest levels of biological productivity?
Estuaries
What are the folds of the long digestive system for?
Increase surface area over which the nutrients can be absorbed.
What is the missing cycle of the life cycle of a butterfly?
Chrysalis
What is a good conductor of electricity?
Copper
Students conducting a science experiment with sugar cubes in water vs. crushed sugar in water.
Surface area of solute
New technology that can detect air pressure?
It can predict weather storms and severe weather conditions. –
Can also show high and low pressure areas to help predict winds, etc.
What causes tectonic plates to move?
Radiation of convection and heat from the mantle