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Matter,Ecology,Energy,Solar System Flashcards

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1
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What are amorphous solids?

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They are packed together with an irregular structure.

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Where is the asteroid belt located?

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Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

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What are Quantitative observations?

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Involve a numerical measurement

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What is a solid?

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A substance that keeps the same size and shape regardless of the shape container it is.

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What is a liquid?

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A substance that keeps the same volume but have no fixed shape. They take on the shape of the container they’re placed in.

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What are qualitative observations?

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Describe in words the result of an investigation.

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What is the particle model?

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  • all substance are made up of particles
  • the particles are attracted towards surrounding particles
  • the particles are always moving
  • the hotter the substance is, the faster they move
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Finish the sentence:

‘Particles in solids cannot move freely but they…… .. ….. ………

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vibrate in fixed positions.

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The density of an object depends on…

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How closely together the particles are.

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What are crystalline solids?

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Solids made up of particles arranged in regular repeated units.

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What is a fluid?

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A fluid is any substance that flows.

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What is diffusion?

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Diffusion is the spreading of one substance into another.

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What is radiation?

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Radiation travels in straight lines and can pass through empty space.

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In which state of matter cant diffusion occur and why?

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Solids because the particles are not free to move.

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A change of state involves…

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Heating or cooling of matter

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How do you find out the density of an object?

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Mass divided by volume.

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19
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Define community

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A community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area.

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What is density?

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The measure of how much matter there is in an object compared with how much space it takes up.

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What is matter made up of ?

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Particles

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22
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What is heat?

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Heat is a form of energy and flows from a hotter object to a colder one until the temperatures are equal.

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What is contraction?

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When a substance is cooled:

  • Particles move more slowly
  • Distance between particles gets smaller
  • Attraction between the particles increases
23
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What is the difference between transferring and transforming?

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Transferring is when the same type of energy is transferred from one object to another.

24
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When does an object float in water?

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If the fluid provided has a lower density that the fluid does.

24
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What is transforming?

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When energy is converted from one form to another or one energy to another.

25
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When a substance is heated….

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  • the particles move faster
  • become further apart
  • take up space
  • therefore the substance expands
27
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Define Environment

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An environment is the surroundings or conditions in which animal or plant lives or operates.

28
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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass or takes up space.

31
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Liquids and gases which particles are further apart and have more freedom of movement are classified as..

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fluids

31
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What is law of conservation of energy?

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That energy cant be destroyed or created it can only be transformed.

31
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What is temperature?

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Temperature is a measurement of how hot or cold something is.

32
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Define population

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A population is all the individuals of the same species within an ecological community.

33
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What is conduction?

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Conduction is when the particles move faster and pass on energy through collisions. Kinetic energy is passed from particle to particle.

34
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What is convention?

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Convection is the circulation of gas or liquid due to changes in density caused by heating.

35
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What is a Gas?

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A substance that takes on the shape of there container and takes up all available space. Gases re also copies able so their volume can be made larger or smaller.

35
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What is ecology?

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Ecology is the study of the way in which organisms interact with other organisms & with their environment.

35
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Define Habitat

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A habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal plant or other organism.

36
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Define ecosystem

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An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

37
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what are biotic factors?

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All living organisms

38
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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living things

39
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What are producers?

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Organisms that can make their own energy through photosynthesis.

41
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What is the Heliocentric model?

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Where the plants including earth orbit the sun.

42
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What are decomposers?

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Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms into simpler chemicals.

42
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How does photosynthesis work?

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Carbon dioxide (in the atmosphere)+water——> glucose+oxygen

43
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Which planets are terrestrial planets?

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Mercury , Venus , Earth, Mars

44
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Which planets are gas planets?

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

47
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The eight planets orbit the sun in an ________ pattern?

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Elliptical

48
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What are some reasons why microbes can be bad for humans?

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  • cause food to decay

- cause diseases (tetanus, pneumonia)

49
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What are some reason why microbes are good?

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  • used to make food
  • live on our bodies
  • important for recycling nutrients in ecosystems
50
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What is the Geocentric model?

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Where the sun and the planets all orbit Earth.

51
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What is expansion?

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A substance is heated:

  • When the particles move faster
  • Distance between particles increases
  • The attraction between the particles decreases
51
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What are consumers?

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Organisms that receive energy by consuming other organisms

52
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How has our understanding improved through the use of technology?

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Galileo first described cheaters on the moon using an early telescope. Now astronomers have an array of satellites and telescopes which help us find out more about space.

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