Science Flashcards

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Supports plant cells

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Cell walls

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Carries wastes, food and water

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Vacuole

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2
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Makes energy

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Mitochondria

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3
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Makes food and releases oxygen in a plant cell

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Chloroplast

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4
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Directs cell activities

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Nucleus

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5
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Allows the passage of materials

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Cell membrane

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6
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How are plant and animal cells different?

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Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts. Plant cells also have larger vacuoles compared to animal cells

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7
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What is the function of DNA?

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DNA controls inherited traits and genetic material.

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Where is DNA found (Use the following terms in your answer: nucleus, chromosomes, and genes)?

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DNA is found in your genes, which are on a chromosome, found in the nucleus.

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9
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What is the correct structure of living things?

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Cells>tissues>organs>organ systems

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Functions of skeletal system.5

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Produces red blood cells, stores minerals, protects internal organs, provides shape and support, and enables movement.

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Functions of the muscular system:2

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Provides movement, controls many internal organs.

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Functions for the integumentary system. 5

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Prevents loss of water (dehydration), protects body from injury and infection, regulates body temperature, eliminates wastes, gather information about the environment.

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Functions of the digestive system:3

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Breaks down food, molecules absorb into blood and carried throughout the body, solid wastes are eliminated.

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Functions of the excretory system:2

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Removes wastes, collects and eliminates cellular waste from body (liquid and gas)

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Functions of the circulatory system-1

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Carries need substances to cells

16
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Functions of the reproduction system-1

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Reproduce

17
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When do you need goggles?

A

Heating a liquid in a beaker with a hot plate, or using chemicals.

18
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When do you need an apron?

A

Using chemicals

19
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When do you need gloves

A

When handling hot beakers or test tubes.

20
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Muscular/skeletal system work together

A

Provide movement for the body

21
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Respiratory/circulatory system work together?

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Deliver oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide.

22
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Photosynthesis formula

A

CO2+H2O=O2+C6H12O6

Carbon dioxide + water = oxygen + glucose

23
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What is biomass?

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Fuel that is developed from organic matter.

24
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Give three examples of decomposers that decays biomass:

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  1. ) worms
  2. ) bacteria
  3. ) mold
25
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Two examples of mechanical digestion:

A

Mouth chewing

Stomach churning

26
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Define natural selection.

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The process of living through certain circumstances because of past phenotypes.

27
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Four tropisms:

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Photo (light)
Gravi (gravity)
Thigmo (touch)
Hydro (water)

28
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Biodiversity

A

A variety of plants and animals in an area.

29
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What are the organic compounds in the photosynthesis formula.

A

Carbon dioxide and glucose

30
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What is a watershed?

A

An area of land that all the land’s water is drained here. Depends on the height of the area’s elevation.

31
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Three ways you can pollute a watershed:

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Littering, polluting run-off, and acid rain.

32
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As energy is transferred in organisms, ___ of energy is used by the organism, for its daily processes. Then decomposes when the organism dies. Then ___ is transferred to the level above it?

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10%/90%