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Science 2nd Semester Flashcards

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Conduction

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Particle contacting

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Radiation

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Energy transferred in sun rays or waves

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Convection

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Movement within a fluid ( circulates heat )

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Land breeze

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Movement of air toward WATER from LAND

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Sea Breeze

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Solar radiation warms the land more than the water

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Coriolis Effect

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Moving air and water when the Earth rotates

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Evaporation

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Water forming clouds

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Precipitation

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Rain, Snow, Hail

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Groundwater

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Water in the ground😄😏

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Run Off

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Land by water

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Watershed

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Lakes, streams, rivers that drain to one source

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Where on Earth is atmospheric pressure the greatest?

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Near the surface (troposphere)

The molecules are dense at the surface

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What are the percentages of gases in the atmosphere?

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Nitrogen 78%

Oxygen 21%

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What is the function of the ozone layer

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It keeps out the Suns harmful rays

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How does co^2 enter the atmosphere?

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Breathing, deforestation, pollution, burning fossil fuels

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What Earth surface change can occur because of deforestation?

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Erosion

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What are three thing that can happen when the sun hits the atmosphere?

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Some energy is reflected back
Some is absorbed
Some is trapped in the atmosphere

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What causes giant loops of air?

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Unequal heating on Earth surface

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Where do the sun’s rays strike earth most directly?

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On the Equator

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19
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What causes land a sea breezes?

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Land warms faster than water

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What creates wind patterns on the surface?

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Low and high pressure

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Weather

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The state of the atmosphere

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Air mass

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A large body of air similar temp and precip

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Barometer

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Measures atmospheric pressure

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Front

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A boundary between two air masses of different density

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Weather is the interaction of sun, water and …

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AIR

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What causes change in weather?

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Air masses move and meet

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What is the name of wind based on?

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It comes from the Northeast.

It come North to East

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How do weather patterns move across the U.S?

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From West to East

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What is weather like in high pressure?

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Fair weather, no clouds

Molecules are tightly packed

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What is weather like in low pressure?

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Cloudy, rainy, stormy

Molecules are unbalanced

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Climate

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Weather patterns and conditions in an area

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Latitude

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The place north or south of the equator

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Leap Year

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One extra day in February every 4 years

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Autumn Equinox

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Equal amounts of day/night

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Vernal equinox

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Spring

Equal amounts of day/night

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Winter solstice

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Shortest daylight

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Summer solstice

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Longest daylight

Marks onset of summer

June 24 longest day of daylight

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Greenhouse effect

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The Earth’s natural heating process

39
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Fossil fuels

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A natural fuel

Coal, oil, natural gas

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Deforestation

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Clearing of trees

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Nuclear fusion

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Two atoms join together to form a helium nucleus.

Energy is released

Happens at sun

42
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What two factor influence climate?

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Large bodies of water
Ocean currents
Global winds
Large cities

43
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Large bodies of water influence what on land?

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Temperature and Precipitation

44
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What location on Earth receives the most solar radiation?

45
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Seasons are caused by what?

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The Earth’s tilt

46
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What would happen if the earth was not tilted?

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There would be no seasons

47
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What gas increases the greenhouse effect?

48
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What can a single cell organism do?

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Can’t organize to make tissues for organs

49
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Why do cells have different shapes?

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Because they have different functions

50
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What is the major difference between animal and plant cells?

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Plant cells can make their own food

51
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Nucleus

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Directs all cell activities

52
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Cytoplasm

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The inner cell substance

Jelly-like

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Cell membrane

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The outer shell of an animal cell

54
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Cell wall

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The outer shell of a plant cell

Made of cellulose

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Chloroplast

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Carries out photosynthesis

56
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Mitochondria

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Where cell repair happens

Powerhouse of cell

57
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Define the process of diffusion

A

Particles move from high concentration to low

How you smell Doritos from a distance

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Osmosis

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Movement of water

59
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Proteins

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Peanuts, meats, beans

Builds muscle and repairs tissue

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Fats

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Carbs

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Where does photosynthesis take place?

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The chloroplast

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Homozygous

64
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Oxygen exits through a…

65
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What are 3 advantages of asexual reproduction?

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Very efficient
No other cell needed
Guaranteed gene

66
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What is passed down in sexual reproduction?

67
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After the process of meiosis, how many chromosomes does each cell have?

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46 chromosomes

68
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What is the difference between phenotype and genotype

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Phenotype= what we look like

Genotype= the way our genes look

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