Science 2nd Semester

Question 0

Conduction

Answer 0

Particle contacting

Question 1

Radiation

Answer 1

Energy transferred in sun rays or waves

Question 2

Convection

Answer 2

Movement within a fluid ( circulates heat )

Question 3

Land breeze

Answer 3

Movement of air toward WATER from LAND

Question 4

Sea Breeze

Answer 4

Solar radiation warms the land more than the water

Question 5

Coriolis Effect

Answer 5

Moving air and water when the Earth rotates

Question 6

Evaporation

Answer 6

Water forming clouds

Question 7

Precipitation

Answer 7

Rain, Snow, Hail

Question 8

Groundwater

Answer 8

Water in the ground😄😏

Question 9

Run Off

Answer 9

Land by water

Question 10

Watershed

Answer 10

Lakes, streams, rivers that drain to one source

Question 11

Where on Earth is atmospheric pressure the greatest?

Answer 11

Near the surface (troposphere)

The molecules are dense at the surface

Question 12

What are the percentages of gases in the atmosphere?

Answer 12

Nitrogen 78%

Oxygen 21%

Question 13

What is the function of the ozone layer

Answer 13

It keeps out the Suns harmful rays

Question 14

How does co^2 enter the atmosphere?

Answer 14

Breathing, deforestation, pollution, burning fossil fuels

Question 15

What Earth surface change can occur because of deforestation?

Answer 15

Erosion

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What causes giant loops of air?

Answer 17

Unequal heating on Earth surface

Question 18

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

Answer 18

On the Equator

Question 19

What causes land a sea breezes?

Answer 19

Land warms faster than water

Question 20

What creates wind patterns on the surface?

Answer 20

Low and high pressure

Question 21

Weather

Answer 21

The state of the atmosphere

Question 22

Air mass

Answer 22

A large body of air similar temp and precip

Question 23

Barometer

Answer 23

Measures atmospheric pressure

Question 24

Front

Answer 24

A boundary between two air masses of different density

Question 25

Weather is the interaction of sun, water and ...

Answer 25

AIR

Question 26

What causes change in weather?

Answer 26

Air masses move and meet

Question 27

What is the name of wind based on?

Answer 27

It comes from the Northeast. It come North to East

Question 28

How do weather patterns move across the U.S?

Answer 28

From West to East

Question 29

What is weather like in high pressure?

Answer 29

Fair weather, no clouds Molecules are tightly packed

Question 30

What is weather like in low pressure?

Answer 30

Cloudy, rainy, stormy Molecules are unbalanced

Question 31

Climate

Answer 31

Weather patterns and conditions in an area

Question 32

Latitude

Answer 32

The place north or south of the equator

Question 33

Leap Year

Answer 33

One extra day in February every 4 years

Question 34

Autumn Equinox

Answer 34

Equal amounts of day/night

Question 35

Vernal equinox

Answer 35

Spring Equal amounts of day/night

Question 36

Winter solstice

Answer 36

Shortest daylight

Question 37

Summer solstice

Answer 37

Longest daylight Marks onset of summer June 24 longest day of daylight

Question 38

Greenhouse effect

Answer 38

The Earth's natural heating process

Question 39

Fossil fuels

Answer 39

A natural fuel Coal, oil, natural gas

Question 40

Deforestation

Answer 40

Clearing of trees

Question 41

Nuclear fusion

Answer 41

Two atoms join together to form a helium nucleus. Energy is released Happens at sun

Question 42

What two factor influence climate?

Answer 42

Large bodies of water Ocean currents Global winds Large cities

Question 43

Large bodies of water influence what on land?

Answer 43

Temperature and Precipitation

Question 44

What location on Earth receives the most solar radiation?

Answer 44

Equator

Question 45

Seasons are caused by what?

Answer 45

The Earth's tilt

Question 46

What would happen if the earth was not tilted?

Answer 46

There would be no seasons

Question 47

What gas increases the greenhouse effect?

Answer 47

Co^2

Question 48

What can a single cell organism do?

Answer 48

Can't organize to make tissues for organs

Question 49

Why do cells have different shapes?

Answer 49

Because they have different functions

Question 50

What is the major difference between animal and plant cells?

Answer 50

Plant cells can make their own food

Question 51

Nucleus

Answer 51

Directs all cell activities

Question 52

Cytoplasm

Answer 52

The inner cell substance Jelly-like

Question 53

Cell membrane

Answer 53

The outer shell of an animal cell

Question 54

Cell wall

Answer 54

The outer shell of a plant cell Made of cellulose

Question 55

Chloroplast

Answer 55

Carries out photosynthesis

Question 56

Mitochondria

Answer 56

Where cell repair happens Powerhouse of cell

Question 57

Define the process of diffusion

Answer 57

Particles move from high concentration to low How you smell Doritos from a distance

Question 58

Osmosis

Answer 58

Movement of water

Question 59

Proteins

Answer 59

Peanuts, meats, beans Builds muscle and repairs tissue

Question 60

Fats

Answer 60

Peanuts

Question 61

Carbs

Answer 61

Starches

Question 62

Where does photosynthesis take place?

Answer 62

The chloroplast

Question 63

Homozygous

Answer 63

Dominant

Question 64

Oxygen exits through a...

Answer 64

Stomata

Question 65

What are 3 advantages of asexual reproduction?

Answer 65

Very efficient No other cell needed Guaranteed gene

Question 66

What is passed down in sexual reproduction?

Answer 66

Genes

Question 67

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

Answer 67

46 chromosomes

Question 68

What is the difference between phenotype and genotype

Answer 68

Phenotype= what we look like Genotype= the way our genes look