Science Final Study Guide Flashcards
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Photosynthesis
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- Is what plants do to get food and grow.
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Carbon Dioxide
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Is a bad gas that pollution and cars, trucks, and factories use. Carbon Dioxide is one of the reasons for global warming.
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Glucose
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a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
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Light Energy
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energy that comes from light, like the sun.
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Chloroplasts
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- (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
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Chlorophyll
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- a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyrin ring.
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Symbiotic Relationship
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Have species called Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasites.
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Environment-
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surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings
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Global Warming
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- is the increase of the temperature of the ocean and the atmosphere and this is believed to has been causing earth’s climate to change.
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Habitat
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- a place where an animal lives
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Instinct-
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when someone or something is born knowing what to do.
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Migration
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- when an animal move to a warmer place, usually south, to be warmer during a cold season or winter
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Organism
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- An individual population individual organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the same time.
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Pollute
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- Is something that is really bad for our environment and could kill animals. This is a reason why animals are becoming extinct.
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Biome
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- large group of ecosystems that have similar organisms and have similar climates