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LAB TEST: WED. 5/20WRITTEN TEST: MON. 6/1

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IMPORTANT VOCABULARY I NEED

TO KNOW!

1. CELL - basic unit of a living thing

2. CELL WALL – outside of a PLANT cell only

3. CHLOROPLAST/CHLOROPHYLL – green pigment in plants, carries on photosynthesis to make food

4. CIRCULATORY –system for TRANSPORT of food, oxygen, blood, etc…

5. EXCRETORY – body system for REMOVING WASTE

6. ENDOCRINE - body system for REGULATION (hormones)

7. MUSCULAR– body system for MOVEMENT

8. NERVOUS –CONTROLS body responses

9. RESPIRATORY – body system for BRINGING OXYGEN to the blood

10. SKELETAL – body system for SUPPORT

11. SPECIES - organisms that can mate and produce offspring

12. EGG– female sex cell (has 1/2 the chromosome # or 23)

13. SPERM – male sex cell (has 1/2 the chromosome # or 23)

14. MITOSIS – cell division; makes two of the exact same cells (daughter cells)

15. MEIOSIS – cell division; makes sex cells (1/2 the chromosome #)

16. ZYGOTE - fertilized egg

17. COMPETITION–one or more organism trying to use the same resources

18. DIVERSITY – organisms changing

19. EVOLUTION – how organisms change over time

20. FOSSIL – preserved remains of a once living plant or animal

21. CONSUMER- an organism that feeds on other organisms

22. PRODUCER– an organism that makes its own food (ex. Plant)

23. DECOMPOSER– organism that breaks down dead organisms or waste (ex. Bacteria or fungus)

24. PHOTOSYNTHESIS – way plants make food (CO2 plus H20 and sunlight = sugar and O2

And water vapor) 25. SOLAR ECLIPSE –the moon is between the

sun and the Earth and the sun is blocked. (only in new moon phase)

26. LUNAR ECLIPSE - the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow (during full moon)

27. AXIS – what the Earth is rotating on. It is tilted at 23 ½ degrees

28. REVOLUTION– movement of the Earth around Sun (causes seasons)

29. ROTATION – spinning of Earth on axis (causes day and night)

30.ORBIT– path of the Earth around the Sun

31. ATMOSPHERE – layer of air around the Earth

32. HYDROSPHERE – layer of water on Earth

33. LITHOSPHERE – layer of solid rock on Earth

34. CLIMATE – average of weather conditions over time

35. WEATHER– day to day conditions of the atmosphere

36. EARTHQUAKE – shaking of the Earth’s crust

37. SEDIMENTARY– rocks - compacted and cemented sediments

38. IGNEOUS – rocks-melting and solidification of magma or lava

39. METAMORPHIC– rocks -other rocks changed by heat and pressure

40. WEATHERING– breakdown of rock

41. STATES OF MATTER – solid, liquid, gas, plasma. Based on molecule arrangement

42. ELEMENT– pure building blocks of all matter; made of atoms

43. COMPOUND – 2 or more elements chemically combined

44. MIXTURE– 2 or more things physically combined

45. PHYSICAL CHANGE – a change that does not change the composition

46. CHEMICAL CHANGE – a change that makes a new substance

47. DENSITY – how compact the molecules are; mass divided by volume

48. PERIODIC TABLE – a list of all known elements

49. POTENTIAL ENERGY– stored energy

50. KINETIC ENERGY – energy of motion

51. FORMS OF ENERGY – heat, light, sound, electrical, chemical, mechanical, nuclear

52. LAWS OF MOTION – 1. body at rest/body in motion 2. more mass = more force 3. action/reaction

53.EFFORT– use of physical power54. SIMPLE MACHINES – makes work

easier; changes size or direction of force55. SPEED – distance travelled divided by

time it took