Post on 05-Jan-2016
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Name 2 ways to communicate data
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Graphs, tables
Name 2 different ways you could communicate what a particular plant looks like if you found it in the woods.
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Pictures, drawings
Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using a model
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Advantage- you get to see objects that are too small to see (ex: atom), you get to see inside objects that are not possible to see otherwise (ex: volcano)
Disadvantage- Most models do not show temperature. Models usually do not have the same texture as a real object.
When evaluating scientific explanations, or phenomena, you should always look for ________ and ___________.
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Strengths, weaknesses
What method would you use to find out what a student is testing in an experiment? What are the two vocabulary words associated with this?
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A T-chart showing controls and variables
What do the arrows in a food web represent?
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The flow of energy
Give one example of an inherited trait and one example of a learned behavior
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Inherited Trait: eye color, hair color, skin color, height, etc.
Learned Behavior: reading, playing an instrument, learning a sport, etc.
When animals face an environmental change, they must __________ or they will die.
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adapt
In order for a species to survive, animals must pass on their genetic ________ to their _________.
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Traits
offspring
If a rabbit is both a consumer and prey in its ecosystem, this characteristic would define the rabbit’s ___________.
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niche
What is the difference between reflected and refracted light? Give examples of each.
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Reflected light is bouncing light. Example: A mirror
Refracted light is bent light. Example: a prism, rainbow, seeing a “bent” object submerged halfway in water.
Name 4 types of energy
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Thermal (heat)
Electrical
Light
Chemical
Sound
All solutions are a type of __________.
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mixture
True or False-A force must be present to cause change
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True
True or False-Parts of mixtures (example: sand and water) go through a chemical change when mixed together.
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False- Parts of mixtures do not chemically change. Mixtures can be physically separated into their original components.
__________ is absorbed by plants to be converted into _________ through a process called ___________.
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Carbon Dioxide
Sugar
Photosynthesis
What causes the seasons?
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The tilt of the Earth
Lumber is a/an __________ resource.
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Renewable
Give 2 examples of an inexhaustible resource
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Wind
Solar
Name 3 fossil fuels and identify what type of resource they are
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Coal
Natural Gas
Petroleum (oil)
Nonrenewable Resources
Name all 8 planets in order from the sun
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos!
List the stages of a beetle going through metamorphosis in order
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Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
“L” comes before “P” in the alphabet
The oldest rock layer is found ___________.
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On the bottom layer
When looking at a tree ring, where is the oldest ring, AND what strategy must you use on the TAKS test if there is a tree ring question?
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The oldest ring is in the center
On the TAKS test, label each point on the tree ring “1st”, “2nd”, “3rd”, and so on- starting from the inside out.
Give an example of a producer, primary consumer, and a secondary consumer.
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Producer- any plant
Primary Consumer- any animal that eats a plant
Secondary Consumer- any animal that eats another animal