Science Vocab
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- Groups
- columns of a periodic table
- Water Cycle
- a cycle that includes evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
- Cellular Respiration
- releases energy as food
- Absolute Zero
- no molecular movement
- Stratopause
- what is the pause between the stratosphere and mesosphere
- Matter
- anything that has mass and takes up space
- Product
- effect of the reactant
- Nitrogen Fixation
- the chemical reaction between nitrogen and bateria
- Abiotic Factors
- nonliving parts of an ecosystem
- Sustainable
- able to live in, adaptable
- Metals
- type of elements that are ductile and malleable
- Metalloids
- type of elements that are hybrid
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it only changes form
- Niche
- an organism's everyday actions; its way of life
- Brittle
- very fragile- breaks really easily
- Montreal Protocol
- to ban the use of CFC's
- Exosphere
- the space beyond the thermosphere
- Nonmetals
- type of elements that are brittle
- Food Pyramid
- the pyramid of a food chain
- Environmental Issue
- issues occuring today are called
- Malleable
- if you can flatten it then it is __________
- Lab Report Sections
- there are 6
- Greenhouse gases
- gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect
- Mesopause
- what is the pause between the mesosphere and thermosphere
- Atomic Number
- the number that says how many protons there are
- Electron
- a negativly charged atom
- Proton
- positivly charged atom
- Precipitation
- water returning to the Earth in the form of rain, sleet, or snow
- Condensation
- process of water vapor cooling and forming tiny droplets forming clouds
- Insulator
- something that traps heat and does not let it escape
- Ductile
- if you can turn it into a wire it is ________
- Aquifer
- underground storage of water
- Thermosphere
- where space shuttles orbit
- Subscript
- the little number after an element
- Heat
- the measure of the movement of atoms
- Consumer
- a biotic factor in an ecosystem that gets energy by eating organisms
- Convection
- transfer of heat energy by currents
- Greenhouse Effect
- it stabilizes the earths temperature
- Stratosphere
- where good ozone is located
- Compound
- two elements together form a
- Temperature
- the measure of heat energy
- Atmosphere
- there are five layers of this (the sky)
- Radiation
- transfer of heat energy by waves, rays
- Transpiration
- process by which water is released into the atmosphere by plants
- Atomic Mass
- the number that says how many neutrons and protons there are combine which tells you how many electrons there are
- Mesosphere
- where shooting stars are
- States of Matter
- solid, liquid, and gas
- Periods
- rows of a periodic table
- 10% Rule
- how much energy is lost from one trophic level to the next
- Biotic Factors
- Living parts of an ecosystem
- Carbon Cycle
- process in an ecosystem where consumers eat producers that have taken in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and once the consumer has eaten the produces the consumer releases carbon into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide
- Ecosystem
- a certain area including both biotic and abiotic animals
- Coefficient
- the large number in front of a compound
- Nitrogen Cycle
- a cycle that releases nitrogen into the atmosphere
- Cloud Seeding
- used it in China trying to make it rain
- Global Warming
- if we get too many greenhouse gases this could be the effect
- Conduction
- transfer of heat energy by touching
- Atomic Theory of Matter
- states 6 things( _______ theory of ________)
- Troposphere
- where weather happens and the greenhouse effect is
- Reactant
- chemicals that are at the front of the product
- Photosynthesis
- a process in which energy from the sun is made into food for producers
- Evaporation
- rising of water into the atmosphere in vapor form
- Habitat
- where an organism lives
- Neutron
- an atom with no charge
- Atom
- the smallest particle
- Food Chain
- when energy is transferred from one organism to the next by each organism eating the next
- Brownian Motion
- the movement of solid liquids and gases
- Tropopause
- what is the pause between the troposphere and the stratosphere
- 3rd Law of Thermodynamics
- no molecular movement; no brownian in motion
- Periodic Table
- table of elements
- Nucleus
- where the protons and neutrons are in an atom
- Ground Water
- water that is in the ground
- Producer
- an organism that makes its own food
- Trophic Level
- the different levels in an ecosystem where energy is being transmitted
- Law of Conservation of Matter
- Matter can neither be created nor destroyed, but changed from one form to another