Specabulary
Last words before FCAT.
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- impossible outcome
- an outcome that never occur. Its probability is 0.
- structural adaptation
- body parts that helps the organism survive
- cell respiration
- the process of releasing energy from nutrients
- slave state
- state which was legally allowed
- outcome
- the result of a probability experiment such as picking a colored block from a box.
- Confederacy
- government form by the seven seceding states, also known as the Confederate States of America
- headings
- subtitles which let the reader know what is coming next
- rotation
- none whole spin of an object on its axis
- caption
- writing which explains the contents of photographs, drawings, graphs, or charts
- free state
- state in which slavery is not allowed
- Venn diagram
- uses circles to show how two or more group are related.
- thesaurus
- a book of synonyms (words with the same meanings) and antonyms (words with oppostie meanings)
- almanac
- a book that is published yearly, which contains facts about all kinds of topics; much of the information is written in the form of a list
- inherit
- when offsprig get their parent's gene's Ex. Eye color
- competition
- the struggle of organisms against each other to get the same resource
- mutation
- a change in an organism's genes
- Union
- states that remained loyaled to the United States
- brochure
- also called a pamphlet, this very short booklet tells about only one topic,
- median
- the middle number in a set of data.
- spiral galaxy
- have a thick middle and spiral arms that spin out from the center. Ex. The Milky Way
- behavioral adaptation
- inherited behavior that helps an animal survive. Ex. Some desert animals hide under rocks during the day to escape the sun's heat.
- secede
- to break away from
- revolution
- one full orbit around the sun
- Underground Railroad
- organized, secret system set up to help enslaved people escape from the South to freedom in the North or Canada
- adaptation
- a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment. Ex. Lungs are an adaptation for living on land. Fills have gills which helps them adapt in water.
- dictionary
- a book about words; includes spellings, pronunciations, syllables, definitions, parts of speech
- atlas
- a book of maps
- probability
- a number from 0-1 that tells how likely an event is to occur.