FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APES UNIT 1

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FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APES UNIT 1

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Question 1: nutrient

Answer:

a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

Question 2: Algae

Answer:

a very simple plant without stems or leaves that grows in or near water.

Question 3: Boreal Forest

Answer:

A forest biome made up primarily of coniferous evergreen trees that can tolerate cold winters and short growing seasons

Question 4: Carbon Dioxide

Answer:

a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.

Question 5: Aquatic Biome

Answer:

an aquatic region characterized by a particular combination of salinity, depth, and water flow

Question 6: Salinity

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A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid

Question 7: pond

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a small body of still water formed naturally or by hollowing or embanking.

Question 8: Trophic Levels

Answer:

The hierarchical levels of the food chain through which energy flows from primary producers to primary consumers, secondary consumers and so on.

Question 9: Altitude

Answer:

distance above sea level

Question 10: resources

Answer:

a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.

Question 11: oxygen

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a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.

Question 12: Conservation of Matter

Answer:

the principle stating that matter is not created or destroyed during a chemical reaction

Question 13: Temperate Grassland

Answer:

a community (or biome) that is dominated by grasses, has few trees, and is characterized by cold winters and rainfall that is intermediate between that of a forest and a desert

Question 14: phosphorus

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the chemical element of atomic number 15, a poisonous, combustible nonmetal

Question 15: photosynthesis

Answer:

Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy.

Question 16: Ammonification

Answer:

the formation of ammonia compounds in the soil by the action of bacteria on decaying matter

Question 17: Law of Thermodynamics

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#1: Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. It can only be changed in form. #2: When energy changes, it is converted from a more useful more concentrated form to a less useful, less concentrated form

Question 18: estuary

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the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream

Question 19: Ecosystem

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

Question 20: lake

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a body of water completely surrounded by land

Question 21: food chain

Answer:

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

Question 22: Rock

Answer:

the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth

Question 23: Tundra

Answer:

a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line

Question 24: nonmineral terrestrial resources

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EX. water and trees

Question 25: positive feedback loop

Answer:

when the product of a reaction leads to an increase in that reaction

Question 26: Visible Light

Answer:

electromagnetic waves that are visible to the human eye

Question 27: primary succession

Answer:

succession that occurs on land where no soil exists

Question 28: energy flow

Answer:

the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem