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g6 Segment 1
6th Grade STEMscopes CA Segment 1 All Scopes
Question | Answer |
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Absorption | The transfer of energy into a medium |
Altitude | The distance from sea level |
Atmosphere | The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity |
Atmospheric Circulation | The large-scale movement of air around Earth |
Cell | The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms |
Cell Membrane | A lipid barrier that encloses the cytoplasm and controls what enters and exits the cell. |
Cell Wall | A tough, protective barrier that surrounds the outer membrane of some types of cells |
Chloroplast | A membrane-bound organelle in plants that is the site of photosynthesis |
Climate | Average weather patterns for a particular region |
Condensation | The change from a gas state to a liquid state |
Coriolis Effect | The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, as a result of Earth's rotation. |
Crystallization | The formation of highly ordered, solid structures from particles in a solution |
Evaporation | Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas |
Function | What something does |
Gravity | The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another |
Groundwater | Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers |
Latitude | Geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on Earth's surface |
Mitochondrion | The organelle that functions in energy production; the power factory of the cell |
Multicellular | A category of organisms made up of more than one cell and of different types of cells |
Nucleus | A membrane-bound organelle in eukaryotic cells that contains the DNA; the control center of the cell |
Ocean Currents | Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences |
Organ | A collection of tissues joined together into a structure that performs specialized functions |
Organelle | A structure inside a cell that performs a specialized function |
Organism | A self-contained living thing |
Percolation | When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces between soil and rocks |
Precipitation | Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky |
Radiant Energy | Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared (heat) radiation |
Regional Geography | The study of specific regions of Earth |
Rotation | The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur |
Runoff | Rainfall and surface water that drain or flow from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean |
Specialized | Having chasracteristics that allow specific functions to be performed |
Subsystem | A self-contained system within a larger system |
System | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole |
Thermal Energy | The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes |
Tissue | A mass of similar cells that perform a specialized function |
Transpiration | The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves |
Unicellular | A category of organisms made up of one cell |
Water Cycle | The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things |
Weather | The day-to-day state of the atmosphere |