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Dubj Science
7th Grade Science
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A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time is called a | Population |
The place where an organism lives and has its needs met is its | Habitat |
Includes the living organisms and the nonliving environment in which they live | A forest ecosystem |
The name given to an organism that uses the sun's energy to make its own food | Producer |
Any resource that is needed by an organism but is in low supply could be described as a | Limiting factor |
A species that is not normally found in an area is referred to as | Exotic |
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment is | Ecology |
A fight between organisms for the same resource is | Competition |
An organism's way of life including how it meets its needs for survival is described as a | Niche |
Many different species of organisms living in one place is descrived as a | Community |
An organism that eats another organism for food is a | Consumer |
Food, water, shelter are examples of a | Resource |
The portion of Earth where all life exists is the | Biosphere |
A species that is normally found in an area is referred to as | Native |
A dead tree would be classified as | Biotic |
The boundary layer of gases between Earth's surface and space is | Atmosphere |
The conversion of liquid water to water vapor is | Evaporation |
The gas required as an input of respiration is | Oxygen |
A combination of minerals, rocks and humus make up | Soil |
The method of obtaining energy without the use of sunlight is | Chemosynthesis |
Water would be classified as ______________ because it has never been alive | Abiotic |
The most abundant gas located in Earth's atmosphere is | Nitrogen |
The average weather of an area can be described as | Climate |
The gas released as an output of respiration is | Carbon Dioxide |
The conversion of water vapor to liquid water is | Condensation |
Reference to the proximity of a location on Earth between the equator and the poles is | Latitude |
Reference to a location on Earth and its proximity to sea level is | Elevation |
Water that falls from the atmosphere to Earth's surface is | Precipitation |
Sunlight heating up the surface of a puddle causing it to dry up would be which phase of the water cycle | Evaporation |
The grass being covered in dew in the morning after a clear night without rain would be which phase of the water cycle | Condensation |
A plant's leaves starting to wilt during a hot summer day would be which phase of the water cycle | Transpiration |
Snow falling during a cold winter day would be which phase of the water cycle | Precipitation |
Which process would describe energy being released from glucose molecules | Respiration |
Which process would describe light energy being converted into chemical energy | Photosynthesis |
Which process would describe bacteria releasing energy from sulfur molecules | Chemosynthesis |
Which process would describe bacteria releasing nutrients that are usable for plants | Nitrogen Fixation |
Tool used to predict the possible offspring of a mating | Punnett Square |
The way an organism looks and behaves | Phenotype |
Allele represented with a capital letter (T) | Dominant |
Genetic makeup of an organism | Genotype |
An organism that receives different genetic information from each parent | Hybrid |
Many genes working together to produce a trait | Polygenic Inheritance |
The allele for color blindness found on the X chromosome | Sex-linked Gene |
Same combination of alleles (TT, tt) | Homozygous |
Allele represented with a lower case letter (t) | Recessive |
Used with bacteria to make insulin | Rocombinant DNA |
Passing on traits from parents to offspring | Heredity |
Different combination of alleles (Tt) | Heterozygous |
He crossed pea plants | Gregor Mendel |
Method of reproduction used by yeast | Budding |
Used by amoebas to move | Pseudopod |
Reproductive cell of a fungus | Spore |
Plant-like protists | Algae |
Used by euglenas to move | Flagella |
Breaks down dead organisms | Saprophyte |
Produced by an imperfect fungi | Antibiotic |
Fungal association with plant roots | Mychorrizae |
Animal-like protists | Protozoan |
Spore case used by yeast | Ascus |
The "roots" of a fungus | Hyphae |
Used by a paramecium to move | Cilia |
The mushrooms that you eat on a pizza would be classified as what type of fungi | Club |
The combination of fungus and a green algae or cyanobacterium is classified as a | Lichen |
Animal-like protists are classified based on | How they move |
Slime molds move using | Pseudopods |
The structure used by club fungi to hold their spores is a | Basidium |
Which type of protist contains silica in its protective covering | Diatoms |
Protozoans that cannot move on their own are | Parasites |
The type of algae that can be found in the deepest part of the ocean is | Red |
A protist capable of making its own food and eating bacteria is | Euglena |
The three main groups of fungi | Sac fungi, Club fungi & Zygote fungi |
Rod shaped bacteria | Bacillus |
Swelling on a plant root containing bacteria | Nodule |
Used to treat a bacteria disease | Antibiotic |
Any poisonous substance | Toxin |
Bacteria that does not require oxygen | Anaerobe |
Breaks down dead organisms | Saprophyte |
Bacteria that makes nitrogen for plants | Nitrogen-fixing |
Anything that causes disease | Pathogen |
Sphere shaped bacteria | Cocci |
Protective coating on a bacteria | Endospore |
Used to help bacteria move | Flagella |
Bacteria that requires oxygen | Aerobe |
The method of cleaning up an ecosystem using bacteria to break down harmful compounds is | Bioremediation |
The term that describes most bacteria is | Beneficial |
The structure that allows bacteria to stick to surfaces is | Gel capsule |
What organisms can grow as blooms in ponds | Cyanobacteria |
Which organism is a recycler in the environment | Saprophyte |
What is caused by a pathogenic bacterium | Botulism |
The two kingdoms of bacteris include archaebacteria and | Eubacteria |
The type of bacteria most likely to be found in a deap ocean vent is | Anaerobic bacteria |
Two foods made by bacteria include | Sauerkraut and cheese |
The three main shapes of bacteria are | Rod, sphere and spiral |
Rod shaped bacteria are called | Bacilli |
Sphere shaped bacteria are called | Cocci |
Spiral shaped bacteria are called | Spirilla |