1 / 7

September 17, 2013 Bell Work

MEAP Released Question Instructions: Copy this drawing of a plant experiment AND the questions . Answer in your interactive Science Notebook (ISN). Explain your answer. September 17, 2013 Bell Work. characteristics. Definition. Facts/Examples/ NonExample.

havily
Download Presentation

September 17, 2013 Bell Work

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. MEAP Released Question Instructions: • Copythis drawing of a plant experiment AND the questions. • Answer in your interactive Science Notebook (ISN). • Explain your answer. September 17, 2013 Bell Work

  2. characteristics Definition Facts/Examples/NonExample We inherit our traits from our parents So do other organisms 50% from each parent organism EX: hair color, body shape, skin color NONEX: acquired traits such as playing a musical instrument • Collection of traits that form the way an organism looks Memory Pictograph

  3. chemical change Definition Facts/Examples/NonExample Happens because of chemical reactions Chemical bonds are broken and/ or new bonds are formed Cannot be reversed – new substances formed EX: fire, rust, baking soda & vinegar NONEX: physical change such as change in size by cutting paper or wood • Change in a substance that produces a new type of substance with new chemical properites Memory Pictograph

  4. chemical weathering Definition Facts/Examples/NonExample Man-made or natural Dissolves rocks Acids do most of the weathering and erode the surface of the rocks EX: acid rain NONEX: rocks eroded by wind or frost action which are both mechanical weathering • Process by which rocks are broken down by chemical changes Memory Pictograph Acid rain wears down surface by chemical action

  5. chlorophyll Definition Facts/Examples/NonExample Gives plants their green color In chloroplasts of plant cells Allows plants to produce their own food EX: all plants NONEX: animals do not produce their own food • Chemical that is used by plants during photosynthesis Memory Pictograph

  6. chromosome Definition Facts/Examples/NonExample Humans have 46 chromosomes 23 chromosomes from each parent “blueprint” of how to build (or repair) a particular organism EX: eukaryotes have chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell NONEX: prokaryotes have DNA but not inside of a nucleus (prokaryotes do not have a nucleus) • made of strands of DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms Memory Pictograph

  7. climax community Definition Facts/Examples/NonExample Takes a long time Lake dries up, becomes a wetland, then a meadow, then shrubs, then trees then forest Can stay as a forest for many years EX: U of M Dearborn hiking area is a beech-maple climax community NONEX: people cut down all the trees and change natural pattern • Last step of a natural process called succession Memory Pictograph

More Related