Living Environment Regents Review Vocab 2

An inorganic clear colorless gas released as an end product of respiration; one of the starting materials needed for photosynthesis.

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• water

• hydrogen

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

A tool that allows the user to identify an organism by choosing between two choices until the identity of the organism can be determined

• dichotomous key

• cladogram

• pedigree

• Punnett Square

The enzyme-controlled process that changes large insoluble molecules into small soluble molecules.

• digestion

• photosynthesis

• chemosynthesis

• mitosis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Growth and development of a plant.

• germination

• meiosis

• fermentation

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A monosaccharide that is the primary source of cellular energy in most organisms. It is one of the basic building blocks of polysaccharide carbohydrates.

• glucose

• starch

• lipids

• amino acids

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

A possible explanation for a set of observed facts which is the basis for further experimentation.

• hypothesis

• opinion

• inference

• assumption

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

The process by which green plants (autotrophs) convert light energy to chemical-bond energy stored in organic nutrients

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• fermentation

• chemosynthesis

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

contraction of the walls of arteries, in rhythm with the heart, to aid the flow of blood to the tissues of the body

• pulse

• respiration

• heart attack

• stroke

The process which releases chemical bond energy from organic nutrients (food) in the presence of oxygen.

• cellular respiration

• lactic acid fermentation

• alcohol fermentation

• chemosynthesis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

• species

• kingdom

• hybrids

• biodiversity