benchmark review

positively charged particle present in the nucleus of atoms

• Proton    

• Atomic number

•  Periodic table

• Electron

organisms that make their own food (plants, plankton)

• Producers

•  Evolution    

• Plankton

• Upwelling

change in organisms over time due to environmental influence or competition

• Producers

•  Evolution    

• Plankton

• Upwelling

characteristic of a material that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the material

• Physical property 

• Density 

• Solubility

• Law of conservation

organisms that eat producers

• Consumers

• Food web

• Decomposers

• Pollution

nonliving parts of the environment (light, temperature, water, wind)

•  Abiotic

• Community

• Symbiosis

• Matter

matter can not be destroyed nor can it be created, but it can be changed

• Physical property 

• Density 

• Solubility

• Law of conservation

organisms such as bacteria that break down tissue and release nutrients and carbon dioxide back into the ecosystem

• Consumers

• Food web

• Decomposers

• Pollution

how much solute dissolves in a given amount of solvent

• Physical property 

• Density 

• Solubility

• Law of conservation

tells you the number of protons in the nucleus of each atom of that element

• Proton    

• Atomic number

•  Periodic table

• Electron