Define biosphere

The Geosphere is...

The _________ includes all of the water on Earth.

What is the Atmosphere?

The Greek root for water is ______.

The Greek root for air is ______.

______ is the Greek root for life.

_______ is the Greek root for Earth

A series of events that happen over and over again is a ______.

A _______ is a visible or invisible line that marks the limits of a system.

Define component

What is an interaction?

An ______ is something put into a system.

An ______ is the amount of something produced by a system.

A ______ is a characteristic used to describe something.

An ____________ is a system in which exchanges of matter or energy occur across system boundaries.

A _______________ is a system in which matter and energy exchanges do not occur across system boundaries.

This part of Earth is made or changed by humans

Define anthro

A _____ is the smallest unit of life

An organelle is...

This organelle covers a cell's surface and controls what enters and leaves (boundary).

This organelle directs much of a cell's processes and contains the DNA

This organelle produces energy for a cell.

____________ are organelles where proteins are made.

_________ is the fluid that fills a cell and contains all organelles.

Define chloroplast.

A _______ is an organelle that holds water

What is a cell wall?

This organelle packages proteins.

This organelle is the site of many chemical reactions.

This organelle digests food materials and destroys harmful particles.

This organelle is found inside the nucleus. It makes ribosomes.

deoxyribonucleic acid; the material that contains genetic information

The ______________ is made up of the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood through the body.

This human body system is responsible for bringing oxygen into your body and removing carbon dioxide.

This human body system is responsible for providing your body with nutrients from food.

This human body system is responsible for filtering your blood, removing wastes, and heating/cooling your body.

This human body system is made up of all the bones and muscles in your body. It is responsible for body structure and movements

A ______ is a group of similar cells that perform the same function.

An ______ is a group of tissues that work together to perform closely related functions.

An ___________ is a group of organs that work together in performing vital bodily functions.

An _______ is a living thing

This human body system is made up of a network of nerve cells and fibers that transmit nerve impulses between parts of the body.

A ________ is a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

Biotic means ______.

Abiotic means ______.

A place where an organism lives is its ________.

___________ are factors that limit how many organisms can live in an environment.

An animal that hunts other animals for food is a ________.

An animal that is eaten by a predator is called ______.

A ________ is an organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun and raw materials from the environment.

A _______ is any organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms.

A ______ is an animal that feeds on and breaks down the dead remains of other organisms.

A _______ is a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

A _______ is a series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

A system of several overlapping food chains is a _________.

A ______ is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

A factor is...

Heredity is...

_______ is the process in which genetic material is passed from parents to their offspring.

A group of organisms that belong to the same species and live in the same area are called a ___________.

The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants is called _____.

The _________ is the male reproductive part of a flower

The _____ is the female reproductive part of a flower.

The ____is the colorful, leaflike part of a flower that attracts pollinators.

A gene is...

An _____ is a different form of a gene

An organism that has TWO DIFFERENT alleles for a trait is _____

An organism that has TWO IDENTICAL alleles for a trait is _______.

A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to that parent is ______________

A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents.

A _____ is the genetic makeup of an organism.

A ______ is a physical characteristics of an organism.

______ is the amount of matter in an object.

Define matter.

Thermal energy is _____ energy

______ is the flow of thermal energy from higher temperature to lower temperature

Radiation is....

Conduction is...

______ is the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion.

The amount of matter in a given space is _______.

__________ energy is energy due to motion.

_______ is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

The water cycle is...

__________ is water droplets that fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail

________ is the cooling of water in the atmosphere, changing gas to a liquid.

The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat is ________.

______ is the passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.

_____ is rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean.

The process in which atoms are arranged to form a new material with a crystal structure is _____

The force exerted by the weight of the air, measured by a barometer is _______

______ is a system associated with a mass of sinking cool air that usually brings fair weather.

_________ is a system associated with a mass of rising warm air that usually brings wet, stormy weather.

Define density.

________ is defined as a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.

________ is the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

______ is the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

The _________ is an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

An observation post where instruments gather information about the weather is a _____________.

A weather instrument used to measure wind speed is a _________.

Define barometer.

______ is a cloud at ground level

_______ is the amount of water vapor in the air.

An instrument that measures the humidity of the air is a _________.

An instrument used to measure temperature is a __________.

A ____________ is an instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation.

An element that is found in all living things is ______.

The __________ is the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back.

Carbon dioxide is...

A ________________ is a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by trapping solar radiation

Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars during the process of _______.

Through the process of ____________ humans and animals take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide

The ______________ is natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases.

____________ is a chemical reaction that breaks down dead plants and animals

Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals. These are examples of ____________.

A __________ is a forest, ocean, or other natural environment that takes more carbon out of the atmosphere than they add to it

Pollution is...