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EDUC 305 Vocab Flashcards | Quizlet

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism is called _________.

a)

Habitat

b)

Climate

c)

Niche

d)

Territory

2.

The list of tools and substances needed to replicated or produce an occurrence is called _________.

a)

Materials

b)

Methods

c)

Results

d)

Procedure

3.

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates are called _________.

a)

Environment

b)

Habitat

c)

Climate

d)

Territory

4.

A phase change from a solid to a liquid is called _________.

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Condensation

d)

Sublimation

5.

The sciences concerned with the study of living organisms, including biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, physiology, biochemistry, and related subjects are called _________.

a)

Life Science

b)

Physical Science

c)

Earth Science

d)

Social Science

6.

Data expressing a certain quantity, amount or range is called _________.

a)

Quantitative Data

b)

Qualitative Data

c)

Categorical Data

d)

Nominal Data

7.

The internal energy of an object due to the kinetic energy of its atoms and/or molecules is called _________.

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Electrical Energy

8.

The adaptation of an organism or organ to a special function or environment is called _________.

a)

Specialization

b)

Mutation

c)

Migration

d)

Osmosis

9.

To make an exact copy of or reproduce is to _________.

a)

Replicate

b)

Complicate

c)

Negotiate

d)

Fabricate

10.

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another is called _________.

a)

Friction

b)

Gravity

c)

Magnetism

d)

Pressure

11.

The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested is called the _________.

a)

Experimental Group

b)

Control Group

c)

Placebo Group

d)

Sample Group

12.

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains is called a _________.

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Trophic Level

13.

The elements required for survival and normal mental and physical health, such as food, water, shelter, protection from environmental threats, and love are called _________.

a)

Basic Needs

b)

Luxury Items

c)

Social Status

d)

Personal Interests

14.

The meter prefix meaning 1 is _________

a)

Unit

b)

Milli

c)

Centi

d)

Kilo

15.

A sudden movement of the Earth's lithosphere (its crust and upper mantle) is called an _________.

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano

c)

Tsunami

d)

Hurricane

16.

A phase change from a gas to a solid is called _________.

a)

Deposition

b)

Sublimation

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

17.

Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling is called _________.

a)

Magma

b)

Sediment

c)

Granite

d)

Basalt

18.

A phase change from a solid to a gas is called _________.

a)

Sublimation

b)

Condensation

c)

Melting

d)

Freezing

19.

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement is called _________.

a)

Force

b)

Mass

c)

Speed

d)

Volume

20.

Of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium such as air, is called a _________.

a)

Sound Wave

b)

Light Wave

c)

Electric Current

d)

Magnetic Field

21.

The sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects are called _________.

a)

Physical Science

b)

Life Science

c)

Social Science

d)

Earth Science

22.

Energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power, is called _________?

a)

Renewable Energy

b)

Fossil Fuel

c)

Non-renewable Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

23.

A formal or systematic examination or research of a topic is called an _________.

a)

Investigation

b)

Celebration

c)

Decoration

d)

Imagination

24.

The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure of an organism to become more suited to an environment is called _________.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Migration

c)

Mutation

d)

Extinction

25.

The meter prefix meaning 1/10 is _________

a)

Deci

b)

Centi

c)

Milli

d)

Kilo

26.

The central or innermost portion of the Earth, lying below the mantle, is called the _________.

a)

Core

b)

Crust

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

27.

A thin layer of rock separates the Earth's oceans from the hot mantle beneath them is called the _________.

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Shelf

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

28.

The meter prefix meaning 1/100 is _________

a)

Centi

b)

Milli

c)

Deci

d)

Kilo

29.

Information collected using specific methods for a specific purpose of studying or analyzing is called _________.

a)

Data

b)

Noise

c)

Guess

d)

Opinion

30.

A measure of the number of atoms in it is called _________.

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Density

d)

Mole

31.

The meter prefix meaning 100 is _________.

a)

Hecto

b)

Deca

c)

Centi

d)

Milli

32.

Fill in the blank: The metric unit for volume is _______.

a)

Liter

b)

Meter

c)

Gram

d)

Second

33.

Fill in the blank: In an insect or amphibian, the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages is called _______.

a)

Metamorphosis

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Respiration

d)

Pollination

34.

Fill in the blank: The meter prefix meaning 10 is _______.

a)

Deka

b)

Deci

c)

Centi

d)

Milli

35.

Fill in the blank: An individual living thing, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protest, or fungus is called an _______.

a)

Organism

b)

Cell

c)

Molecule

d)

Tissue

36.

Fill in the blank: Any of several sciences, such as geology, oceanography, and meteorology, that study the origin, composition, and physical features of the Earth, and also including study phenomena occurring in the upper atmosphere, in space, or on celestial bodies other than Earth is called _______.

a)

Earth and Space Science

b)

Biology

c)

Chemistry

d)

Environmental Engineering

37.

A phase change from a liquid to a gas is called _______.

a)

Vaporization

b)

Condensation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Freezing

38.

Fill in the blank: An animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse is called a _______.

a)

Scavenger

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Producer

39.

Fill in the blank: The basic unit of a chemical element is called an _______.

a)

Atom

b)

Molecule

c)

Cell

d)

Ion

40.

Fill in the blank: A rapid learning process that takes place early in the life of a social animal is called _______.

a)

Imprinting

b)

Conditioning

c)

Habituation

d)

Trial and Error

41.

Fill in the blank: A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is called an _______.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Organism

c)

Habitat

d)

Population

42.

Fill in the blank: The variable that the scientist deliberately changes is called the _______.

a)

Independent Variable

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Controlled Variable

d)

Experimental Variable

43.

Fill in the blank: The seasonal movement of a complete population of animals from one area to another is called _______.

a)

Migration

b)

Hibernation

c)

Estivation

d)

Territoriality

44.

Fill in the blank: A crack in the Earth's crust is called a _______.

a)

Fault

b)

Fold

c)

Ridge

d)

Trench

45.

Fill in the blank: The metric unit for length is _______.

a)

Meter

b)

Liter

c)

Gram

d)

Second

46.

Fill in the blank: Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms are called _______.

a)

Decomposer

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

d)

Scavenger

47.

Fill in the blank: A summary of how your results support or contradict your original hypothesis is called a _______.

a)

Conclusion

b)

Variable

c)

Prediction

d)

Procedure

48.

Fill in the blank: Energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion is called _______.

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

49.

Fill in the blank: A usually irreversible chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance is called a _______.

a)

Chemical Change

b)

Physical Change

c)

Mixture

d)

Solution

50.

Fill in the blank: Data that approximates or characterizes but does not measure the attributes is called _______.

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitative Data

c)

Discrete Data

d)

Continuous Data

51.

Fill in the blank: An act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process is called _______.

a)

Procedures

b)

Evidence

c)

Judgment

d)

Jurisdiction

52.

Fill in the blank: The branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures is called _______.

a)

Engineering

b)

Biology

c)

Chemistry

d)

Astronomy

53.

Fill in the blank: The variable that is observed or measured by the scientist because of the independent variable is called the _______.

a)

Dependent Variable

b)

Control Variable

c)

Constant Variable

d)

Manipulated Variable

54.

A phase change from a liquid to a solid is called _______.

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

55.

Fill in the blank: An animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin is called an _______.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Insectivore

56.

Fill in the blank: An act or instance of viewing or noting a fact or occurrence for some scientific or other special purpose is called an _______.

a)

Observation

b)

Experiment

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Inference

57.

Fill in the blank: The meter prefix meaning 1000 is _______.

a)

Kilo

b)

Milli

c)

Centi

d)

Deci

58.

Fill in the blank: The meter prefix meaning 1/1000 is _______.

a)

Milli

b)

Centi

c)

Deci

d)

Kilo

59.

A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation also known as an educated guess. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Law

d)

Observation

60.

An animal that feeds on plants. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Insectivore

61.

Is the blending in with surroundings. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Camouflage

b)

Migration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Evaporation

62.

An animal that feeds on flesh. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Carnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Insectivore

63.

Is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Hibernation

b)

Migration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Estivation

64.

The action of imitating someone or something, typically to increase chances of survival. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Mimicry

b)

Migration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Predation

65.

The outer layer of the Earth, between the surface and the mantle, which is up to 40 miles deep. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Lithosphere

66.

An innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Instinct

b)

Reflex

c)

Learning

d)

Adaptation

67.

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage. What is the correct answer?

a)

Amphibian

b)

Reptile

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

68.

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Respiration

c)

Transpiration

d)

Fermentation

69.

The metric unit for mass. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Gram

b)

Meter

c)

Liter

d)

Second

70.

A type of vaporization and is the process of turning from liquid into vapor. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Freezing

71.

Any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings. What is the correct term?

a)

Insect

b)

Mammal

c)

Reptile

d)

Amphibian

72.

Is an organism that feeds on plants or other animals for energy. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Autotroph

73.

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Food Chain

b)

Habitat

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Producer

74.

Is in green plant cells and is a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

d)

Vacuole

75.

Is defined as the group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Control Group

b)

Experimental Group

c)

Variable Group

d)

Treatment Group

76.

An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Variables

b)

Constants

c)

Units

d)

Controls

77.

A warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young. What is it called?

a)

Mammal

b)

Reptile

c)

Bird

d)

Amphibian

78.

The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration. What is this cycle called?

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Carbon Cycle

c)

Nitrogen Cycle

d)

Rock Cycle

79.

Is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Sandstone

80.

Is the part of the earth between the core and the crust. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Core

d)

Atmosphere

81.

Is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Temperature

b)

Pressure

c)

Density

d)

Volume

82.

Are changes affecting the form of a chemical substance, but not its chemical composition. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Physical Change

b)

Chemical Change

c)

Nuclear Change

d)

Biological Change

83.

A theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Tectonic Plate

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Seafloor Spreading

d)

Rock Cycle

84.

A phase change from a gas to a liquid. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Freezing

85.

Is the maximum height of the wave crest. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Velocity

86.

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Gravity

b)

Friction

c)

Magnetism

d)

Buoyancy

87.

Is the layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Continental Crust

b)

Oceanic Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Core

88.

Is an organism, either a green plant or bacterium, which is part of the first level of a food chain that can take energy from the sun and make its own food. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Scavenger

89.

Occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

90.

Occurs when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Lunar Eclipse

b)

Solar Eclipse

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

91.

An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified. What is this instrument called?

a)

Telescope

b)

Microscope

c)

Periscope

d)

Binoculars

92.

The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Orbit

b)

Axis

c)

Gravity

d)

Eclipse

93.

The collection of planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Solar System

b)

Galaxy

c)

Universe

d)

Constellation

94.

An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Satellite

b)

Asteroid

c)

Comet

d)

Meteor

95.

Is a body that orbits the Sun, is massive enough for its own gravity to make it round, and has "cleared its neighborhood" of smaller objects around its orbit. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Planet

b)

Asteroid

c)

Comet

d)

Dwarf planet

96.

Either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Solstice

b)

Equinox

c)

Eclipse

d)

Zenith

97.

A time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

moon phases

b)

solar eclipse

c)

lunar eclipse

d)

new moon

98.

A huge ball of gas held together by gravity. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Star

b)

Planet

c)

Comet

d)

Asteroid

99.

A tapering structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Stalactite

b)

Stalagmite

c)

Column

d)

Flowstone

100.

A mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Stalagmite

b)

Stalactite

c)

Column

d)

Pillar