PECT Module 3 Test Questions and Answers Graded A
ecosystem - -the community of living and and atmosphere in which organisms are able to
non-living things and how they interact live.
inheritance - -the passing of traits to atmosphere - -Layer of gases surrounding
offspring from its parents to ancestor the Earth that protect life by absorbing UV rays--
mostly made of oxygen and nitrogen.
life cycles - -the cycle of an organisms
birth, reproduction, and death soil - -Made up of humus (organic matter),
bits of rock/minerals, clay, water and air.
adaptation - -evolutionary process by
which an organism lives acid rain - -When air pollutants creates rain
that is highly acidic and harmful to plants, aquatic
animals and infrastructure.
habitat - -the specific place where an
organism lives
smog - -A type of air pollutant found in
cities which can be created by burning fossil fuels
invasive species - -a species that has been and cars.
brought out of its natural habitat and introduced
to a new habitat and cause a good amount of
damage moon phases - -As the moon orbits the
earth, the shape of the moon appears to change
because different amounts of the illuminated part
producer - -typically plans, harnessing light of the moon are facing us.
energy from the sun to produce their own food
Earth's orbit and axil tilt - -The earth rotates
consumer - -typically animals, they can't on a 23 degree angle and this is the reason for
make their own food so they need to consume the Earth's seasons, NOT the fact that it has an
plants and/or other animals elliptical orbit.
decomposers - -Typically bacteria and magnent - -A material that attracts or
fungi, along with insects like maggots and repels the same material and attracts iron and
earthworms-they eat decaying matter-dead steel.
plants and animals and in the process they break
them down and decompose them--when they do
this, they release nutrients back into the soil for model - -A visual, mathematical, or three-
plants to produce with dimensional representation in detail of an object
or design, often a different scale than the original.
A model is used to test ideas, make changes to a
biosphere - -The parts of the land, sea, design, and to learn more about what would
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happen to a similar, real object
Earth's core, mantle, crust - -The crust is
energy - -Energy is potential when a book the top layer and is all that we see and what we
is resting on a table, but kinetic when it is in live on. The mantle is the middle and thickest part
motion and falling to the floor. potential=static. of the earth and is incredibly hot (magma). The
kinetic=motion core is the center and extremely hot and dense.
waves - -repeating patterns of motion that rock cycle - -The process by which rocks
transfer energy from place to place without are formed, altered, destroyed, and reformed.
overall displacement of matter Volcanoes create igneous rocks, erosion turns
igneous rocks into sediments, pressure turns
sediments into sedimentary rocks, intense heat
valid and reliable experiment - -Reliable and pressure turns igneous and sedimentary
means that you can count on the results and rocks into metamorphic rocks
they are repeatable. a valid experiment is one
that identifies and controls all potential variables,
measures accurately, removes all potential igneous rocks - -formed from cooled lava
biases
sedimentary rocks - -formed when eroded
conservation of mass and energy - -Things rocks (sediments) are put under pressure (ex:
cannot be created or destroyed. Mass and sandstone)
energy are always being repurposed. Just about
all energy comes from the sun and gets
transferred and generally radiated back out into metamorphic rocks - -when rocks are put
space. under intense pressure they form metamorphic
rocks, like diamonds
energy cycle - -Energy starts with the sun,
travels to Earth as light and much of it is reflected density - -a measure of how tightly matter
or radiated by our atmosphere back into space. in an object is packed together
Some of it gets absorbed by plants and turned
into food through photosynthesis. This then
begins the food chain of producers, consumers mass - -How much matter their is in an
and decomposers. object. Usually when a thing is heavier, it has a
greater mass. Weight is dependent upon gravity
while mass is not. Mass is measured in
properties of minerals - -Observable traits kilograms.
that allow students to classify different minerals.
A good inquiry based lesson is to give them
minerals, allow them to perform the following volume - -the amount of space taken up by
tests/observations on them and match their a three-dimensional shape such as a box or room
findings with a key: color, streak, hardness,
luster.
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ecosystem - -the community of living and and atmosphere in which organisms are able to
non-living things and how they interact live.
inheritance - -the passing of traits to atmosphere - -Layer of gases surrounding
offspring from its parents to ancestor the Earth that protect life by absorbing UV rays--
mostly made of oxygen and nitrogen.
life cycles - -the cycle of an organisms
birth, reproduction, and death soil - -Made up of humus (organic matter),
bits of rock/minerals, clay, water and air.
adaptation - -evolutionary process by
which an organism lives acid rain - -When air pollutants creates rain
that is highly acidic and harmful to plants, aquatic
animals and infrastructure.
habitat - -the specific place where an
organism lives
smog - -A type of air pollutant found in
cities which can be created by burning fossil fuels
invasive species - -a species that has been and cars.
brought out of its natural habitat and introduced
to a new habitat and cause a good amount of
damage moon phases - -As the moon orbits the
earth, the shape of the moon appears to change
because different amounts of the illuminated part
producer - -typically plans, harnessing light of the moon are facing us.
energy from the sun to produce their own food
Earth's orbit and axil tilt - -The earth rotates
consumer - -typically animals, they can't on a 23 degree angle and this is the reason for
make their own food so they need to consume the Earth's seasons, NOT the fact that it has an
plants and/or other animals elliptical orbit.
decomposers - -Typically bacteria and magnent - -A material that attracts or
fungi, along with insects like maggots and repels the same material and attracts iron and
earthworms-they eat decaying matter-dead steel.
plants and animals and in the process they break
them down and decompose them--when they do
this, they release nutrients back into the soil for model - -A visual, mathematical, or three-
plants to produce with dimensional representation in detail of an object
or design, often a different scale than the original.
A model is used to test ideas, make changes to a
biosphere - -The parts of the land, sea, design, and to learn more about what would
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, PECT Module 3 Test Questions and Answers Graded A
happen to a similar, real object
Earth's core, mantle, crust - -The crust is
energy - -Energy is potential when a book the top layer and is all that we see and what we
is resting on a table, but kinetic when it is in live on. The mantle is the middle and thickest part
motion and falling to the floor. potential=static. of the earth and is incredibly hot (magma). The
kinetic=motion core is the center and extremely hot and dense.
waves - -repeating patterns of motion that rock cycle - -The process by which rocks
transfer energy from place to place without are formed, altered, destroyed, and reformed.
overall displacement of matter Volcanoes create igneous rocks, erosion turns
igneous rocks into sediments, pressure turns
sediments into sedimentary rocks, intense heat
valid and reliable experiment - -Reliable and pressure turns igneous and sedimentary
means that you can count on the results and rocks into metamorphic rocks
they are repeatable. a valid experiment is one
that identifies and controls all potential variables,
measures accurately, removes all potential igneous rocks - -formed from cooled lava
biases
sedimentary rocks - -formed when eroded
conservation of mass and energy - -Things rocks (sediments) are put under pressure (ex:
cannot be created or destroyed. Mass and sandstone)
energy are always being repurposed. Just about
all energy comes from the sun and gets
transferred and generally radiated back out into metamorphic rocks - -when rocks are put
space. under intense pressure they form metamorphic
rocks, like diamonds
energy cycle - -Energy starts with the sun,
travels to Earth as light and much of it is reflected density - -a measure of how tightly matter
or radiated by our atmosphere back into space. in an object is packed together
Some of it gets absorbed by plants and turned
into food through photosynthesis. This then
begins the food chain of producers, consumers mass - -How much matter their is in an
and decomposers. object. Usually when a thing is heavier, it has a
greater mass. Weight is dependent upon gravity
while mass is not. Mass is measured in
properties of minerals - -Observable traits kilograms.
that allow students to classify different minerals.
A good inquiry based lesson is to give them
minerals, allow them to perform the following volume - -the amount of space taken up by
tests/observations on them and match their a three-dimensional shape such as a box or room
findings with a key: color, streak, hardness,
luster.
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