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Spring Semester Review Set 1
King- Review
25
Science
7th Grade
05/27/2009

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Term
Most likely, ____ were formed when lava from the Moon's interior flooded bowl-like regions on the Moon's surface.
Definition
maria
Term
____ is a force that attracts all objects toward each other.
Definition
Gravity
Term

Earth spins on its axis,

and one rotation takes about one ____.

Definition
day
Term

The imaginary line drawn from the north

geographic pole to the south geographic pole is

called Earth's ____.

Definition
axis
Term
The phase of the Moon that you cannot see is ____.
Definition
new moon
Term
The longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere is the ____.
Definition
summer solstice
Term
During an equinox, the Sun is directly above Earth's ____.
Definition
equator
Term

De               Depressions on the Moon formed by large meteorites are called ____.

Definition
craters
Term
It takes the Moon 27.3 days to rotate ____ on its axis.
Definition
once
Term
Asteroids, the Sun, planets, comets, and other objects form the ____.
Definition
solar system
Term

The inner planets are also called ____ planets.

Definition
terrestrial
Term
Bacteria that live in places with a supply of oxygen are ____.
Definition
aerobes
Term
All protozoans are ____.
Definition
consumers
Term
Harmful bacteria in food can be killed by ____.
Definition
heat
Term
The two major groups of bacteria are archaebacteria and ____.
Definition
eubacteria
Term
Peanuts and peas contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria in growths on the ____ of plants.
Definition
roots
Term
An antibiotic is a drug used to kill ____.
Definition
bacteria
Term
Bacteria that are saprophytes use ____ as a food and energy source.
Definition
dead material
Term
____ live in very harsh surroundings.
Definition
Archaebacteria
Term
____ are short structures extending from cell membranes that work like oars to propel a protozoan.
Definition
Cilia
Term
Mushrooms are a type of ____.
Definition
club fungus
Term

A process of the food industry

that is used to kill harmful bacteria is ____.

 

Definition
pasteurization
Term
The body of a fungus is usually a mass of threadlike tubes called ____.
Definition
hyphae
Term

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of animals?

a.

have eukaryotic cells

b.

digest their food

c.

make their own food

d.

have many cells with different functions

Definition
make their own food
Term

A vertebrate is defined as having a ____.

Definition
backbone
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