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    What defines a Jovian planet?

    These planets are primarily composed of gas and ice.

    What is an asteroid?

    Objects made of metal and rock orbiting a star.

    What is the Kuiper belt?

    A region of space beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies.

    What are meteoroids?

    Small rock fragments and debris found in space.

    What is a solar system?

    A star and all objects bound to it by gravity.

    What causes gravity?

    The attraction between any two objects with mass.

    What is weight?

    The measurement of gravitational pull on an object.

    What affects gravitational attraction?

    The mass of objects and the distance between them.

    What is an orbit?

    A curved path resulting from inertia and gravity.

    What defines a cell?

    The smallest organized unit in living organisms.

    What is photosynthesis?

    The conversion of light energy into chemical energy.

    What do all cells do?

    Grow, take in energy, respond, and reproduce.

    What is cellular respiration?

    Using oxygen to break down food for energy.

    What are the levels of cellular organization?

    Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism.

    What is a common ancestor?

    An organism from which several others have descended.

    What is a trait?

    An inherited characteristic of an organism.

    What are chromosomes?

    Structures of DNA containing many genes.

    What is asexual reproduction?

    Offspring are clones from a single parent.

    What is sexual reproduction?

    Offspring result from combining chromosomes from two parents.

    What is an allele?

    Different forms of a gene.

    What are dominant traits?

    Traits expressed when the dominant allele is present.

    What are recessive traits?

    Traits expressed only with two recessive alleles.

    What do mutations do?

    Create new traits, some beneficial and others harmful.

    What is crucial for a species' survival?

    The ability to reproduce.

    What is mitosis?

    Nucleus and contents duplicate, forming two identical cells.

    What is meiosis?

    Nucleus divides to form four sex cells.

    What is natural selection?

    Survival of organisms with advantageous traits.

    What occurs during fertilization?

    Sperm and egg chromosomes unite.

    What is a habitat?

    Any place where an organism lives.

    What defines an ecosystem?

    A system of biotic and abiotic factors.

    What are abiotic factors?

    Non-living parts of an ecosystem.

    What are biotic factors?

    Living organisms within an ecosystem.

    What is the ultimate energy source in an ecosystem?

    The sun.

    What is the biosphere?

    The part of Earth where life exists.

    What is matter?

    Anything that has mass and occupies space.

    What is carrying capacity?

    The maximum population size supported by an ecosystem.

    What is population density?

    The number of individuals in a specific area.