{"id":328,"date":"2023-09-09T21:50:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T21:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:52:45","slug":"7th-grade-science-supports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/7th-grade-science-supports\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Grade Science Supports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General note: Current vocabulary should be memorized and is <mark>highlighted <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">Scientific Method<\/mark><\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Observation- what I see, taste, touch, smell, hear<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inference- what I guess, assume<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prediction- a future statement with words like, &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;might,&#8221; &#8220;could&#8221; etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hypothesis Statement- If (inference), then (prediction)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ex: If the grass needs light to grow, then grass in the shade will not grow well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent Variable- what I choose\/change in my experiment\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ex: The amount of light I expose the grass to<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dependent Variable- what I measure at the end of my experiment\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ex: The growth of the grass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Controlled Variable- what I keep consistent in my experiment\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ex: The type of grass, the amount of time since it was planted, the watering schedule<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bias- my preferences that cause unfair\/inaccurate results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">Chemistry<\/mark><\/strong><\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unit 1 Storyline: <a href=\"https:\/\/openscied-uploads-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/G7_UCA\/parts\/storyline.pdf\">https:\/\/openscied-uploads-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/G7_UCA\/parts\/storyline.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark>States of Matter<\/mark>&#8211; Solid (moves little, dense), Liquid (moves more, less dense), Gas (moves fast, low density)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark>Conservation of Matter<\/mark> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2S6e11NBwiw\">The law of conservation of mass &#8211; Todd Ramsey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Thermal Energy- How fast or slow particles move (high T.E. = hotter, low T.E. = colder)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark>Physical Property-<\/mark> A description of a substance that can be used to identify it (color, boiling point, solubility, etc)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark>Chemical Property<\/mark>&#8211; A description of how a substance reacts with other chemicals or added energy (flammability, explosiveness, etc)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark>Dissolve<\/mark>&#8211; a substance breaks into tiny pieces<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark>Solubility <\/mark>&#8211; how &#8220;dissolvable&#8221; something is<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark>Flammability<\/mark>&#8211; How likely a substance is to catch fire (chemical property)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark>Density<\/mark>&#8211; How close together particles are<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"177\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-1.png 337w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-1-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Solubility- How well something dissolves<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"476\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.9222689075630253;width:544px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/image-1.png 915w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/image-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/image-1-768x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-1024x634.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image-825x510.png 825w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/image.png 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be able to identify which gas is present based on if it floats or sinks, lights a fire or extinguishes a fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EX: A gas that floats and extinguishes a flame: If it floats it has a density of less than air (less than 1.16), then check the flammability to see if it extinguishes a flame. ANSWER: Carbon Monoxide, Helium, Neon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499337928224629;width:582px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-1-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" style=\"width:585px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/image.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Exothermic Reaction &#8211; heat produced (feels hot)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Endothermic Reaction &#8211; heat consumed (feels cold)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Synthesis Reaction -Atoms form new bonds<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Decomposition Reaction &#8211; Old chemical bonds break between atoms<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"225\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.6533333333333333;width:252px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-3.png 597w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-3-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Atom &#8211; smallest particle of matter<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Element- collection of purely one type of atom (pure substance)<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Molecule- more than one atom chemically bonded together<\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compound- more than one TYPE of atom chemically bonded together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"220\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-405\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4.1863636363636365;width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image.png 921w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-768x183.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Proton- positive subatomic particle, found in the nucleus of an atom, weighs 1 AU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neutron- neutral subatomic particle, found in the nucleus of an atom, weighs 1 AU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electron- negative subatomic particle, found around the outside of an atom, no AUs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atomic Mass = Protons + Neutrons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atomic Number = Number of protons (tells you which element you have, use periodic table)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atomic Charge = Protons &#8211; Electrons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-406\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:253px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-1.png 600w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Balancing Equations<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to balance chemical equations:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yA3TZJ2em6g<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eNsVaUCzvLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"252\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410\" style=\"width:193px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-4.png 347w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/image-4-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Metabolic Reactions<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unit 3 Storyline: <a href=\"https:\/\/openscied-uploads-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/G7_UMR\/parts\/storyline.pdf\">https:\/\/openscied-uploads-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/G7_UMR\/parts\/storyline.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Molecule: More than one atom bonded together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macromolecule: A very large molecule (our bodies cannot absorb these directly, they need to be broken up and digested)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macromolecules in food: Protein, Fat, Fiber, Complex Carbohydrates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(micro or small) Molecules in food: Amino Acids, Fatty Acids, Glucose (and other sugars), Water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digest: Chemical bonds are broken, making molecules smaller (enzymes do most digestion)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Absorb: Small molecules are taken from the digestive system into the rest of the body (like a sponge absorbing water, our bodies absorb food molecules)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enzyme: A special type of protein that our bodies make, some enzymes digest food molecules (Amylase digests Carbohydrates into Sugar, Protease digests Protein into Amino Acids, Lipase digests Fat into Fatty Acids, humans cannot digest Fiber because our bodies cannot make the right enzyme for it)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"431\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-417\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9582366589327146;width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/01\/image.png 413w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/01\/image-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Model 1: The anatomy of the digestive system (be able to label the parts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"649\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-1.png 975w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-1-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Model 2: The digestion and absorption of food in the digestive system. Be able to explain which molecules are broken down, what they break down into, and where they are broken down. For example, Carbohydrates are broken down (Digested\/D.) into glucose in the Stomach (see above blue writing). Carbohydrates should all be digested into glucose by the time food reaches the small intestine. The glucose is then Absorbed (A.) into the body in the small intestine. There should be no carbs or glucose left over by the time food reaches the large intestine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"666\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-2.png 891w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-2-768x574.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Metabolic Reaction:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"643\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" style=\"width:690px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/image-1.png 921w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/image-1-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/image-1-768x536.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Matter Cycling and Photosynthesis<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unit 4 Storyline: <a href=\"https:\/\/openscied.org\/instructional-materials\/7-4-matter-cycling-photosynthesis\/\">https:\/\/openscied.org\/instructional-materials\/7-4-matter-cycling-photosynthesis\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all depend on plants! (And plants depend on the energy from the Sun)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" style=\"width:478px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/image-2.png 720w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/image-2-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most of our food is either plant or animal. Even the animals we eat depend on plants, though. Therefore, plants are essential for all the food we eat, even if we don&#8217;t like all the vegetables we&#8217;ve tried.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plants have a high level of carbohydrates and sugars like glucose. Carbohydrates and glucose are molecules made of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plants get Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms from the water (H2O) they absorb through roots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plants get Carbon and Oxygen atoms from the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air they absorb through leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plants make their own carbohydrates and sugars using the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen they absorb AND the energy from sunlight to build new chemical bonds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-3-1024x409.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-3-1024x409.png 1024w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-3-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-3-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-3-1536x614.png 1536w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/image-3.png 1790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"590\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image.png 752w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark>Plant Anatomy<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"241\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" style=\"width:688px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-6.png 460w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-6-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"523\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-1024x523.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image.png 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-2-1024x488.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-2-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-2-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-2-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-2.png 1522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> The flower is a reproductive organ with both female and male parts. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>pistil<\/strong> is the female part, with a <strong>stigma <\/strong>at the top and an <strong>ovary<\/strong> at its base. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>stamen<\/strong> is the male part, where <strong>pollen<\/strong> is produced on the <strong>anthers<\/strong>. Pollen, like sperm, travels through the pistil to the ovary to create a fertilized seed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the seed is fertilized, the <strong>ovary <\/strong>grows to become the <strong>fruit<\/strong> we eat (with <strong>seeds <\/strong>inside)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"579\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-451\" style=\"width:594px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-5.png 975w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-5-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/03\/image-5-768x456.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/image-2-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark> How do plants get the energy to make fruit and grow?<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photosynthesis and cellular respiration\/the metabolic reaction have opposite goals. When a plant does photosynthesis, it is creating sugar to store energy from the sun in a chemical form. When a plant needs to use energy to grow, it does the cellular respiration reaction to digest sugar and release energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photosynthesis starts with Carbon dioxide (CO2) breathed in from the air through stomata on the leaves. Water is sucked up from the roots into the chloroplasts. Light is absorbed by the chloroplasts and TADA! Sugar molecules (glucose) are made. In the process, extra Oxygen and water vapor is breathed out through the stomata in the leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plants and other organisms with chloroplasts can do photosynthesis- this is the only way sugar is made! Plants, animals, fungi and many types of cells can do cellular respiration- the process of digesting sugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-544ded1a-e936-4021-bef9-5a80757c344f\" href=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PlantsOverTime-1.docx\"><mark>PlantsOverTime<\/mark><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/school.assumption.org\/seventhgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PlantsOverTime-1.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-544ded1a-e936-4021-bef9-5a80757c344f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Ecosystem Dynamics<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unit 5 Storyline: <a href=\"https:\/\/openscied-uploads-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/G7_UEC\/parts\/storyline.pdf\">https:\/\/openscied-uploads-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/G7_UEC\/parts\/storyline.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Earth&#8217;s Resources<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unit storyline (this is heavily changed to make a <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blooket Links (email Mrs. Ernest if links don&#8217;t work):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-dark-brown-color\">7th Grade Core Concepts<\/mark><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark>Draw a molecule using a molecular formula<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark>Is it a phase change or a chemical reaction?<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark>Explain what conservation of matter means<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark>How can you tell if a chemical reaction just happened?<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is thermal energy?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How is thermal energy related to kinetic energy?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain how the DNA is a cell is important for making proteins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rank these things from small to large: molecule, atom, organ, electron, tissue, organelle, cell, organism, macromolecule<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the functions of the organelles in plant and animal cells?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain the inputs and outputs of photosynthesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain the inputs and outputs of the metabolic reaction\/cellular respiration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain how photosynthesis and the metabolic reaction are related<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draw a food web showing how energy flows in an ecosystem<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What makes a good quality sustainable farm? Name at least one feature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain one technology for monitoring or minimizing human impact on the environment. What is one benefit to using this technology? What is one detriment? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does increasing the human population in a small area affect the surrounding areas? 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