Earth Science
This type of rock is formed from cooled magma.
What is Igneous Rock.
This is the process by which the best adapted triats are passed down to the next generation.
What is Natural Selection.
This type of ecological relationship is good for both organisms involved. (+/+)
What is Mutualism.
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is The Law of Conservation of Energy.
This is the process by which our cells maintain their internal conditions.
What is Homeostasis.
This is the process that moves sediment from one place to another.
What is Erosion.
This type of reproduction only requires one parent.
What is Asexual Reproduction.
What is the base of all food chains and food webs. (Not the source of all energy on earth.)
What are Producers.
What is it called when energy is transformed from one form to another?
What is Energy Transformation.
These types of forces cause a change in position.
What are Unbalanced Forces.
This theory states that Earth is broken up into plates that move on the Earth's mantle.
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics.
An inability for a species to adapt eventually leads to.
What is Extinction.
This is anything that keeps a population from growing too large in an ecosystem.
What is a Limiting Factor.
The waves of this color have the highest frequency.
What is Violet.
In speed graphs, what represents an object that is not moving.
What is a Horizontal Line.
This is the result of two plates sliding against each other.
What is an Earthquake.
This record shows how organisms have changed over time. (Hint: Record in in the name)
What is the Fossil Record.
What is an organism that eats a primary consumer called?
What is a Secondary Consumer.
What waves on the electromagnetic spectrum are just below visible light?
What are Infrared.
A scientific _____________ explains why or how something happens.
What are Theories.
This is the layer of the Earth that contains the crust as well as part of the mantle.
What is the Lithosphere.
This is the type of chart that is used to track inherited traits from generation to generation.
What is a Pedigree.
Less and less of this gets transferred up the food web as organisms eat one another.
What is Energy.
Light waves can travel though this, but sound waves cannot.
What is a Vacuum.
This Scientific Law states that the lower layers of rock are older than the layers above it.