Energy
What type of energy comes from the sun?
Electromagnetic Energy
When electricity is working, what is moving?
Electrons
What phrase describes the unique placement of earth relative to the sun, allowing it to support life?
“The Goldilocks Zone”
What are these types of factors in an ecosystem?
Climate
Rainfall
Soil composition
Air pollution
Disease
Elevation
Humidity
Abiotic factors in an ecosystem
What is the carbon molecule that is taken in and used by plants?
Carbon dioxide
What are two categories of energy that we studied?
POTENTIAL & KINETIC
Moving electrons cannot pass through this type of material
Insulators
What force can be credited with holding our solar system together?
Gravity
In photosynthesis, where does energy come from, and where does it go?
Comes from the Sun (light)
Gets converted and stored in Glucose (sugar - cpe)
What is the type of wave that moves back and forth?
Sound is an example
Longitudinal wave
Where is chemical potential energy stored?
Chemical bonds
Type of electricity that moves through a wire
Current Electricity
What earthly phenomena is caused by the phases of the moon?
Ocean Tides
In photosynthesis, where does carbon come from, and where does it go?
Comes from CO2 from the atmosphere
Gets converted into Glucose molecules
Then eaten by organisms.
What is the type of energy stored in a nuclear fuel?
Nuclear potential energy
When mechanical kinetic energy is at work, this type of energy will be lost:
Thermal energy
What force is needed to make electricity in a generator?
Magnetism
In a model of the solar system, if the sun was a basketball, what would size of the earth be?
A peppercorn!
What is the foundational organisms of all food chains?
Plants!
Primary producers
Autotrophs/photosynthesizers
What is the name of the variable that is isolated in the experiment?
Independent variable
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.
What is the opposite of a generator?
A motor
What unique feature causes some parts of earth to experience 4 seasons?
23° tilt on its axis
What is any factor that causes population control of organisms within an ecosystem?
Limiting factors
What do the 1000 paper cranes symbolize at the Children's Monument in Hiroshima?
PEACE