Ecosystems
Shows the flow of energy from one organism to the next
What is a food chain?
The thickest layer of the Earth
What is the mantle
The breaking apart of rock by roots or weather.
What is weathering?
Anything that is used from the Earth
What are natural resources?
This energy moves by bouncing off particles in a solid, liquid, or gas
What is sound?
Two or more food Chains that overlap
What is a food web?
The thinnest layer of the Earth
What is the crust?
Rock that is carried away to a new location
What is erosion?
Coal, Oil, and natural gas
What are fossil fuels?
This energy does not need anything to travel through
What is light?
The animal at the top of the food chain
What is an apex predator?
The crust is broken into plates that move around over the mantle
What is plate tectonics?
Rock that is dropped off in a different location
What is deposition?
Energy made from the sun, air, or water
What is a renewable resource?
The distance between the two crests
What is wavelength?
These break down dead plants and material
What are decomposers?
One solid landmass that was formed a very long time ago
What is Pangaea?
These huge blocks of ice cause erosion by scraping the ground as they move
What are glaciers
These resources are used to build houses or furniture
What are trees?
waves that are categorized by wavelength and frequency
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
These are known as primary consumers in a food pyramid
What are herbivores?
This theory explains how plates moved to the position they are in today
The theory of continental drift
This type of rock was formed by wind erosion
What is a mushroom rock?
This takes over the native plants or animals in an ecosystem
What are invasive species?
The colors of the visible light spectrum in order
What are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet?