Ecosystems
What are abiotic factors? Provide an example.
Non-living factors in an environment.
Ex: Water, temperature, soil.
What is the smallest unit of matter?
Atom
Energy from movement is known as what type of energy?
Kinetic energy
A push or pull on an object
Force
In what phase does the moon not appear visible?
New moon
What do we call organisms that are capable of making their own food using sunlight?
Producers
More than one atom joined together is known as what?
Molecule- two or more of the same atoms
Compound- two or more different atoms
The movement of energy from one object to another is known as what?
Energy transfer
What force is responsible for slowing things down when two surfaces rub together?
Friction
Terrestrial planets
What is carrying capacity?
What is the center of the atom called?
When energy changes from one form into another form, like chemical energy to light energy in a flashlight, it is known as what?
Energy transformation
The measure of how much matter is an object
Mass
A collection of millions or billions of stars held together by gravity is known as what?
A galaxy
Which type of organisms are responsible for breaking down dead or decaying matter and recycling the nutrients?
Decomposers
What is the negatively charged part of the atom called?
Electron
What type of energy is known as stored energy? Example, a ball at the top of the hill
Potential energy
What force slows a parachuters fall to Earth?
Air resistance
Jupiter
What is a niche?
The job, or role, an organism plays in the environment
What is the positively charged part of the atom called?
Proton
What type of energy is stored in a battery?
Chemical energy
If the distance between two objects decreases, the gravitational force (increases or decreases).
increases
Rocky objects that orbit the sun are known as what?
Asteroids