🔬Ecology
What do we call the place where an organism lives?
Its habitat.
What type of energy comes from the Sun?
Solar energy.
Which layer of the Earth is the hottest?
Name one way humans can protect the environment.
Recycling, planting trees, using less water, etc.
What is an opening in Earth’s surface where magma comes out?
Volcano
Give an example of a predator-prey relationship.
Ex: A hawk and a mouse.
Name two renewable energy sources.
Examples: solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal.
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
Weathering
How can cutting down too many trees affect an ecosystem?
It can destroy animal habitats and reduce oxygen production.
Remains or traces of ancient organisms preserved in rock.
Fossils
What is a consumer in a food chain?
An organism that eats other organisms.
What kind of energy is stored in food?
Chemical energy.
Name the 4 layers of the Earth (that we learned about) from top to deepest.
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
What are some effects of climate change caused by humans?
Rising temperatures, melting ice, stronger storms, sea level rise.
Name two geological processes that let scientist know Earth's plates move
Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, matching fossils on different continents
What might happen to a food web if all the plants died?
All other organisms would eventually die because they depend on plants for energy.
What kind of energy change happens when you turn on a flashlight?
Chemical energy to light energy.
Which plate type is where they move towards each other?
Convergent Boundary.
What happens to energy when someone uses a hammer on a nail?
The energy transfers from the hammer to the nail.
The movement of weathered material by wind, water, or ice.
Erosion
Organisms that break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil.
Decomposers
What is energy?
The ability to do work or cause change.
Which type of plate causes earthquakes specifically?
Transform Boundary
A rollercoaster has the most potential energy where?
The highest/tallest part or point of the rollercoaster
- The first hill
What causes mountains to form?
Tectonic plates pushing together