Landforms
What is the crust of the Earth made up of?
Mostly solid rock
If Jake uses a mirror to shine light at the ceiling, how is he moving the light?
Reflecting the light
The variable that is measured because of changing the independent variable.
Dependent Variable
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats another
What does friction cause?
heat
What is the theory of plate tectonics say about the Earth?
That it's surface is covered by large plates that are in constant motion.
What would be the best medium to block the sun at the beach?
An opaque one. No sun can get through.
The variable that is changed in an experiment.
Independent Variable
An organism that produces its own energy with the help of the sun.
Producer
A push or pull on an object that is either in motion or still
a force
What occurs at transform boundaries?
Earthquakes
What is echolocation?
Where animals use echoes that bounce back to locate items.
The level that all independent variables are compared to.
Control
Traits that are beneficial to the survival and reproduction of organisms in their environment.
Adaptations
Energy that is stored
potential energy
What is another name for a boundary?
A fault line
What causes tides?
pitch
An organism with a backbone is called...
a Vertebrate
Energy that is in motion
kinetic motion
What causes rock within the mantle to flow and move Earth's plates?
Thermal energy
Which color has the longest wavelength?
Red
Rapid moving back and forth of matter that produces sound is called...
vibration
An organism that breaks down the molecules of other organisms.
Decomposer
Objects will keep moving unless...
a force pushes or pulls them