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BREAKING DOWN OF ROCKS AND MINERALS BY NATURAL FORCES
WHAT IS WEATHERING?
A PUSH OR PULL THAT CAN CAUSE AN OBJECT TO MOVE, STOP, OR CHANGE DIRECTION.
WHAT IS FORCE?
THE BASIC UNIT OF LIFE.
WHAT IS A CELL?
THE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF WATER THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT IS THE WATER CYCLE?
RATE AT WHICH VELOCITY CHANGES OVER TIME.
WHAT IS ACCELERATE?
MOVEMENT OF SEDIMENT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
WHAT IS EROSION?
SPEED IN A GIVEN DIRECTION.
WHAT IS VELOCITY?
THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL; PRODUCES ENERGY.
MOLECULE THAT CARRIES GENETIC INFORMATION.
WHAT IS DNA?
THE ENERGY A MOVING OBJECT HAS.
WHAT IS KINETIC ENERGY?
THEORY THAT EARTH'S SURFACE IS MADE OF PLATES THAT MOVE.
WHAT IS PLATE TECTONICS?
THE ABILITY TO DO WORK OR CAUSE CHANGE.
WHAT IS CHLOROPLAST?
PROCESS BY WHICH PLANTS MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD USING SUNLIGHT.
WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
SHAKING OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE CAUSED BY MOVEMENT OF THE TECTONIC PLATES.
WHAT IS AN EARTHQUAKE?
A SYSTEM OF MILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF STARS, ALONG WITH GAS AND DUST, HELD TOGETHER BY GRAVITY.
WHAT IS GALAXY?
PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANISMS BETTER ADAPTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT TEND TO SURVIVE AND PRODUCE MORE OFFSPRING.
WHAT IS NATURAL SELECTION?
AN ORGANISM THAT MAKES ITS OWN FOOD.
WHAT IS A PRODUCER?
THE SUN AND EVERYTHING THAT ORBITS IT
THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF ROCK FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION.
WHAT IS ROCK CYCLE?
STORED ENERGY DUE TO POSITION.
WHAT IS POTENTIAL ENERGY?
A COMMUNITY OF INTERACTING ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT IS ECOSYSTEM?
AN ORGANISM THAT EATS OTHER ORGANISMS TO OBTAIN ENERGY.
WHAT IS A CONSUMER?
THE PRINCIPAL THAT STATES THAT ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED, ONLY TRANSFORMED.
WHAT IS CONSERVATION OF ENERGY?