General Science
What colour absorbs the most light
Black
What is classification?
Organising things into groups based on their characteristics
An organism that eats meat
Carnivore
What is an ecosystem?
The living and non-living things within an area and the ways they interact
An animal that eats only plants
Herbivore
What force keeps us from floating while on Earth?
Gravitational force
Kingdom that contains mushrooms and molds
Fungi
What is the name of an organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms?
A predator
What is a habitat?
A specific area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in
What is an animal that eats both plants and animals?
An omnivore
Name three types of energy
Kinetic, potential, radiant, light, electromagnetic, gravitational
What are four features of living things?
Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Respiration, Excretion, Nutrition
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
Producer
Give an example of an introduced species to Australia
European rabbit, cane toad, fox, cat, feral pigs, goats
Organism that gets its energy by eating other things
Consumer
What are the 3 states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Classification level or name given to a group of organisms that can reproduce to create offspring
Species
Community
What does the direction of arrows show in a food chain/food web?
The flow of energy
What is an endangered species and how can captive breeding programs benefit it?
An endangered species is one that is threatened to be extinct. Captive breeding programs support it to reproduce without the threats in its natural environment.
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What are the 7 levels of classification in order
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What happens to energy when you move through the different trophic levels?
The energy level goes down
What is the name of the terrestrial ecosystem that contains the most diversity of plants and animals?
Tropical rainforest
Organism that gets its energy by breaking down organic matter
Decomposer