Ecosystems
These eat plants.
What is a herbivore?
Energy always transfers from....
HIGH energy to LOW energy
A ladder is this type of structure. Be as specific as possible!
What is a manufactured frame structure?
The property of a mineral associated with how it reflects light.
What is lustre?
Plants use energy from the sun to create food.
What is photosynthesis?
One species benefits and the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
Gas to Solid
What is deposition?
The unit for measuring force.
What is a Newton?
A magnitude 8.0 Earthquake is ____x less powerful than a magnitude 9.0
What is 10x?
This part of the flower will develop into a fruit.
What is the ovary?
The role that an organism fits in an ecosystem.
What is a niche?
Convert 300K to Degrees C
What is 27C?
Nails, rivets, and screws are this type of joint.
What is a fastener?
The order of seismic waves.
What is P-S-Surface waves?
This acts as an elevator, taking water and nutrients from the roots, up the stem, and to the leaves.
What is the xylem?
Biologists will look at data from these first to check the environmental health of an ecosystem.
What are indicator species?
You feel heat coming from a fire.
What is radiation?
Internal stresses can change the shape of a structure. If the change in shape is permanent, this change is known as...?
What is plastic deformation?
A rock with visible crystals is likely... (be specific)
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
Using a pest's natural predators against it!
What are biological controls?
An invasive species can upset an ecosystem by outcompeting native species. Name one reason why invasive species often have this advantage.
What is a lack of natural predators?
4 Parts to the Particle Model of Matter
- Everything is made of particles
- Particles are always moving
- Particles have space between them
- Heat them up and they will speed up
An elevator is measured to be able to hold 500kg. The posted weight limit is set at 400kg. What is the factor of safety for this elevator?
What is 1.25?
4 Steps to make a sedimentary rock from a metamorphic rock.
1) Weathering
2) Erosion
3) Deposit (fall into layers of sediment)
4) Compaction and/or cementation
The name for vertical farming with no soil where water drips down from the top.
What is hydroponics?