Scientific Method
Something that changes in an experiment.
What is a variable?
Almost all producers get their energy from this source.
What is the Sun?
This is the energy of moving electrons.
What is electrical/electromagnetic energy?
Fahrenheit, Celsius and ______ are the three scales used to measure temperature.
What is Kelvin?
Two plates sliding past each other.
What is a transform boundary?
The information you collect during your experiment.
What is data?
These organisms can't make their own food, and need to eat other organisms to survive.
What are concumers?
This is another name for heat energy.
What is thermal energy?
The transfer of heat through two objects touching.
What is conduction?
Two plates pulling apart.
What is a divergent boundary?
This variable is what you measure in your experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
This is the name for when different animals fight over limited resources they both need.
What is competition?
This is the energy of objects that are moving?
What is mechanical energy?
The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
Two plates coming together.
What is a convergent boundary?
This variable is what you change in your experiment:
What is the independent variable?
How much energy moves up to the next level of an ecosystem?
What is ten percent?
This is the energy an object has based on its position (how far it could fall)
What is gravitational energy?
The transfer of heat through a moving liquid or gas.
What is convection?
Earth's tectonic plates float on top of this layer of the Earth.
What is the mantle?
Your hypothesis is usually written in this format.
What is "if-then" format?
An organism benefits while harming (but not killing) another organism.
What is parasitism?
This is the energy stored in the bonds that connect atoms and molecules.
What is chemical energy?
A microwave heats food using this type of heat transfer.
What is radiation?
Divergent boundaries create these on land.
What are rift valleys?