Continental
Drift
Drift
This is the meteorologist who first proposed the Theory of Continental Drift
Who is Alfred Wegener?
Breaks in the Earth's crust
What are Faults?
The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
What is Ecology?
The parts of the planet including land, water, or atmosphere in which all life exists (multiple biomes fit into this)
What is a Biosphere?
A relationship where one species benefits, the other is harmed
What is Parasitism?
This is the name of the proposed "supercontinent" where all the earth's continents were once joined together
What is Pangea
Two continental plates colliding will create this
What are Mountains?
The preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth
What are Fossils?
Group of organisms that belong to the same species and live in the same area
What is Population?
A relationship where both species benefit.
What is Mutualism
Term for the continents slow movement on Earth's surface
What is Continental Drift?
When two plates collide
What are Convergent Boundaries
The process by which plants and some use sunlight to digest foods from carbon dioxide and water
What is Photosynthesis?
The simplest level of organization in ecology. (an individual living thing)
What is an Organism?
A relationship where one species benefits, the other is not affected
What is Commensalism?
This type of plate boundary involves two plates moving apart from one another
What is a Divergent Boundary?
Two continental plates separating will create this
What is a Rift Valley?
Seafloor Spreading occurs at what type of plate boundary?
What is a Divergent Boundary?
Groups of populations of two or more species in a specific area. (multiple populations in one area)
What is Community?
A mosquito has a __________ relationship with humans and other animals
What is Parasitic?
This is the term for one plate being forced underneath another plate
What is Subduction?
Transform boundaries usually cause these
What are Earthquakes?
Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
What is a Species?
Multiple populations and abiotic factors make up this.
What is an Ecosystem?
A bee and a flower have a ________ relationship because they both benefit from it.
What is Mutualistic?