Ecology
What is an organism?
Any living thing
Finish the statement:
All living things are made of _______.
cells
What is the outermost layer of the earth?
The crust
What is any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place called?
A wave
What is energy?
The ability to do work
What are some examples of abiotic factors?
water, rocks, dirt, sand, ect.
What organelle contains DNA?
Nucleus
What layer of the earth is solid metal?
Inner core
What type of wave requires a medium to travel through?
Mechanical waves
What type of energy powers appliances?
electrical
What are all the populations in an area called?
communities
What type of reproduction creates genetic copies?
Asexual reproduction
What is the movement called within the mantle?
Convection currents
The number of waves that travel a given point is called...
frequency
What are the three states of matter?
solids, liquids, gasses
What are the factors that cause a population to stop growing or to decrease?
Limiting Factors
What are genes?
Sequences of DNA
What tectonic plate boundary creates volcanoes?
Convergent
The bending of waves as they enter a new medium is called...
refraction
What types of energy are used when you turn on a light?
electrical, radiant, thermal
What energy roles exist in an ecosystem (there are three)?
Producers, decomposers, and consumers
What is heredity?
What type of rock forms through intense heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
What is constructive interference?
When two waves collide and form a bigger wave
What is the transfer of heat by movement of fluids/air?
Convection