The ability to make things move or change
Energy
A molecule that organisms can use to release the energy they need to survive.
Energy Storage Molecule (ESM)
The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
Equator
Variations in a set of data.
Fluctuation
The relative size of something.
Scale
A small part that is meant to show what the whole is like.
Sample
To provide evidence that goes against a claim.
Refute
The rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid.
Igneous rock
Mr. Beckett's favorite football team.
Seahawks
Winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents.
Prevailing winds
A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean.
Upwelling
The process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water.
Weathering
Things people do that affect the Earth system.
Human activities
A group of the same type of organism living in the same area.
Population
A pull between two molecules that is always the same for a substance.
Molecular attraction
Science and _____ are married.
Math
To use any of the five senses to gather information about something.
Observe
A layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth, where weather happens.
Troposphere
One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer.
Plate
A scientist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment.
Ecologist
The living and nonliving components of Earth, including the water, land and atmosphere.
Earth's system
Name 2 out of the three countries Mr. Beckett is going to in summer.
Iceland, Sweden and Italy
The result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects.
Indirect effect
An event or process that leads to a result or change.
Cause
A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
Cross section