VOCABULARY 1
EARTH SYSTEMS
VOCABULARY 2
RELATIONSHIPS
ENERGY
100

Identify the energy transformation.

You strike a match and it lights and heats up.

Mechanical-Radiant (Light)-Thermal (Heat)

100

A battery powers a phone that shines brightly when turned on.

Chemical-Electrical-Radiant-Sound

100
  • What type of relationship exists in the examples below?
  • 1 The dogs supply protection and companionship and the humans provide food and shelter.
  • 2 The shrimp digs a burrow into the sand and both organisms live there. Because the shrimp is almost blind, the goby fish will touch the shrimp when a predator is near.
  • 3 A spider building a web on a tree. 



1 Mutualism

2 Mutualism

3 Commensalism

100

__________________ is a type of relationship where one of the organisms benefits greatly from the symbiosis. The other is not helped but is not harmed or damaged from the relationship. In other words, this is a one-sided symbiotic relationship.

Commensalism

100

Identify the energy transformation.

You answer the phone and listen to someone speaking and then you talk back to the person on the other end of the phone.

Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical-Sound

200

Identify the energy transformation.

A rock falls from a high cliff.

Gravitational Potential-Kinetic (Motion)-Sound

200

The Earth rotates on its tilted axis at _________.  This rotation causes the ___________________throughout the 365 day year.  

23.5 degrees

changes of seasons


200

_________________ comes from two Greek words that mean "with" and "living." It describes a close relationship between two organisms from different species. It is sometimes, but not always, beneficial to both parties.

Symbiosis

200
  • What type of relationships exist below?
  • The relationship between cattle egrets and cattle.  The cattle egret will eat insects that have been disturbed when the cattle forage.
  • A hermit crab taking up residence in an empty seashell.
  • A spider building a web on a tree.

Commensalism

200

Energy due to place or position

Gravitational Potential

300

Identify the energy transformation.

A car is moving along and suddenly slams the brakes and crashes into a metal pole.

Chemical-Mechanical-Thermal-Sound

300

Ocean currents flow clockwise and counterclockwise due to the effect called______________________.

Coriolis Effect

300

Identify the energy transformations.

A steam locomotive where coal is burned to make steam which powers the locomotive down the track.

Chemical-Thermal-Mechanical Energies

300

In ______________, one organism benefits from the relationship but at the expense of the other. The organism may live inside the other's body or on its surface. In some of these types of relationships the host dies and in others, it is important that the host remain alive.

Parasitism

300

The energy of flowing electrons in a closed circuit

Electrical

400

Identify the energy transformation.

Burning wood in a fireplace.

Chemical-Thermal-Radiant

400

Spring or _______________ Equinox provides equal ______________and____________ .

The Summer ______________allows for additional sunlight throughout the day.

Vernal

12 hours daylight

12 hours night

Solstice

400

Identify the energy transformation

The sun shines on a solar panel which powers a generator to allow electric heat to pour into the living room of a home.

Radiant-Electrical-Mechanical-Thermal

400
  • What type of relationships exist below?
  • Fleas and mosquitoes feed on blood from other organisms.  In this type of parasitic relationship, the host needs to stay alive and it is not damaged greatly.
  • Barnacles that attach to the bodies of whales.
  • The whale is not harmed greatly, but may have some pain or itching.
  • Tapeworms-do more damage to their hosts because they eat partially digested food and that deprives the host of some food and nourishment.
  • Aphids-eat sap from plants.


Parasitism

400

The energy of digestion or battery power

Chemical Potential

500

Identify the energy transformation.

A woman eats an ham sandwich and goes outside and walks 4 miles.

Chemical-Mechanical-Kinetic
500

When does the Spring and Fall Equinox usually occur during the year?

When does the Summer and Winter Solstice typically occur during the year?

March 20 and September 23

June 20 and December 21

500

Identify the energy transformation.

A wind turbine with storage batteries which provides electricity in a home.

Kinetic (motion-wind)-Mechanical-Chemical-Electrical

500

_______________ is a close relationship where both parties benefit. Both species will benefit from the relationship and many of these relationships are ling-lasting.

Mutualism

500
When water held behind a dam is released and used to power electric generators,____________________ is converted into _____________________.

Gravitational Potential to Kinetic to Mechanical to Electrical

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