Ecosystems & Environment
This is a community of interacting organisms and their environment, comprising both living and non-living components.
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
The approximate percentage of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere.
What is 78%?
The state of matter where particles have the most kinetic energy and are furthest apart.
What is gas?
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
This process converts radiant energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of glucose.
What is photosynthesis?
This law states that the mass of reactants in a chemical reaction equals the mass of the products.
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
A circuit where current flows through a single path, meaning if one component breaks, the entire circuit fails
What is a series circuit?
This ecological rule states that only about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
What is the 10% energy transfer rule?
This element has an atomic number of 17 and an atomic mass of 35.
What is Chlorine (Cl)?
The unit of measurement for electrical resistance.
What are ohms (Ω)?
This term describes the maximum population an environment can support based on available resources.
What is carrying capacity?
This chemical family is known for being highly unreactive and having a full outer electron shell.
What are Noble Gases?
This phenomenon describes electricity consumed by electronics when they are turned off but still plugged in.
What is phantom energy?