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Scientific Showdown
100

All living and nonliving things interacting in an area form this

What is an ecosystem?

100

The outermost layer of Earth is called this

What is the crust?

100

The movement of thermal energy from one place to another is called this.

What is heat transfer?

100

Waves that can travel through empty space without a medium are called these.

What are electromagnetic waves?

100

This term describes the role an organism plays in its ecosystem.

What is a niche?

200

An organism that makes its own food is called this

What is a producer?

200

Molten rock beneath Earth's surface is called this

What is magma?

200

There are three main types of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and this.

What is radiation?

200

Unlike sound waves, electromagnetic waves do not need this to travel.

What is a medium?

200

This phase of mitosis is often remembered by the phrase “chromosomes line up in the middle.”

What is metaphase?

300

Animals that eat only plants are called this

What are herbivores?

300

This type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma

What is igneous rock?

300

Touching a hot pan handle demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

What is conduction?

300

These waves have the longest wavelength and lowest energy.

What are radio waves?

300

The height of a wave is called this.

What is amplitude?

400

In commensalism, one organism benefits and the other is this

What is unaffected?

400

The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces is called this

What is weathering

400

Warm air rises and cool air sinks, creating this type of current.

What is a convection current?

400

When light bends as it passes through different materials, it is called this.

What is refraction?

400

This term refers to the organism that is harmed in a parasitic relationship.

What is the host?

500

A tick feeding on a dog is an example of this type of symbiosis.

What is parasitism?

500

This layer of Earth is made of solid iron and nickel

What is the inner core?

500

The Sun transfers heat to Earth using this method.

What is radiation?

500

As wavelength increases, frequency does this.

What is decreases?

500

As you move from radio waves to gamma rays, both energy and frequency do this.

What is increase?

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