Energy
Nature/Ecology
Motion
Simple Machines
Potpourri
100

energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished

renewable energy

100

where an organism naturally lives

habitat

100

push or pull

force

100

A device that makes work easier

 Simple Machine


100

a treeless grassy plain

prairie

200

These are disadvantages to what energy? They are unattractive, dangerous to birds, not available in all locations.

wind

200

animal that is hunted and killed by another for food

prey

200

the distance traveled in a certain amount of time

speed

200

has 2 parts, one part is a bar that passes through the other part, the bar turns a small force into a larger force

Wheel and Axle

200

organism that breaks down plant and animal material into simple chemicals, that can then be reused in the ecosystem

decomposer

300

Name three sources of renewable energy

solar, wind, water, geothermal, biomass

300

description of the feeding sequence of one set of organisms in an ecosystem, such as grass seeds, chipmunk, and hawk; food chain arrows point in the direction of the flow of energy from one organism to another

food chain

300

the force that acts against objects in motion when one surface touches another

Friction

300

can be fixed or moveable, can change the direction of force or decrease the effort force, the more you use the less force you need.

Pulley

300

variable that you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment

dependent variable

400

the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

thawing

400

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

organism

400

the name for SPEED and DIRECTION

Velocity

400

allows you to push or pull instead of lift, a ramp is an example.

Inclined Plane

400

point at which a lever arm pivots

fulcrum

500

These are disadvantages of what energy? Not available at night, expensive, panels are inefficient.

Solar

500

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

Adaptation

500

causes objects at rest to remain at rest and objects in motion to remain in motion

inertia

500

A tweezers is an example of this simple machine

Lever

500

a colorless, odorless, tasteless, gaseous mixture, mainly nitrogen (approximately 78 percent), oxygen (approximately 21 percent), and water vapor with lesser amounts of other gases

air