You Matter
This form of matter is the lowest energy with particles only able to vibrate in place
What is solid?
The highest point along the wave cycle
What is the crest?
Densest layer of the Earth, primarily made of solid nickel and iron
What is the inner core?
Plants serve this role in the ecosystem because of their ability to convert energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of sugars
What is a producer?
This movement of the Earth is responsible for the day/night cycle
What is rotation?
All matter is made up of these infinitesimal building blocks
What are atoms?
Waves that vibrate in the same direction they are moving resulting in compressions and rarefactions.
What is a longitudinal wave?
Type of rock formed from the compaction and cementation of many small particles of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
Common adaptations of plants in this biome include small waxy leaves to prevent water loss and deep tap roots to access water deep underground
What is a desert?
This event can only occur at the full moon and only happens when the moon passes into Earth's umbra
What is a lunar eclipse?
This transition takes place when energy is removed from a gas so quickly that it solidifies
What is deposition?
Wave measurement that represents the energy of a wave. In sound it is measured as the volume
What is amplitude?
Type of boundary responsible for seafloor spreading
What is a divergent boundary?
The products of photosynthesis include these two molecules that all living things need for cellular respiration
What are glucose and oxygen?
Earth is a part of this region of space which represents the range of distances from the sun where water can exist as a liquid
What is the Habitable Zone?
As energy is added to a liquid, this will eventually happen as the molecules gain the energy to break away from one another
What is evaporation or become a gas?
Visible light is part of this group of waves that are capable of traveling through a vacuum
What are electromagnetic waves?
Process of recycling old crust that occurs along oceanic to continental crust convergent boundaries
What is subduction?
All herbivores are this type of consumer
What is a primary consumer?
At an average of -330oF, this is the coldest planet in our solar system on average
What is Neptune?
The number of carbon atoms in sucrose (C12H22O11)
What is 12?
This color of visible light has the longest wavelength
What is red?
Meteorologist who dedicated his life to collecting evidence for his theory that the continents had once been connected and had drifted apart over time
Who is Alfred Wegener?
This portion of the flower is responsible for producing the pollen
What is the anther or stamen?
Small celestial body that orbits in a severely elliptical pattern
What is a comet?