Food Pyramid
Animals that eat plants for food
primary
A wind up toy is what type of energy
mechanical energy
Light passes through a transparent or translucent object
Transmission waves
Define energy
It is the ability to do work, it makes matter move, cannot be created, cannot be destroyed
Why doesn't sound travel in outer space?
There are no molecules to compress or rarefy.
Predators that are at the top of the food chain
Tertiary
A boulder at the top of a mountain is what type of energy
Gravitational energy
A surface throws back light without absorbing it
Reflection waves
What is stored energy called?
Potential energy
What phenomenon describes the apparent change in frequency of a wave in relation to the listener?
Doppler effect
transforms energy from the sun into a large amount of plant energy
producers
Inside the sun is what type of energy
Nuclear energy
light spreads out after it passes through another medium
Diffusion
What type of waves are the longest with the lowest energy and lowest frequency?
Radio waves
What does changing the amplitude of a sound wave produced by your voice change about the sound it makes?
changes the volume
Animals that eat animals or plants
secondary consumers
Pulling back a slingshot is what type of energy
Elastic energy
Light is separated into equal amounts of the visible spectrum ( a rainbow)
Dispersion
What is the first letter of each of the colors of the color spectrum in order?
ROYGBIV
Every time energy is transformed, a little bit of energy is lost in what from?
heat
Known as the top predators in the energy pyramid
Tertiary consumers
an X-box is what type of energy
Electrical energy
When light cannot pass through an object
Opaque
What type of wave can both cause cancer and be used to destroy cancer cells?
Gamma Ray
Longitudinal waves travel in a back and forth motion. When molecules are pulled apart, they are refracted. What is it called when they are pushed together?
compression