Vocab 1
The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
Heat
The rule that states energy cannot be created or destroyed
Law of Conservation of Energy
All the different populations that live together in a certain area
Community
Any relationship in which two species live closely together and that benefits at least one of the species
Symbiosis
Potential energy that depends on the height of an object
Gravitational Potential Energy
A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance
Temperature
A living thing
Organism
Ecosystem
A type of symbiosis between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed
Commensalism
The energy of stretched or compressed objects
Elastic Potential Energy
The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another through direct touch
Conduction
An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
Habitat
An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease in size
Limiting factor
A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from living together
Mutualism
Kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object
Mechanical energy
the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
A living or once living part of an organism's habitat
Biotic factor
How an organism makes its living and interacts with the biotic and abiotic factors in its habitat
Niche
A type of symbiosis in which one organism lives with, one, or in a host and harms it
Parasitism
The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
Nuclear energy
The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
Convection current
A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Abiotic factor
The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time
Competition
Energy that an object has due to its motion
Kinetic energy
The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object
Thermal energy
the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Radiation
All the members of one species living in the same area
Population
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients
Predation
The energy an object has because of its position; also the internal stored energy of an object, such as energy stored in chemical bonds
Potential energy
A form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms
Chemical energy