Question | Answer |
the subatomic particle with no charge | neutron |
the function that an organism performs in the food web of that community. A niche also includes everything else the organism does and needs in its environment. No two types of organisms occupy exactly the same niche in a community. | niche |
something that you can tell from your senses | observation |
an object that does not allow any light to pass through it | opaque |
an circuit that electricity will not flow through because it is open, or broken | open circuit |
an individual living thing | organism |
an electrical circuit in which if one light goes out, the others still work | parallel circuit |
a single-celled protist that has hairlike structures that beat like oars | paramecium |
the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight and chlorophyll | photosynthesis |
the female reproductive part of the plant: Pistil packing momma | pistil |
the highness or lowness of a sound that is related to frequency | pitch |
singe-celled organisms that are the basis of the ocean food chain | plankton |
produced by the stamen, it fertilizes the pistil | pollen |
the transfer of pollen to the pistil by wind or insects | pollination |
All the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time | population |
the energy an object has because of its position | potential energy |
to make an educated guess about what will happen in the future | predict |
a glass pyramid that seperates light into the colors of the rainbow | prism |
organisms, such as plants, that make food and are consumed | producer |
the subatomic particle in the nucleus that has a postive (+) charge | proton |
a weather instrument that measures rainfall | rain gauge |
a visual effect when drops of water disperse white light into the colors of the visible spectrum | rainbow |
the part of a sound wave where the molecules of matter are loosely packed together | rarefaction |
when light bounces off of a shiny, smooth object | reflect |
when light bends because it is passing through glass or water | refract |
to push apart | repel |
a group of vertebrates that have dry, scaly skin | reptile |
to make a trip around | revolution |
to spin on its axis | revolve |
the part of the plant that takes in water and nutrients from the soil and anchors the plant to the ground | root |
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the visible spectrum) | roy g biv |
the saltiness of water | salinity |
water with many dissolved salts (sodium chloride) | saltwater |
the tiny bits of rock and dirt that wash into streams and rivers | sediment |
rock formed by layers of sediment at the bottom of ancient lakes or oceans | sedimentary rock |
the part of the plant that is produced in the ovary, and will become a new plant | seed |
the protective leaflets at the base of the flower | sepal |
an electrical circuit where if one light goes out, they all go out | series circuit |
NaCl | sodium chloride |
the state of matter with a definite shape and a definite volume | solid |
a mixture in which one substance is dissolved into another | solution |
a compressional wave in which matter vibrates and bumps into neighboring matter | sound wave |
the microscopic seed-like reproductive cell for fungi, ferns, and moss | spore |
the male part of the flower that produces the pollen | stamen |
an electrical charge created by rubbing two objects together | static electricity |
provides support for the plant and has tubes for transporting water and nutrients throughout the plant | stem |
a scientific device using two or more lenses to make distant objects appear close | telescope |
another word for tsunami | tidal wave |
the regular rise and fall of the ocean level due to the gravitational pull of the moon | tides |
a place where two tectonic plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes | transform boudaries |
matter that allows some light to pass through, but not all | translucent |
matter that allows all light to pass through it, you can see clearly through it | transparent |
the low point on a wave | trough |
the rapid back and forth motion of matter | vibration |
all of the light energy that we get from the sun that we can see with our eyes (roy g biv) | visible spectrum |
a place on earth where magma bubbles up from underneath the earth's crust | volcano |
an area of land drained by a particular river | watershed |
the way in which energy moves | wave |
the distance on a wave measured from one crest to another | wavelength |
the breaking down of rock by water, ice, wind | weathering |