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smateacher Science 6
6th gr bjup testing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Food chain | The simpliest description of the interaction of producers and consumers |
| Food web | A description of energy consumption in an ecosystem |
| Galaxy | Star system containing millions to billions of stars; universe has billions of galaxies |
| Geyser | Hot spring with fountain action |
| Habitat | A specific place where an animal livès |
| Fusion | The combination of nuclei |
| Gravity | The pull or force of one body on another |
| Heart rate | The number of times the heart beats in a given period |
| Herbivore | A plant eater |
| Hibernation | A state of inactivity during winter |
| Host parasite relationship | An association between two organisms that may be harmful to one |
| Inertia | The resistance to change in position. Tendency of an objuect to maintain its condition of rest or motion unless a force acts upon it |
| Instinct | The behavior animals are born knowing |
| Isotope | One of two or more atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons |
| Larnyx | The voice box |
| Lava | Magma that spills onto the earth's surface |
| Law | A statement that is made after many observations of the same occurrence |
| Learned behavior | An action resulting from tiail and error |
| Magma | Liquid rock |
| Magnitude | A number representing the size of seismic waves |
| Marrow | Tissue in the center of the bone |
| Matter | All material in the universe:anything that takes up space and has weight |
| Migration | Regular travel as a response to a seasonal change, usually to find better weather or food |
| Mixture | A combination of two or more substances involving only a physical change |
| A food web starts with a what | producers, usually plants which get their food from the Sun |
| A food chain ends With what | Consumers |