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sound a form of energy we can hear
pitch How high or low a sound is. A flute has a high pitch and a tuba has a low pitch.
volume How loud or soft a sound is. A mouse makes a soft sound and an airplane makes a loud sound.
medium the matter through which a wave travels (solid
vibrate move back and forth very quickly
absorb When light enters a medium and is taken in
reflect When light or sound bounces off a surface
transmit to go through
echo when sound waves reflect (bounce off) a hard
wave a change that carries energy from one place to another
visible light (visible spectrum) Energy that the human eye can see
refract When light enters a medium and bends
lens A curved transparent material that refracts light
translucent Some light goes through
transparent Light goes through a clear object
opaque No light passes through: it reflects or is absorbed
prism A solid
ROY G BIV Red / orange / yellow / green / blue / indigo / violet
energy how things change and move
temperature the measure of hotness or coldness
organism an individual animal
population MORE than one organism in an ecosystem that are the same
community ALL the living factors in the same ecosystem
ecosystem All the living and nonliving factors in the same area
niche the "job" of an organism in its environment
producer plants
consumer living things that must eat other organisms
decomposer living things that break down dead things (bacteria
photosynthesis process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food
predator an animal that lives mostly by killing and eating other animals; a hunter
prey an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
herbivore animals that only eat plants
carnivore an animal which eats only meat
scavenger an animal that feeds on dead or decaying organisms
food chain a single path of one organism eating another; starts with a producer
food web many food chains overlapping
symbiosis a close relationship between two different kinds of organisms
commensalism a symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is not affected
contact force force where two objects physically touch each other
balanced force forces equal in strength but act in opposite directions; no motion
unbalanced force when the forces acting on an object are not equal and balanced
Newtons the unit of measurement for force
velocity the speed AND direction of an object’s motion
inertia the tendency to resist change in motion
momentum the amount of motion an object has
speed the distance an object moves in an amount of time
deceleration to slow down or stop
thermal energy energy contained within an object which is responsible for its temperature
satellite a natural or man-made object that orbits around a planet or star
comet a small chunk of dust and ice that orbits the Sun
revolution the movement of one object around another; an orbit
rotation when something turns on its axis
asteroid belt a ring of asteroids orbiting the Sun; located between Mars and Jupiter
celestial bodies natural objects outside of Earth's atmosphere
meteorite space rocks that land on the surface of Earth
meteoroid small chunks of rock that travel through space
constellation a small group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from Earth
super nova the explosion of a star
universe everything that exists in space
stars huge glowing balls of gases
barred spiral galaxy a type of spiral galaxy with a bright line through the middle
data facts and information collected for analysis
analyze to discover something through examination
examine to inspect something in great detail
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