Science Terms
Across
- 2. A consumer that only eats plants.
- 5. A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
- 8. A consumer that only eats other consumers (other animals).
- 12. This happens when light hits a dark surface or sound hits a soft surface.
- 13. A consumer that eats plants and animals.
- 14. The last 4 planets from the sun(Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)
- 16. ______ prey relationship is when one consumer (lion) hunts and kills another (like a gazelle).
- 18. A relationship where one organism benefits from the other and the other is unaffected.
- 23. This happens when light hits a mirror or sound hits a hard surface.
- 27. The vibration rate of the sound and is described with how high or low.
- 29. The energy sound has and is described how loud or quiet it is.
- 30. Breaks down dead matter and recycles it into nutrients to enrich soil. Examples are bacteria, fungi and earthworms.
- 31. A living thing that gets energy from other living things. Examples include any animal or insect.
- 32. These objects go slower than lighter objects when the same force is applied to both.
- 33. A relationship between two or more organisms that are getting energy from the same thing.
- 34. The first 4 planets from the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars).
Down
- 1. __________ planet that orbits the sun only, sphere shaped but does not clear orbital path. Examples include Pluto, makemake and ceres.
- 3. A species that enters a new habitat and takes it over because it does not have any natural predators and out competes others for resources.
- 4. Small piece that broke off of asteroid or comet and is burning up in the earth's atmosphere.
- 6. The star at the center of our solar system.
- 7. the earth does this on its axis every 24 hours and causes us to have day and night. Another word for this is spin.
- 9. This happens when light goes through a different material like a prism and bends.
- 10. A group of stars that form an image from our view and help to map the night sky. Examples include Orion, Big Dipper and Little Dipper.
- 11. Found mainly between Mars and Jupiter and made of rock and metal.
- 15. A large sphere of hot gas found at the center of a solar system and gives off heat and light.
- 16. A sphere shaped object, orbits the sun only, and clears its orbital path. Our solar system has 8.
- 17. Found mainly beyond Neptune's orbital path in Kuiper Belt and made of ice dust and frozen gasses. It gest a vapor tail when it gets close to the sun.
- 19. Small piece that broke off of an asteroid or comet and stays in space.
- 20. ______ system with a star at the center and other objects like planets, asteroids, comets and dwarf planets orbiting around it.
- 21. Small piece that broke off of asteroid or comet and lands on the earth's surface.
- 22. A living thing that gets its energy from the sun.
- 24. This describes the distance an object can travel in a unit of time. It is calculated by taking the distance divided by the time.
- 25. The color we see when all the colors of the rainbow are mixed together.
- 26. A relationship where two organisms benefit from each other.
- 28. The earth does this every 365.25 days as it makes a nearly circular path around the sun. Another word for it is revolve.