Super-Duper Science Jargon 3

the energy an object has because of its position or structure; stored energy 

a natural satellite that revolves around a planet 

property of attracting iron & certain other materials because of surrounding field of force 

an organism that preys on and consumes animals; usually an animal 

a group of organisms of the same species living in a specific geographical area

relating to an object too small to be visible without the use of a microscope 

type of rock tformed from existing rock due to extreme changes from heat, pressure,or chemical 

any alteration of natural environment producing a condition harmful to living organisms

any living plant, animal, or fungus that maintains various vital processes necessary for life

chemical process:plants trap light energy to convert carbon dioxide & water into carbohydrates 

an organism caught or hunted for food by another organism 

a resource that can only be replenished over millions of years

unicellular organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista 

the product of a thorough blending of two or more substances, not chemically combined 

a solid, liquid, or gas that possesses inertia and is capable of occupying space 

electromagnetic radiation that lies within the visible range 

one of the fundamental states of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape 

structure containing different tissues organized to carry out specific functions in the body

simple machine/circular lever; consists of a wheel & rope; used to change direction of a force 

a reaction; a change in matter from one form to another, without forming new substances 

an organism that makes its own food from the environment; usually a green plant 

a large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own 

the amount of matter an object contains 

the bouncing off or turning back of light, sound, or heat from a surface

phrase that indicates the fraction of the Moon’s disc that is illuminated (as seen from Earth)