Final Vocabulary

Question 1

Any natural process that happens to Earth’s surface, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics.

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Geoscience Processes

Question 2

Extreme weather events; classified by the extent and intensity of their impact on the ecosystem

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Catastrophic Event

Question 3

Interrelated changes among the biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem over time.

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Ecosystem Dynamics

Question 4

Organism that must consume other organisms

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Consumers

Question 5

Who is capable and intelligent?

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I believe in myself!, I am capable and intelligent!, Ah! That would be me again, Me!!!

Question 6

The process of obtaining energy from the breaking of chemical bonds in nutrients

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Cellular Respiration

Question 7

Rock formed deep underground due to heat and pressure

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Metamorphic Rock

Question 8

The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice remove and transport sediment from one place to another.

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Erosion

Question 9

The mechanical or chemical processes by which gravity, water, wind, and ice break rocks into smaller pieces

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Weathering

Question 10

The cycle through which Earth’s rocks change from one type into another over time

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Rock Cycle

Question 11

The theory that the crust is divided into large pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantle

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Plate Tectonics

Question 12

The ability to persist in the face of stressful or changing conditions.

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Resilience

Question 13

Resources that exist in the environment without human intervention

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Natural Resources

Question 14

A place where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

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Convergent Boundary

Question 15

The variety of different species of organisms in an area

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Biodiversity

Question 16

Rock formed when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and cemented together

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Sedimentary Rock

Question 17

A phenomenon by which magma from Earth’s mantle wells up at the mid-ocean ridge, pushing the ocean floor apart

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Seafloor Spreading

Question 18

Able to transform the energy of the Sun to make food

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Producers

Question 19

Breaks down plant and animal remains and waste into molecules that producers reuse to make energy

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Decomposers

Question 20

A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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Divergent Boundary

Question 21

Who is going to do amazing on this exam?

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I'll ace it for sure!, I can do this!, I am!, I need to study more but I will do well!

Question 22

Materials made from one or more natural substances that undergo a chemical process

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Synthetic Materials

Question 23

The law that says matter is neither created nor destroyed in ordinary chemical or physical processes

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Law of Conservation of Matter

Question 24

When two or more individuals or populations attempt to obtain a resource

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Competitive Interaction

Question 25

Rock formed when lava or magma cools, forms crystals, and solidifies

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Igneous Rock

Question 26

A chemical reaction during which plants convert radiant energy from the Sun to chemical energy

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Photosynthesis

Question 27

A place where two tectonic plates slide or scrape past each other

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Transform Boundary

Question 28

An interaction that is helpful to both organisms

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Mutually Beneficial Interaction

Question 29

An interaction during which one animal eats another

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Predatory Interaction

Question 30

Events in nature that may have a negative effect

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Natural Hazards

Final Vocabulary

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Final Vocabulary

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