Final

Question 1

Wave

Answer 1

a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance.

Question 2

medium

Answer 2

Medium – a substance through which a wave moves

Question 3

Mechanical Wave

Answer 3

a wave such as a sound or seismic wave that transfers kinetic energy through matter

Question 4

Transverse Wave

Answer 4

a wave in which the disturbance move at right angles to the direction of the wave

Question 5

Longitudinal Wave

Answer 5

a wave in which the disturbance moves in the same direction as the wave.

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

the highest point in a wave

Question 7

Trough

Answer 7

the lowest point in a wave

Question 8

Wavelength

Answer 8

the distance from one wave crest to the next wave crest

Question 9

Frequency

Answer 9

the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given period of time

Question 10

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Answer 10

the range of all electromagnetic frequencies

Question 11

Transmission

Answer 11

the passage of waves through a medium

Question 12

Absorption

Answer 12

the disappearance of wave into a medium. The energy transferred by a wave is converted into another form of energy.

Question 13

Observation

Answer 13

the act of noting and recording an event, characteristic, or anything detected.

Question 14

Investigation

Answer 14

the process of collecting evidence

Question 15

Hypothesis

Answer 15

a tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon, an if then statement

Question 16

Conclusion

Answer 16

the end of a scientific investigation, how it turns out

Question 17

Experiment

Answer 17

A test, trial, or tentative procedure, an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown.

Question 18

Problem

Answer 18

what you’re are trying to solve in a scientific investigation

Question 19

Solution

Answer 19

the answer to a scientific problem or investigation

Question 20

Biotic Factors

Answer 20

anything that was alive or was once alive

Question 21

Abiotic Factors

Answer 21

nonliving parts of an ecosystem

Question 22

Species

Answer 22

any living organism that is so similar that it can breed and produce offspring that can produce offspring

Question 23

Population

Answer 23

the number of a particular species living in a particular area.

Question 24

Community

Answer 24

all of the different populations living in a particular area

Question 25

Variable

Answer 25

the part of an experiment that may change or vary

Question 26

Control

Answer 26

the thing in an experiment that does not change

Question 27

Symbiosis

Answer 27

the interaction between two different species that live closely together

Question 28

Commensalism

Answer 28

the interaction between two species in which one benefits and the other is not harmed

Question 29

Mutualism

Answer 29

the interaction between two species where both benefit

Question 30

Parasitism

Answer 30

the interaction between two species where one benefits and the other is harmed

Question 31

Biome

Answer 31

the natural environment in which a living thing gets all that it needs to survive.

Question 32

Producer

Answer 32

an organism that makes its own food and does not consume other plants or animals

Question 33

Consumer

Answer 33

an organism that eats other living things to get energy, an organism that does not produce its own food.

Question 34

Santa’s Reindeer

Answer 34

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen