FCAT SCIENCE VOCABULARY WEEK 1

What is the definition of energy pyramid?

• a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power

• a pyramidal diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each position,

  or level, in the feeding order

• an animal or plant that consumes or obtains nutrients from animals

• any organism that feeds or obtains nutrients by breaking down organic matter from

  dead organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What is the definition of atom?

• controlled use and/or maintenance of natural resources; various efforts to preserve

  or protect natural resources

• an animal or plant that consumes or obtains nutrients from animals

• mass per unit volume of a substance in a given area

• the smallest unit of a chemical element that can still retain the properties of that

  element

What is the definition of conservation?

• controlled use and/or maintenance of natural resources; various efforts to preserve

  or protect natural resources

• a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power

• mass per unit volume of a substance in a given area

• all the populations of organisms belonging to different species and sharing the same

  geographical area

What is the definition of decomposer?

• an ecological community, together with its environment, functioning as a unit

• any organism that feeds or obtains nutrients by breaking down organic matter from

  dead organisms

• a pyramidal diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each position,

  or level, in the feeding order

• a change of energy from one form to another (e.g., mechanical to electrical, solar to

  electrical)

What is the definition of carnivore?

• an organism that feeds on other organisms for food

• any organism that feeds or obtains nutrients by breaking down organic matter from

  dead organisms

• an ecological community, together with its environment, functioning as a unit

• an animal or plant that consumes or obtains nutrients from animals

What is the definition of community?

• an ecological community, together with its environment, functioning as a unit

• all the populations of organisms belonging to different species and sharing the same

  geographical area

• a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power

• the smallest unit of a chemical element that can still retain the properties of that

  element

What is the definition of density?

• the smallest unit of a chemical element that can still retain the properties of that

  element

• a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power

• controlled use and/or maintenance of natural resources; various efforts to preserve

  or protect natural resources

• mass per unit volume of a substance in a given area

What is the definition of consumer?

• an organism that feeds on other organisms for food

• a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power

• a pyramidal diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each position,

  or level, in the feeding order

• a change of energy from one form to another (e.g., mechanical to electrical, solar to

  electrical)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the definition of ecosystem?

• an organism that feeds on other organisms for food

• a pyramidal diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each position,

  or level, in the feeding order

• an ecological community, together with its environment, functioning as a unit

• any organism that feeds or obtains nutrients by breaking down organic matter from

  dead organisms

What is the definition of energy?

• a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power

• controlled use and/or maintenance of natural resources; various efforts to preserve

  or protect natural resources

• mass per unit volume of a substance in a given area

• controlled use and/or maintenance of natural resources; various efforts to preserve

  or protect natural resources

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS3-4