Flashcards: 6th grade academic vocabulary

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Flashcards: 6th grade academic vocabulary

amplitude
The distance between the highest and lowest point of a wave
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amplitude The distance between the highest and lowest point of a wave
classification The grouping of things into categories based on similiar characteristics
commensalism Two organisms living together when one is benefited and the other is not harmed
consumer An organism that gets its energy/nutrition from another organism
decomposer An organism that eats dead organisms causing the material in the dead organism to be broken down
solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun
lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth, Sun, and Moon are aligned with the Earth in the middle
energy transformations changing from one form of energy to another
extinction no longer in existance
food web all feeding relationships of organisms in an ecosystem
fossils preserved remains of organisms that lived in the past
frequency the number of waves within a given time period
heat flow movement from a hotter body to a colder body
mutualism two organisms living together and both benefit from each other
nuclear power energy from a nuclear reaction
parasitism two organisms living together and one is benefited and the other is harmed
producer an organism that created food
reflection the changing of the direction of light due to hitting another surface
refraction The bending of a light ray when passing through different surfaces
relative age the approximate age of a fossil by comparing to surrounding rock layers
season winter, spring, fall, and summer
sedimentary rocks rocks formed in water by fragment of other rocks, debris, shells, etc
tides rising and lowering of the oceans due to reactions with the Sun and Moon
wavelength distance from one peak to the next peak on a wave

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