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| All of the communities in an area and the abiotic factors that affect them. |
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| A large region with plants and animals well adapted to the soil and climate of the region. |
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| The level of biological organization that is made up of all the ecosystems on Earth. |
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| One individual from a population. |
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| All of the individuals of one species that live in the same area at the same time. |
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| The populations of different species that interact in some way. |
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Breeding animals that produce a desired trait. (Examples: Dogs, cats, horses, cows) |
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A large body of ice and rock that travels around the sun in an elliptical pattern. Has three parts: nucleus, coma, tail |
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| Any fragments from space that survive their plunge through the atmosphere and land on Earth's surface. |
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| Passing on traits from parents to offspring. |
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| Physical characteristic of an organism. (Examples: nose shape, eye color, hair color, skin color) |
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Collection of structures, cycles and processes that relate to and interact with each other. All must work together. |
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| Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma |
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| Anything that has mass and takes up space. |
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| Carries information about a trait. |
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| Energy that all objects have. |
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| The energy stored in chemical bonds. |
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| When light strikes something, it can be absorbed, transmitted or reflected. |
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| Energy carried by electric current that comes out of batteries and wall sockets, is generated at large power plants, and is readily transformed into other forms of energy. |
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| Energy stored in atomic nuclei that can be transformed into other forms of energy by complex power plants. |
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| The world's 1st reusable spacecraft. |
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| International Space Station |
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A research facility currently being assembled in space that will be shared by 16 nations. It gets its electricity from its solar panels. |
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| Organic garbage such as weeds, leaves, egg shells, fruit and vegetable leftovers to eventually turns into a moist, dark nutritious material. The decomposition process generates heat and releases important nutrients in the process. |
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| Fragments of asteroids that enter the atmosphere of the earth. Friction with the air causes them to burn. Also called shooting stars. |
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| A body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. |
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| Small pieces of rock and metal that come from the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. |
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A tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more. This forms in the tropics where the water and air are warm and moist.
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| The area of land where all of the water drains to the same place – this includes water that flows on the surface and water located underground. |
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| A stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea. |
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Water beneath the earth’s surface between saturated soil and rock that supplies wells and springs.
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