LIST # 5 REVIEW VOCABULARY

DOPPLER EFFECT THE APPARENT CHANGE IN A FREQUENCY(pitch) OF A WAVE. (seems like it changes, but it doesn’t!)

DIGESTION THE BREAKING DOWN OF NUTRIENTS INTO A USEFUL FORM. THE BREAKING DOWN OF NUTRIENTS INTO A USEFUL FORM.

CORROSION THE CHEMICAL WEARING AWAY OF A METAL.

CYTOPLASM WATERY SUBSTANCE THAT FILLS THE CELL, WHERE MOST LIFE PROCESSES OCCUR.

CRUST OUTERMOST ROCK LAYER OF EARTH, WHICH CONTAINS ALL OF EARTH’S SURFACE FIGURES.

DECOMPOSER ORGANISM THAT BREAKS DOWN THE REMAINS AND WASTES OF OTHER LIVING THINGS.

CONSUMER AN ORGANISM THAT OBTAINS NUTRIENTS BY … EATING OTHER ORGANISMS.

ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION NATURAL PROCESS BY WHICH ONE COMMUNITY OF LIVING THINGS IS REPLACED BY ANOTHER.

CORE EARTH’S CENTER, WHICH IS MADE OF AN INNER AND OUTER ZONE.

DENSITY THE QUANTITY THAT COMPARES THE MASS OF AN OBJECT TO ITS VOLUME. D=M÷V Ice has a lower density than water, so the ice floats.

EARTHQUAKE A SHAKING OR VIBRATING OF EARTH’S CRUST, USUALLY CAUSED BY ROCKS SLIDING ALONG A FAULT. A SHAKING OR VIBRATING OF EARTH’S CRUST, USUALLY CAUSED BY ROCKS SLIDING ALONG A FAULT.

CONTOUR LINE A LINE ON A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP THAT CONNECTS POINTS OF EQUAL ELEVATION.

DORMANCY STATE IN WHICH AN ORGANISM IS INACTIVE. Ex. seeds

Good Luck on this week’s vocabulary test !!