Earth
Weather
Cells and Organisms
Rocks
Light & Matter
100
The outermost layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
100
What is involved in 4 spheres of Earth? (biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere)

 bio-life, hydro-water, geo-Earth, atmo-air

100

The smallest unit needed for life.

What is a cell?

100

Process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces (sediment)

Weathering and erosion

100

Adding thermal energy to a substance makes the particles move _________.

faster

200
The center of the Earth.
What is the core?
200

Describe transpiration in the water cycle

Water evaporating from trees/plants

200

It is made up of one or more cells.

What is an organism?

200

Difference in magma and lava

Magma: inside Earth

Lava: when magma erupts

200

Change in state from gas to liquid

What is condensation?

300
3 types of boundaries and how they move 

(divergent, convergent, transform)

Sketches vary.
300

Weather tools for wind speed and wind direction

speed: anemometer, direction: wind vane

300

Organelle that stores the DNA of the cell and controls all functions

What is the nucleus?

300
Rocks that form when hot, liquid rock (magma) cools.
What are igneous rocks?
300

Particle behavior of solids, liquids, and gas

Solid: particles close together, vibrating

Liquid: particles spaced some, moving slow

Gas: particles moving quickly, colliding

400
Large pieces of the lthosphere that move around on the Earth's surface.
What are tectonic plates?
400

Difference in weather and climate.

Weather: changes day to day; Climate: weather over a long period of time

400
Levels of organization from cell to organism

What is cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism?

400
Rocks whose structure, composition, and texture have changed from those of the original rock.
What are metamorphic rocks?
400
Sketch a transverse wave and label its parts (wavelength, amplitude, crest, and trough).

Sketches will vary.

500

Sketch the layers of the earth including where convection currents are located

Answers vary.

500

Weather associated with high and low pressure

High pressure: dry, clear skies

Low pressure: stormy, windy weather

500

Describe the difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms with examples

Answers will vary.

500

Rocks formed when grains of rock or minerals (sediments) are buried, squeezed together, and cemented by minerals.

What are sedimentary rocks?

500

Difference in reflection and refraction

Reflection: light bounces back

Refraction: light waves bend