Matter & Energy
What is the building block of matter?
Atom
What is Force?
a push or pull on an object.
What causes day and night?
The Earth rotating on its axis
This term describes a physical characteristic or trait within a population that differs from one individual to another, such as fur color or speed
Variation
The practice of saving, protecting, and using resources wisely to avoid waste.
Conservation
A new solid that forms when two clear liquids are mixed together.
Precipitate
If a car is driving at a constant speed, the forces acting on it are ______
Balanced
An imaginary line that runs through the North and South Poles of Earth.
The Axis
The relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not affected, such as a spider weaving a web in a tree.
Commensalism
What type of mixture that is uniform throughout, where you cannot distinguish the individual components
*also known as a solution*
Homogeneous mixture (solution)
Particles are very close together and vibrate (least amount of kinetic energy), has a definite volume and shape. What am I?
Solid
The sum of all forces acting on an object.
Net force
What object has the greatest effect on Earth's tides?
The Moon
What are the three components of Cell Theory?
What are the basic characteristics of an animal?
Multicellular
Eukaryotic
Heterotroph
An element that is shiny but brittle, conducts electricity but not very well.
Metalloid
You are sitting in a chair. The force of gravity pulls you down, but this force keeps you from falling through the floor.
Normal force
Why are tides higher when the Moon is closer to Earth?
The gravitational pull is stronger
A group of different populations (e.g., squirrels, trees, birds) living and interacting in the same area.
Community
The reason Earth experiences seasons
The tilt of Earth's axis
During a chemical change, what happens to the atoms/molecules in the substances?
Atoms rearrange themselves to form new compounds
A stretched rubber band is prime example of this type of potential energy.
Elastic Potential Energy
During what time does the Earth experience equal amounts of daylight and nighttime? and What seasons are experienced during this time?
During the Equinox (Spring and Winter seasons)
If a new species of animal is introduced that eats all the local plants, this happens to the native animal population that depends on those plants.
They decline/decrease (due to loss of food)
This physical property describes how well a substance can be hammered into thin sheets, typical of metals.
Malleability