Hydrosphere
What is precipitation?
Rain
A cycle showing "who eats who" or a list of predator vs prey, with an apex predator at the top is called
food chain/food web
When a volcano erupts, what comes out?
lava
We breathe in __________ in our atmosphere
oxygen
Matter is anything that takes up ___________
space
What are clouds made of?
Water vapors
A food chain/web interacting with its environment is called
an ecosystem
What are the three layers of earth?
Crust, mantle, core
We breathe out _________ into our atmosphere
carbon dioxide
When water is heated up, it turns into _____
water vapors
A small puddle on the blacktop we saw this morning in line disappeared by lunch recess - what chemical change occured?
evaporation
What are fungi, worms, and bacteria also known as?
decomposers
The sediment found on beaches is called
sand
What living thing uses carbon dioxide?
Plants
When you take water and freeze it into ice, does the water get more mass?
No
Steam turns back into a liquid by the process called
condensation
The sun
Sediment compacts together to make
sedimentary rock
The atmosphere is a mixture of gases, primarily nitrogen (78%) and _________ (21%), with smaller amounts of other gases like argon, water vapor, and carbon dioxide
Oxygen
The tiny building block that makes up matter is called
atoms
How much of earth's water is fresh water? (not salt water, like in the ocean)
3% fresh water, 97% saltwater
The process for plants to convert solar energy into chemical energy is called
photosynthesis
This type of rock is known for being cooled magma/lava
The atmosphere is made up of ____________
gas
Matter is never created or destroyed, it just changes its ____________
form