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Vocab
100
Type of metal that is attracted to a magnet
What is iron?
100
A tuna is an ocean fish that is well adapted to catching small, fast-moving prey. Which of the following adaptations most helps a tuna swim fast to catch its prey? A. large fins B. sharp teeth C. small gills D. tough scales
What is large fins?
100

What happens when wind sweeps up sand and throws it against a big rock?

What is mechanical weathering?

100
It takes approxiamately this amount of time for the Earth to orbit the sun
What is one year (365 1/4 days)?
100
The process in which water vapor cools and turns into liquid.

What is condensation?

200
Term for a material that allows electricity to travel through it
What is conductor?
200

Which of the following best describes how pea plants use energy? 

A.  Pea plants use energy from soil to break down food. 

B   Pea plants use energy from sunlight to break down food. 

C   Pea plants use energy from water to make their own food. 

D    Pea plants use energy from sunlight to make their own food.

What is 

D?

200

This process might result in a river delta being formed.

What is deposition?

200
The purpose of a sundial is to show this.
What is time of day?
200

In space, it is the path an object follows as it moves around another one.

What is an orbit?

300

Term for energy of motion

What is kinetic energy?

300
Term for how plants use energy from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis? (when the make their own food)
300

The outermost layer of the Earth.

What is the crust?

300

Judy observed a new moon in the sky on a Tuesday evening. She will need to wait this many days until she sees the next new moon.

What is 29.5 days?

300

The force resisting motion is called this.

What is friction?

400
Term for when a liquid changes to a solid.
What is freezing?
400

Many bacteria are decomposer organisms. Give the reason why they connect the food chain.

What is they return the nutrients back into the soil to help plants grow?

400

The Ring of Fire is a region around the Pacific Ocean that has many volcanoes. What explains why this region has so many volcanoes?

What is plate boundaries?

400

The reason why we have different seasons on Earth. The answer has two parts....

What is Earth orbits the sun and is tilted on its axis?

400
In the engineering design process, the term used for the rough draft of a new technology being created.
What is prototype?
500

In what direction does the force of gravity act on Earth?

What is it pulls down?

500

In photosynthesis, vegetable plants use the energy from sunlight to convert ______ and water into sugar.

What is carbon dioxide?

500

The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon. Which of the following best explains how a canyon becomes wider and deeper over time?

a) Water carries rock particles away from the canyon 

b)Earthquakes cause the rocks of the canyon to move away from each other.  

What is

A?

500

How does the Earth moves in relation to the sun in the six months from June 21 to December 21?

What is the Earth makes half a revolution around the Sun? 

500

In a chemical reaction in a closed system, the  _______________ of the substances before the reaction will be the same as the______________ after the reaction.

What is mass?

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