Forces and Motion
This is the invisible force that pulls all objects down toward Earth.
What is gravity?
I act like an elevator, moving water and nutrients from the roots up to the leaves.
What is the stem?
This type of rock is formed when hot, melted magma or lava cools and hardens.
What is igneous rock?
This type of animal feeds its babies milk.
What is a mammal?
This biome is found near the equator, receives high amounts of rainfall, and has four distinct layers (canopy, understory, etc.).
Two teams pull a rope in tug-of-war, but neither side moves. What kind of forces are at work?
What are balanced forces?
These are the three main things a plant needs to make its own food.
What are sunlight, water and carbon dioxide?
The process where wind, water, and ice break down big rocks into tiny pieces.
What is weathering?
This is the hard case or shell where an insect changes from a larva to an adult.
What is a pupa or chrysalis?
The term for all the living or once-living parts of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
What is a biotic factor?
You coast on a flat bike path until you eventually stop. What invisible force is acting as an unbalanced force to slow you down?
What is friction?
This happens when a tiny root and stem first push their way out of a seed.
What is germination?
What melted rock is called when it is deep inside the Earth (before it erupts).
What is magma?
What are things about an organisms body that help it to survive in its environment?
What is a physical adaptation?
Animals that eat only plants are called this, while animals that eat only meat are called this.
What are herbivores and carnivores?
This is Newton's First Law of Motion.
What is an object in motion will stay in motion unless a force stops it?
This is the process of moving pollen from the stamen to the pistil.
What is pollination?
This type of rock is made from layers of sand, mud, and pebbles that are pressed together over a long time.
What is sedimentary rock?
What do you call animals that do not have a backbone?
What are invertebrates?
This essential abiotic factor drives the whole ecosystem by providing the energy needed for plants to photosynthesize.
What is sunlight?
This is how fast an object is traveling over a given distance.
What is speed?
I am the part of the plant that makes the seeds.
What is the flower?
What are the two main forces that create a metamorphic rock?
What are heat and pressure?
What is the transition process called when a tadpole's body transforms into a frog?
What is metamorphosis?
Known as the largest land biome, it is dominated by evergreen trees with needles and experiences cold winters.
What is the taiga?