MATTER & ENERGY
This property describes how easily a material can be scratched.
What is hardness?
This process breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Changing how fast something moves or the direction it moves is caused by this.
What is a force?
This is a model that shows how energy moves from one organism to another.
What is a food chain?
This is harmful material added to the environment.
What is pollution?
This happens when matter changes form but does NOT create a new substance.
What is a physical change?
This is the long-term pattern of weather in a region.
What is climate?
When objects rub together and slow down, this force is acting on them.
What is friction?
This is when living things change over time to survive in their environment.
What is adaptation?
This action helps reduce waste by using materials again.
What is recycling?
This is anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
This is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere.
What is weather?
A push or pull on an object is called this.
What is a force?
This is the place where an organism lives.
What is a habitat?
This is a resource that can be replaced quickly, like sunlight or wind.
What is a renewable resource?
This state of matter has no definite shape and spreads out to fill space.
What is a gas?
This tool is used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This force pulls objects toward Earth.
What is gravity?
Plants make their own food using sunlight in this process.
What is photosynthesis?
This type of resource cannot be replaced quickly, like coal or oil.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
This type of energy is energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
Water falling from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called this.
What is precipitation?
This word describes how fast something is moving.
What is speed?
Animals that eat plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
This is the use of Earth’s resources in a careful way.
What is conservation?