Seasonal Changes
This season usually happens when it turns Cold?
Winter
Makes a complete spin on its axis
Rotation
Emily cannot scratch a mineral sample with her fingernail, but she observes that she can scratch the mineral sample with a piece of metal. What physical property of the mineral sample is Emily investigating?
A.cleavage
B.hardness
C.luster
D.streak
B hardness
The diagram below shows a food chain.
grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → eagle
Which conclusion can be made from this food chain?
A.The snake creates all of its own energy.
B.The snake transfers some of its energy to the eagle.
C.The grasshopper transfers all of its energy to the frog.
D.The grasshopper transfers some of its energy to the grass
B.The snake transfers some of its energy to the eagle.
The removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by, gravity, water, wind, or ice
Erosion
This season usually occurs when it is hot!
Summer
The star in the center of the solar system that supplies heat to the earth
The sun
A teacher shows her class a mineral called serpentine. She says the mineral is greasy or shiny, but not like glass.
Which property of the mineral is the teacher describing?
A. Cleavage
B. Luster
B.Luster
Plants and animals need energy to survive. Which of the following statements are correct?
A.Energy in animals is passed to plants.
B. Animals can make the energy they need.
C.Energy flows from producers to consumers.
D.Some food chains have only consumers.
C.Energy flows from producers to consumers.
The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice.
Weathering
This season usually occurs when flowers start to bloom!
Spring
A imaginary line that earth rotates on?
Axis
A scientist finds a rock sample and wants to test its cleavage. Which action should the scientist do to test the cleavage?
A.Look closely at the sample to see if it reflects light.
B.Break the rock to see what shape the pieces make.
C.Scrape the rock against a hard surface to see what color it makes.
B.Break the rock to see what shape the pieces make.
Sally is making a list of living things that cannot make their own food.
Which living thing will be on Sally's list?
A.Moss
B.Daisy
C.Grasshopper
C. Grasshopper
Rock formed when lava or magma cools, forms crystals, and solidifies
Igneous rock
This season usually happens when leaves change colors and fall off trees.
Fall
This item creates heat and light
A star
The color left behind from rubbing mineral against porcelain?
Streak
A student is drawing a diagram to model how energy moves through a local pond ecosystem. The diagram will have arrows to show the movement of energy. Which object will have an arrow coming from it but no arrow going to it?
A. fish
B.Grasses
C.The sun
D.The pond
C.The sun
Rocks formed when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and are compacted.
Sedimentary
Name all 4 seasons of the world!
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
The third planet from the sun
Earth
A naturally occurring nonliving solid.
Mineral
A wild meadow is home to grass, raspberry thickets, deer, and mice. The grass and raspberries get energy from the Sun. How do the deer and mice get energy?
A.from eating grass and raspberries
B.from relaxing in sunlight
C.from sleeping at night
D.from drinking water at a nearby creek
A.from eating grass and raspberries
The cycle that changes the mineral compositions and physical structures of rocks over time caused by various natural processes
The rock cycle