Animal Adaptations
Which is a physical adaptation?
A. Rabbits have large ears
B. Frogs hibernate in the winter
C. Spiders build sticky webs
A.
True or False: Watersheds benefit (help) coastal and ocean ecosystems.
True
Eric wants to know if the type of music played during studying helps improve test scores. What is the independent variable?
Type of music
What scientist theorized continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
What are the smallest building blocks of all things made of matter?
Which is an example of camouflage?
A. Humpback whale traveling to tropical ocean
B. Moth blending in with the tree bark
C. A tortoise has a hard shell
B.
What are large bodies of water completely surrounded by land. Some of them are salt water.
Lakes
Jack wants to test which type of cat food will make his cat's fur shinier. What is the dependent variable?
Shininess of cat fur
What was the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago before the tectonic plates drifted apart to form today's continents?
Pangea
Name the three subatomic particles and their charges.
Protons: positive
Neutrons: neutral
Electrons: negative
Behavioral
What is the type of evaporation that comes from leaves of plants?
Transpiration
Mary wants to find out which brand of batteries will last the longest in her CD player. What is the independent variable?
What is the continuous process that explains how Earth's rocks are formed, transformed, and recycled?
Rock cycle
What do particles do when they heat up?
Get faster and move farther apart
A large watering hole has dried up. The zebras no longer have a water source. What do the zebras need to do in order to survive this environmental change?
Travel to a different place
What is the percentage of drinking water that groundwater provides?
51%
Frank wants to experiment with three types of acid to see which will melt a plastic dinosaur the fastest. What is the dependent variable?
Speed of melting
What is the widely accepted scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into sections that move around the planet?
Plate tectonics
What do particles do when they cool down?
Get slower and move closer together
A paleontologist discovered a fossil of a sea sponge in the middle of the Arizona desert. What could they conclude about the history of this area?
There used to be a sea or ocean
What is the name of an underground river where water flows?
Aquifer
Greg wants to observe how many foxes eat four different types of prey. What is the dependent variable?
Number of foxes
What are the three types of seismic waves that occur during an earthquake?
P-wave, S-wave, and surface wave
What does the law of conservation of matter tell us?
Matter cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed