Web of Life
What type of organism eats both plants and animals?
omnivore
What is a group of stars that form a picture if you connect them?
constellation
What is the process of a liquid changing to a gas?
evaporation
Solids, liquids, and gases are all examples of what?
states of matter
solar system
What is a diagram that shows how different food chains are connected?
food web
What term means to circle another object, like the Moon around the Earth?
orbit or revolve
This term describes what happens when two substances mix together, and it looks like one of them disappears.
dissolve
What term refers to anything that has mass and takes up space?
matter
Which planet is the sixth from the Sun on our solar system?
Saturn
This is a type of decomposer such as a mushroom or mold.
fungus or fungi
What is the imaginary line around which the Earth rotates?
axis (Not equator!)
What is a large area of fresh water below Earth's surface called? Use a word other than groundwater.
aquifer
A process where one or more substances form a new substance with different properties.
chemical reaction or chemical change
What is the invisible force that pulls any object down towards the center of a planet, star, or other object?
gravity
What do you call all the living things that interact with each other and their environment in one place?
ecosystem
What do you call the visible shape of the Moon that we can see from Earth on a particular night?
phase or moon phase
(Giving a specific moon phase does not count.)
What is the name for any type of moisture that falls from clouds?
precipitation
(Specific examples of precipitation, like rain or hail, don't count.)
A chart that arranges all of the known types of matter in an organized way.
periodic table of elements or periodic table
What is the name for any planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system?
exoplanet
What are the tiny openings on a plant's leaves that take in air called?
stomata
What phase is the moon in when it looks like a little less than a full circle?
gibbous
(Waxing gibbous and waning gibbous are also acceptable answers.)
This is the term for all of the water on and around planet Earth.
hydrosphere
What number on the PH scale means a substance is neutral, neither an acid or a base?
7
Which region of our solar system is found between Neptune and the Oort Cloud and contains dwarf planets and other icy bodies?
Kuiper Belt
(accept spelling errors if they sound close)