This layer of the Earth is made of solid rock and is where we live.
The crust
Plants make their own food using sunlight in this process.
Photosynthesis
This form of energy makes things move.
Mechanical energy
All the living and nonliving things in an area make up this.
An ecosystem
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
This is the process where water changes from liquid to gas.
Evaporation
These animals eat only plants.
Herbivores
A solid changing into a liquid is called this.
Melting
This is the place where an animal lives.
Habitat
The path a planet takes around the sun is called this.
Orbit
These natural events include earthquakes, volcanoes, and hurricanes.
Natural disasters
This part of the plant carries water from the roots to the leaves.
The stem
This force can pull objects toward each other without touching.
Magnetism
These gases protect Earth from harmful sunlight.
The atmosphere
This provides Earth with light and heat.
The Sun
This tool is used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
A seismograph
This is a series of changes that a living thing goes through as it grows.
Life cycle
Which materials are good conductors of electricity?
Metals or water
This environmental problem is caused by trash and harmful substances.
Pollution
This happens when the Moon blocks the Sun from Earth.
Solar eclipse
This type of rock forms from lava or magma cooling.
Igneous rock
This type of organism breaks down dead plants and animals.
Decomposer
This happens when sound waves bounce off a surface.
Echo
This is one way people can reduce waste by using items again.
Reusing (or recycling)
This force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
Gravity