Matter
What are the 3 states of matter and describe how the particles of matter take up space in each state.
Solid, Liquid and Gas
Solid the particles are tightly packed together
Liquid they are not closely packed together
Gase they are widely spread apart
What sphere are humans are part of?
Biosphere
Cleavage, Hardness, Color, Luster and Streak are all used to classify what?
Rocks
A push or pull on an object is called this.
What is force?
What is the process by which liquid water turns to gas in the water cycle?
evaporation
What is a fruit salad an example of.
a. substance
b. mixture
b. mixture
When a volcano erupts and spews gas and ash into the air what 2 sphere are interacting?
geosphere and atmosphere
Earth. has renewable and nonrenewable resources. What are these items examples of?
Coal
Plants
Coal - NonRenewable
Plants - Renewable
These are living things that make their own food using energy from the sun.
What are producers?
the sun
True or False, Matter can be destroyed when we burn it.
False. Because of the Law of Conservation of Matter- matter is neither lost or destroyed, it is just transferred to different states.
The amount of time it takes Earth to make one full rotation around the sun.
What are 365 days or one year?
What is an example of a CONDUCTOR?
This is an item that allows electricity to pass from one item to another.
metal, copper, or aluminum.
These are organisms that eat other organisms.
What are consumers?
Where is most of Earth's fresh water located?
glaciers and ice caps
What is a chemical change?
The amount of time it takes for Earth to make one full rotation on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
Some animals blend in with their surrounding to protect themselves from their prey, what adaptation is this an example of?
a. camouflage
B. migration
C. hibernation
a. camouflage adaptation
These organisms only eat plants.
What are herbivores?
We discussed 5 main parts of the water cycle. What are they?
precipitation, evaporation, condensation, transpiration and runoff
The amount of matter in a substance is called it's what?
Mass
This is the largest planet in our solar system?
What is Jupiter?
What type of rock is formed by heat and pressure?
a. igneous rock
b. metamorphic rock
c. sedimentary rock
b. metamorphic rock
These organisms help break down dead and decaying matter
decomposers
What is the green pigment (coloring) in plants that absorbs light energy?
a. chloroplast
b. chlorophyll
c. photosynthesis
b. chlorophyll