Rock Cycle
What type of rock forms when melted rock cools and hardens?
igneous rock
What is evaporation?
This is the process when the Sun heats water and turns it into water vapor that rises into the air.
What is an ecosystem?
This is a community of living and nonliving things that interact in the same environment.
What is a producer?
This organism makes its own food using energy from the Sun and starts most food chains.
What are examples of energy we use every day
Chargers, Lights, Heat, And SO MANY MORE!
What is a sedimentary rock?
This type of rock forms when layers of sediment are pressed and cemented together over time.
What is condensation?
This happens when water vapor cools and changes back into tiny drops of liquid water that form clouds.
What are biotic factors?
These are the living parts of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and fungi.
What is a herbivore?
This type of consumer eats only plants, like a rabbit or deer.
How does the Sun transfer energy to Earth? ☀️
The Sun transfers energy to Earth through radiation. Radiation is energy that travels in waves through space as light and heat. This energy warms the land, water, and air on Earth.
What is a metamorphic rock?
This type of rock forms when heat and pressure change an existing rock.
What is precipitation?
This is when water falls from clouds to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is an ocean ecosystem?
This ecosystem includes large bodies of salt water and animals like sharks, whales, and coral.
In the food chain grass → grasshopper → frog → snake
What is the frog?
Producer / Secondary Consumer/ Apex Predator / Primary Consumer / Decomposer
The Frog is the secondary consumer.
Why does a metal spoon in hot soup become hot? 🥄
The metal spoon becomes hot because of conduction. Conduction happens when heat moves from a hot object to a cooler object through direct contact. The hot soup transfers heat to the spoon.
What is weathering?
This process breaks rocks into smaller pieces called sediment.
What is runoff?
This stage of the water cycle happens when water flows over land into rivers, lakes, or oceans.
What is the Arctic (polar) ecosystem?
This very cold ecosystem has ice, snow, very few trees, and animals like polar bears and seals.
What are decomposers?
These organisms break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil.
What happens when sunlight warms the ground or water? 🌎
When sunlight warms the ground or water, the Sun’s energy is absorbed by the surface. This causes the temperature to increase, warming the land, water, and the air nearby.
What is the rock cycle?
This is the continuous process where rocks change from one type to another over time.
What is the water cycle?
This is the continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere.
What is the prey population increases?
If a predator is removed from an ecosystem, this may happen to the population of its prey.
What is from the organism being eaten to the organism that eats it? (The arrow represents the movement of what?)
In a food chain, arrows point in this direction to show where energy moves.
How does a lamp transfer energy to light up a room? 💡
A lamp uses electrical energy from an outlet. The lamp converts that electrical energy into light energy and some heat energy, which spreads through the room and makes it bright.