Matter and Energy
a liquid is heated up, changing its state to a gas
What is evaporation
When biotic factors of an environment engage in an activity with other biotic or abiotic elements
What is an interaction.
Moving air
Wind
A gas is cooled, changing its state to a liquid
What is condensation
The four inner planets of our solar system that are made of rock and are small.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Ancient marine organisms, heat, time, and pressure will form
What is oil or natural gas
A beaker contains a mixture of sand, salt, gravel and iron fillings. Which substances are not soluble in water? Which are?
What is sand, gravel and iron fillings. Salt is soluble.
The Sun appears to change position or move across the sky during daylight hours. This is a result of
What is Earth's rotation on its axis
To form fossil fuels you need four things
What is time, heat, prehistoric animals and plants and compaction (pressure).
Tundra animals have adaptations such as thick coats that allow them to survive in the vast tundra. Musk ox have a thick fur coat-
What is to insulate from the cold tundra wind and water
What is precipitation
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass
Meteorologists are scientist who study weather conditions and climate patterns so they can prepare people for upcoming changes in the weather. The meteorologist's ability to forecast weather changes is the same as what skill?
What is making a prediction
Renewable natural resources are replenished within 100 years. What are two examples of a renewable natural resource?
What are wind, water, solar, plants
A group of students is exploring the causes of changes in the physical structure of a forest ecosystem. Each student in the group makes a prediction of how changes will impact the ecosystem. The students have each-
What is formed a hypothesis
Traits or behaviors that increase an organism's chance of survival in their natural environment.
What is Adaptations
An object that does not dissolve and is still visible
What is insoluble
Students conducted an experiment on how long shadows appeared at different times of day. What two pieces of information would they need to include on their data table?
What is the time of day and length of the shadow.
What is ice (frost) wedging.
The beetle has a life cycle that consists of the egg stage, the larval stage, the pupa stage and the adult stage. The beetle has what type of metamorphosis?
What is complete
What is a complete circuit