Force & Motion
This is who discovered the law of gravity after getting hit in the head by an apple
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
The cycle in which Earth's water moves through the environment.
The Water Cycle
This is what an animal who breaks down dead things is called
What is a decomposer?
What are the five basic senses that humans have?
Sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
due to rotating earth, wind travels in a curved path
Coriolis Effect
Stored Energy
Potential Energy
the cooling process by which a gas changes back into a liquid
Condensation
This is the process called when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy?
What is Photosynthesis?
a skill that develops after birth
Learned Behavior
the sun is always shining, very little rain
Desert
Energy of an object in motion
Kinetic Energy
the heating process by which a liquid changes into a gas
Evaporation
What does a herbivore eat?
plants
a set of organs that breaks down food into smaller pieces to get the nutrients to other cells
Digestive system
occurs when a cold front closely following a warm front, finally overtakes the warm front.
Occluded Front
when 2 equal forces are applied to an object in opposite directions
Balanced forces
any form of water that falls from the clouds (rain, snow, sleet or hail)
Precipitation
what does a carnivore eat?
meat
a set of organs, connecting 2 or more bones, creating movement
Muscular system
when a warm air mass encounters a cold air mass and no movement occurs
Stationary Front
When 2 forces that are not rqual are applied to an object causing the object to move
unbalanced forces
day to day changes in the conditions of the atmosphere
Weather
what does an omnivore eat?
plants and meat
hard structures that provide a frame for and support of the body
Skeletal system
non living part of an environment
abiotic
the motion of atoms & molecules that creates a change in temperature
Thermal Energy
the process in which plants give off water through their stomata
Transpiration
a forest of evergreens that extends across North America and Eurasia
Taiga
a set of organs ( brain, spinal cord, and nerves) that work together to send signals throughout your body to control major body functions
Nervous System
a cloud that develops upward and brings thunderstorms
cumulonimbus cloud
the passing of heat through a material while the material itself stays in place
Conduction
a high altitude cloud with a featherlike shape, made of ice crystals
Cirrus Clouds
Has warm temps and rain fall daily
Rainforest
characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime
Acquired Trait
to receive from your parents or grandparents
Inherit
the flow of heat through a liquid or a gas, causing hot parts to rise & cooler parts to sink
Convection
weather patterns over a long period of time (like many years)
Climate
called the breadbasket of the world
Grassland
the organs and tissues involved in moving blood through the body
Circulatory System
an abnormal warming of the oceans surface along the west coast of the US ( Pacific Ocean)
El Nino
The transfer of heat through electromagnetic rays
Radiation
a puffy cloud that appears to rise up from a flat bottom
Cumulus clouds
A place where a fresh water river empties into a ocean
Estuary
a set of organs in the body that takes in oxygen and lets out carbon dioxide
Respiratory System
a stream of water in the Atlantic ocean that carries warm water north from the south of Florida
Gulf Stream
the mass of an object will stay the same, even if it is broken into smaller pieces or if it is warmed up
Conservation of Mass
a cloud that forms in a blanket-like layer
Stratus Clods
The biome we live in
Deciduous Forest
having more than 1 cell that perform different functions in an organism
Multicellular
Wind that blows from sea to land
Sea Breeze