STAAR 1
What is a resource that can not be made easily (oil, coal)?
Non renewable
When light rays bend or break through a surface, the light is __________.
refracted
What is a collection of water called?
accumulation
What type of organism makes its own food?
producer
What is formed when sand is eroded away and deposited elsewhere.
sand dunes
An energy source that has a continuous supply (solar power, wind power)
Renewable
Mass, volume, relative density, solubility, color, texture, shape
physical properties of matter
What are some negative effects that humans have had on the planet?
pollution
Consumers are
organisms that eat producers and/or other consumers
What is the process called when wind, water, or ice breaks down rocks?
weathering
What happens to light when it hits an opaque surface? It is ______.
Absorbed
This is the process called when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy?
Photosynthesis
The source of all energy is the ____.
sun
Carnivores are
organisms that eat meat
What does a herbivore eat?
plants
A ______ revolves around Earth
Moon
Fossils are usually formed in this type of rock.
sedimentary rock
What do the arrows represent in a food web?
the flow of energy
How many paths of energy does a series circuit have?
1
How long does the Earth revolve?
365 days
a path that one object takes around another object
revolution or orbit
the main ingredient to make a fossil fuel
dead organisms
What tool would I use to find the mass of an object?
A triple beam balance
An animal who breaks down dead things is called a ______.
decomposer
what does an omnivore eat?
plants and meat
long term weather patterns of an area is known as _______
Climate
This pattern is caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis.
day and night cycle
An educated prediction of what might happen during a Scientific Investigation
hypothesis
How many paths of energy does a parallel circuit have?
The sun rises in the...
East
This process is when sediment is moved/carried away by wind, water or ice
Erosion
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
the axis
Plants use _____, ______, and _____ to make food.
water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide.
What are the planets in order from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What type of circuit is needed for electricity to flow?
A closed circuit.
_____ is when vapor cools and turns into clouds.
Condensation
What is it when water is heated and turned into a gas.
evaporation
When light rays bounce off an object, they _____ light.
reflect
A food web is made up of ________________.
Multiple food chains
What does it mean when something floats?
less dense
Nickel, Iron, Cobalt, and Steel have this property in common.
magnetic
What is the living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: redwood forest, swamp, Mojave Desert)
ecosystem
Causes objects to slow down or create heat
friction
Bacteria, worms, and fungi are ?
decomposers
What is needed to create a circuit? (Name 3 things that could be used)
battery
wire or pathway
load