6th Biology
The smallest unit of life.
What are cells?
If a car travels 60 miles in 2 hours, its speed is this.
What is 30 miles per hour?
A group of stars forming a pattern is called this.
What is a constellation?
The place where an organism lives.
What is its habitat?
Two or more elements.
What is a compound?
When the Sun heats water, it changes into water vapor through this process.
What is evaporation?
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse" of the cell.
What is the mitochondrion?
A toaster changes this type of energy into heat.
What is electrical energy?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity?
This cycle moves water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
What is the water cycle?
This physical property measures how much mass is packed into a certain volume.
What is density?
Sunlight hits the Earth most directly at this location.
What is the equator?
Prokaryotes lack this organelle.
What is a nucleus?
Another term for "stored" energy.
What is potential energy?
When the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
A relationship where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
This chemical property describes how easily something catches fire.
What is flammability?
This type of gas traps heat in the atmosphere, contributing to climate change.
What are greenhouse gasses?
This organ system defends your body from illness.
What is the immune system?
The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
What is friction?
The gravitational pull of the Moon affects this on Earth.
What are ocean tides?
This term describes the role or job of an organism in its environment.
What is niche?
The Law of Conservation of Mass.
What is matter cannot be created or destroyed?
These global winds blow from west to east and influence U.S. weather.
What are westerlies?
A eukaryotic organism that is not a plant, an animal, or a fungus.
What is a protist?
Newton's First Law of Motion.
What is the Law of Inertia?
A small, icy celestial body that orbits the Sun.
What is a comet?
This is the variety of life in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
When an atom or molecule loses electrons.
What is oxidation?
This warm Pacific Ocean event can disrupt global weather patterns.
What is El Niño?