Water Cycle & Earth Changes
Water turning into gas is called this.
What is evaporation?
This green pigment absorbs sunlight in plants.
What is chlorophyll?
Earth is located in this galaxy.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
Stored energy is called this.
What is potential energy?
The formula for work is Force × this.
What is distance?
Clouds form during this step of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
Plants take in this gas through stomata.
What is carbon dioxide?
This force keeps planets and moons in orbit.
What is gravity?
Energy of motion is called this.
What is kinetic energy?
The top of a roller coaster has mostly this type of energy.
What is potential energy?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
Plants release this gas during photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
The imaginary line around Earth is called this.
What is the equator?
Heat transfer through direct contact is called this.
What is conduction?
Burning wood changes chemical energy into this type of energy.
What is thermal energy (heat)?
Plates moving apart create this type of boundary.
What is a divergent boundary?
An animal with a backbone is called this.
What is a vertebrate?
The Moon orbits Earth in about this amount of time.
What is one month?
Heat transfer through empty space is called this.
What is radiation?
Radio waves have the ______ wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is the longest?
Wind, water, and glaciers cause this process
What is erosion?
A crab or insect has this type of outer covering.
What is an exoskeleton?
In fossil layers, the oldest fossils are found here.
Where is the bottom layer?
This type of heat transfer happens when hot fluids rise and cool fluids sink.
What is convection?
The angle of incidence is equal to this angle.
What is the angle of reflection?