Earth Cycles
Seeds and Plants
Animals
Water Cycle
Vocabulary
100

What is rotation of the Earth?

The rotation of the Earth causes the daytime and nighttime cycle.

100
Name one way seeds are dispersed (spread in different directions)
animals; wind; water
100

What are frog eggs called?

frogspawn

100
Water can exist in three different states. It can be a liquid, a solid or ____.
gas
100

This is when an animal or bug goes through a big change where it begins to change it's shape.

metamorphosis

200
The earth revolves around the _______.
sun
200
What is the first stage of the life cycle of a plant?
Seed
200
My life cycle begins with an egg that has a shell, a yolk and albumen. Who am I?
chicken
200
Puddles disappear on hot days as the warm air changes the water from a liquid to a gas. This process is called ______________.
evaporation
200
What word means to make a hole into or under something.
burrow
300

What cycle is caused by the tilt of the Earth together with the Earth's revolution around the sun?

The cycle of four seasons - spring, summer, fall, winter

300

Name one pollinator.

birds; insects; butterflies; bees; small mammals (such as mice, shrews, rats); wind; water

300

I am a butterfly. I start out as an egg. In the larva stage, I am a caterpillar. What is my pupa (or cocoon) called?

a chrysalis

300
Water vapor in the air far below the clouds is called ___________.
humidity
300

Which hemisphere do we live in?

The North Hemisphere

400
What is the imaginary line around the center of the Earth called?
The equator
400

What is the process called in which a seed starts to grow?

Germination

400
My eggs do not have a shell. I lay hundreds of eggs at one time, because many of my eggs will be eaten. I will not be around to protect them. What animal am I?
frog
400

This can appear as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

Precipitation

400
clear, able to be seen through
transparent
500
The earth rotates, or spins, around an imaginary line called the _______.
axis
500
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make their own food. What two things does a plant need to make food?
sun and water
500

I take protect of my eggs and I hang around to take care of the little ones who hatch. Who am I?

hen

500
When water changes from a gas into a liquid, this process is called ___________________.
condensation
500
to replace, restore or refill
replenish
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