Food Chains
What do the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?
The flow of ENERGY
What is the male part of a flower called that creates pollen?
stamen
What is the movement of sediments called?
erosion
How long is one Earth rotation?
24 hours/1 day
Name a property of minerals that NO other group says...
color, luster, texture, hardness, streak
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What is usually found at the lower level of every food chain or food web?
producers
What is the female part of a flower called that houses the egg?
pistil
What is the breaking down of rock over time called?
weathering
How long is one Earth revolution?
365 days/1 year
Which property describes how a mineral feels?
texture
What is the word used to describe an organism that eats other organisms in order to survive?
consumer
What part of a flower plays a similar role as the vertebrae in a human?
stem
Which type of rock is formed when magma or lava cools down?
igneous
What is the reason for day and night?
Earth's rotation
Which property describes how a mineral reflects light?
luster
What can be placed at any level of every food chain or food web?
decomposers
Name one way pollination can occur that NO other group says...
wind, water, ice, animals, and gravity
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Which type of rock is formed when different layers stack on top of each other, then bind together through pressure?
sedimentary
What is the reason why we see different stars in the sky during different seasons?
Earth's revolution
Which property describes the color a mineral makes when it is strapped across a surface?
streak
In order to undergo photosynthesis, what three things do plants need?
light, water, carbon dioxide
Name one way plants reproduce...
seeds, fruits, spores, cones, etc.
Which type of rock forms when ANY type of rock changes due to heat and pressure?
metamorphic
Why do the stars, Sun, and moon appear to move across the sky each day?
Earth's rotation
Which mineral is the hardest on the Moh's Hardness Scale?
diamond