Physical Science
Weather and Climate
Earth, Moon, and Space
Rocks and Landforms
Resources/Energy
100
The two forms of energy produced when a complete electrical circuit turns on a light bulb.
What are light and thermal?
100
What is the source that drives the water cycle?
The Sun
100
The reason for the Sun's apparent movement across the sky?
What is Earth's rotation on its axis?
100
Two processes that break down rock and move their particles to other places.
What are weathering and erosion?
100
Four processes that are needed to form fossil fuels.
What are decomposition (breaking down of organisms), heat, time, and pressure.
200
The ability of an object to sink or float.
What is density?
200
For how many years must scientists study weather before they can describe an area's climate?
What is at least 30 years?
200
The result of Earth's rotation on its axis.
What is the day and night cycle?
200
The process responsible for the formation of a delta.
What is deposition?
200
Resources that take millions of years to replace.
What are nonrenewable resources?
300
This happens to an electrical appliance when its circuit is open.
What is nothing?
300
The part of the water cycle when water is heated and turns into a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
The quarter moon phase that comes after the new moon (label and draw).
What is the first quarter? (light on the right side)
300
These occur due to glacial erosion (3 things).
What are glacial lakes, U-shaped valleys, and deposition of sediment?
300
This form of alternative energy is when underground water is pumped though pipes deep in the ground, heated, by hot rocks, and pumped back out.
What is geothermal energy?
400
When a material in a solution breaks into tiny particles that can no longer be seen.
What is dissolve?
400
The 8 planets in order from the Sun to the outer planets are:
What are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
400
The direction that the Sun appears to move across Earth's sky.
What is east to west?
400
These three things are signs of rich soil: (name 1)
What are: 1) retains water, 2) contains nutrients from organic material, 3) has mixed-sized particles so roots can grow.
400
This type of alternative energy is derived from plants.
What is biofuel?
500
The state of water when it is at 32 degrees Celsius.
What is liquid?
500
This is the most important factor that affects the temperature of Earth's surface as well as causes the change in temperature (which we call seasons).
What is the tilt of Earth on its axis (the angle of the Sun's rays as they hit the Earth's surface)?
500
The moon phase when the moon is only lit on the side facing away from the Earth.
What is new moon?
500
Volcanoes can be constructive to Earth's surface in this way:
What is they add lava and it hardens into land?
500
Two great sources of alternative energy that we can use in Texas because of our sunny weather and windy climate are:
What are solar and wind energy?
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