Nature
become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree
increase
all space and the matter space contains
Universe
the long-term patterns of weather conditions in a specific region, typically observed over a period of at least 30 years
climate
an organism that makes its own food
producer
separate forces that combine to cancel each other out or make a net force of zero
balanced forces
a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter
opinion
group of many rock objects located between the planets of Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid Belt
he process where a liquid transforms into a gas or vapor, typically at a temperature below its boiling point
evaporation
consumers that eat only animals
Carnivores
how much space matter takes up
Volume
a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact
experiment
small rocky bodies that often crash into planets and moons
Meteoroid
organisms that cannot produce their own food and must obtain nutrients by consuming other organisms
consumer
a waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis that animals use for respiration
Oxygen
the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element
Atom
name the six forms of energy
chemical, mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, sound
lumps of ice, dust, and rock that orbit the Sun.; as it nears the Sun, ice and gas heat up and trail behind forming a tail
Comet
the process by which Earth's surface materials, including rocks, soil, and sediments, are broken down and transported from one place to another by natural forces like water, wind, ice, and gravity
erosion
animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column
invertebrate
material that does not transfer heat or electricity well
Insulator
name the planets in order
mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
the four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to varied amounts of sunlight (both the intensity and the number of daylight hours received); caused by the tilt of Earth during revolution
Season
formed when existing rocks are altered by intense heat, pressure, or chemical reactions, transforming their mineralogy and texture
metamorphic rock
filter waste and excess fluid from the blood
kidneys
space an object occupies
volume