Earth, Stars, Moon
What is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun
What is the name for all the water in all its forms on planet Earth?
The hydrosphere
What is the name of the local ecosystems full of tall non-native trees? (They came from Australia.)
What do we call a mixture where one substance dissolves into another?
solution
In what season in the Northern Hemisphere does the sun sets the earliest?
Winter
What name do we give an area of land where water flows to the same point?
watershed
In an ecosystem, is a rabbit a producer, consumer or decomposer?
consumer
Does a solute or a solvent dissolve?
What is the phase name for the moon when it is reflecting more light each day?
Waxing
What is the name of the watershed for Los Osos?
The Los Osos Creek Watershed
Name one type of decomposer.
bacteria, fungus, earthworm
What is one way to determine the concentration of a solution?
mass, color change, math, taste
At what time of day is a shadow the longest?
The morning or the evening-or when the sun is low in the sky
What is the Greek word for the process of being "well fed"?
Eutrophication
In a food chain what direction does the energy flow?
What is one indicator that a chemical reaction occurred?
gas, temperature change, color change, new substance formed
What is the word for the spin around an axis?
Rotation
What is one type of pollutant that can cause too much algae growth?
fertilizer, detergent or feces
Name one type of producer you saw on the Sweet Springs Preserve field trip.
monkey flower, eucalyptus, silver bush lupine, artemisia (sagebrush)
Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical name for what household substance?
baking soda