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 do we call a community of organisms that interact with each other and their environment?
ecosystem
What do we call a mixture where one substance dissolves into another?
solution
What is the process used by plants to make their own food called?
photosynthesis
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
What state of matter allows for atoms to move rapidly and be widely spaced apart?
gas
What is one product of sunlight, carbon dioxide and water working together in a plant?
oxygen or glucose
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.
F. fungus...like mushrooms
B. bacteria
I. invertebrates...like earthworms
Anything that takes up space and has weight is called what?
matter
What three traditional plants work together in the Three Sisters' Garden?
corn, beans and squash
At what times of day is a shadow the longest?
The morning or the evening-or when the sun is low in the sky
The water cycle is powered by what energy source?
The Sun
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
In a seed, what is the name of the part that will become the root?
radicle
What is the word for the spin around an axis?
Rotation
What phase of the water cycle involves the cooling of water vapor into a liquid?
condensation
In an ocean ecosystem, what is an example of a producer that can grow 2 feet per day?
kelp
Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical name for what household substance?
baking soda
What is the job of the stomata (the "mouth") in a plant's leaf?
The stomata allow carbon dioxide to flow in and oxygen to flow out.