Water
This is an area of land that drains into a body of water.
What is a watershed?
This causes the apparent movement of the sun across the sky during the day on Earth.
What is the ROTATION of Earth on its axis?
Everything in the universe is either energy or_________.
What is matter?
This is the structure in some animals' eyes that reflects light back through the retina (sometimes making the eyes glow green or yellow at night when light shines on them).
What is the tapetum?
This is the definition of energy.
What is, "the ability to do work"?
This is the continual circulation of the Earth's water supply more commonly known as the water cycle...
What is the hydrologic cycle?
Scientists estimate the Earth to about this age.
What is 4.5 billion years old?
In a solution, the substance being dissolved is called the __________.
What is solute?
Which of these is a behavioral adaptation? A. having wings B. having feathers C. migrating D. All of these
C. migrating
These are the four most common states of matter...
What are: gas, liquid, solid and plasma?
This is the nearest star to Earth.
What is the sun?
If it's matter and it's not a mixture then it is a _______ ______________.
What is a pure substance?
This is the term that describes the way that species of animals and plants become better at living in their habitat (essential for survival). It usually occurs over long periods of time.
What is adaptation?
This is the process where rocks, soil, and sand are set down by water or wind. (For example, the laying down of sediments in streams or rivers)
What is deposition?
This is the main reason the Earth experiences seasons.
What is the Earth's tilt?
If left to rest, this type of heterogeneous mixture will "settle out" or separate.
What is a suspension?
Which of these is a structural adaptation? a. hibernation b. migration c. hiding from a predator d. feathers
What is (d) feathers?
Seed shape (R) Round is dominant (r) Wrinkled is recessive Given an RR parent and rr parent, this is the percent chance that the offspring has in being wrinkled:
What is zero percent? The R will dominate every time in the Rr cross.
Which watershed is The Pegasus School in?
What is the Souhegan River Watershed?
A solution that can not hold any more solute at room temperature is...
What is a saturated solution?
This physical adaptation in humans and primates allows them to grasp objects.
What are opposable thumbs?
These are the three major nutrients, found in healthy soil, that plants need in order to thrive (hint: we tested soil for these)
What are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium?