Out of This World
The star at the center of our solar system
What is the Sun?
A force that pulls objects toward the center of Earth.
What is gravity?
This property describes how well a substance can be attracted to a magnet
What is magnetism?
the process of liquid water turning into gas
What is evaporation?
The process in which plants make their own food
What is photosynthesis?
The belt of rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter
What is the asteroid belt?
a force that slows objects down when they rub against each other
What is friction?
the process of a solid disappearing into a liquid
What is dissolve?
In a solution, this is the substance that dissolves
What is a solute?
This type of organism breaks down dead material
What is a decomposer?
A group of stars that forms a recognizable pattern
What is a constellation?
When two forces acting on an object are equal
What are balanced forces?
the measure of how much space an object takes up
What is volume?
a combination of substances that keep their individual properties
What is a mixture?
This is what we call a living thing that eats plants or other animals
What is a consumer?
the movement of one object around another, such as Earth around the Sun
What is orbit/revolution
the measure of how fast something is moving
What is speed?
This property describes how well a material allows heat to pass through
What is thermal conductivity?
This practice helps protect resources and reduce waste
What is conserve?
This is a diagram shows how energy moves through an ecosystem
What is a food web/chain?
the way a star's brightness appears from Earth
What is apparent brightness?
When forces on an object are not equal
What are unbalanced forces?
This type of change occurs when a new substance is formed
What is a chemical change?
A sudden event like an earthquake or hurricane that impacts the environment
What is a natural disaster?
This is all the living and nonliving things in an area
What is an ecosystem?