Water Cycle
What is evaporation?
Water turning into water Vapor (heat)
Which sphere is water
HYDROsphere
What is a fossil?
remains or traces of a living thing
What is a physical change?
no new substance
What is a producer?
makes its own food
What is condensation?
Water vapor turning into clouds (getting cooler)
Which sphere is air?
ATMOsphere
Where are most fossils found?
In a rock
What is a chemical change?
new substance forms
What is a consumer?
Eats other organisms
What is precipitation?
Rain/Snow Falling from the clouds
Which sphere has living things?
BIOsphere
What can fossils tell us?
about the past / living things long ago
What kind of energy does a moving object have?
kinetic
What is a food chain?
shows energy flow
What part of the cycle forms clouds?
condensation
Which sphere is land and rocks?
GEOsphere
Are fossils from living or nonliving things?
Living
What kind of energy is stored? (doesn't move)
potential
What happens if one organism is removed?
Chain reaction
How does the sun affect the water cycle?
It causes evaporation
Name two spheres involved when it rains!
ATMO + HYDRO
Why don’t all living things become fossils?
they don’t get buried / preserved
Is burning wood physical or chemical? Explain
chemical (new substance forms)
Name one way humans affect ecosystems
pollution, deforestation, etc.