An ecosystem is filled with _____________ __________ and ____-___________ _______________.
living things, non living things
How does camouflage help animals survive in their ecosystems or environment?
It helps the animal hide from predators.
What is dirt or other matter that settles to the bottom of a reservoir body of water?
Sediment or Sedimentary rock
sediment
A _______________ is the average temperature over a period of time (one year, seasons).
climate
___________ means moon.
lunar
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is a circuit?
A closed path through which an electric current flows or may flow through.
A ____________ is a group of different populations of organisms.
What is a herbivore?
A herbivore is an animal that eats only plants.
___________is molten/liquid rocks that is from the middle of the earth.
magma
Precipitation (raindrops) _________ down the hill to a stream or river and then empty in the ocean.
runoff
This system has a prefix of "Sol" which means sun; a system of planets or other bodies orbiting a star.
solar system (My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas!)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars (terrestrial plants) Astroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Gas Giants) Kuiper Belt, (Pluto)
What is density?
Density is how tightly packed molecules are in an object?
What is a battery?
A battery is a source of electricity created from a chemical energy.
A single living thing is called an ________________?
Organism
What is a carnivore?
A carnivore is an animal that only eats meat.
_________________ is when water cools and changes from a gas to a liquid in the clouds.
condensation
When water is heated up by the sun it changes from a liquid to a ______.
gas
A group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from earth.
Constellations
What is volume?
Volume is the amount of space an object takes up.
What is energy?
Energy is the ability to do work
Animals that are hunted by other animals are called?
prey
How do specialized structures help an animal survive in their environment?
It provides protection from predators, helps them eat, helps them reproduce etc.
An example of a ______________ is a puddle in the driveway.
collection
A ______________ is when purified water runs into a natural water source to use. (lake, pond etc.)
reservoir
____________ is when an object blocks light.
eclipse
What is a mixture?
A mixture is a combination of two or more pure substances.(CAN be taken apart) A solution is an another example of a mixture.
What is kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is energy an object has because it is moving.
Animals that hunt for other animals are called?
Predators
What is it called when sunlight causes chemical reactions in a plant? (process of changing sun's energy into food)
photosynthesis
Barometer is a weather tool that measures ______________.
air pressure
What makes up the geosphere?
rocks, soil, ground
The earth is at an angle and not straight up and down. This is referred to as the earth being ____________.
Tilt
What is a chemical reaction?
A chemical reaction is when two or more molecules interact and the molecules change; a NEW substance is formed.
What is potential energy?
Potential energy is energy an object has because of its position.
High heat and dryness caused by lack of rain are an example of an internal cue or an external cue?
external cue
What is an omnivore?
Omnivores eat both meat and plants.
What makes up the atmosphere?
Air, gases
Why is the atmosphere important to humans, animals and all living things?
The atmosphere provides us with oxygen to breathe, carbon dioxide for the plants to make their own food through photosynthesis, and wind to fuel the water cycle so that all living things have water.
The path of the earth or object around a point in space (sun) is called the earths ______________ around the sun.
orbit (365 days or 1 year)
What is a physical change?
A physical change is when matter changes size, shape or state.
What are conductors?
Conductors are paths that energy likes to follow.
A _________ ___________ shows how energy moves from the sun to a producer and through various consumers.
Food Chains
_____________ make their own food and are called ____________.
Plants, Producers
The hydrosphere is made of all the ________ on the earth.
water
What make up the biosphere?
All living things on earth.
____________ is the real or imaginary line on which something (earth) rotates.
axis
What is gravity?
A. force that pulls two object together
B. the ability to do something
C. All of the above.
A.
What is mass?
Mass is something that has matter.
Because they eat other organism _____________ are called ________________.
animals, consumers
Is an internal cue or an external cue when an organism receives information from inside itself?
Internal cue
When the magma erupts on earth's surface it is called lava. When the lava cools and hardens the lava changes to what type of rock?
igneous rock, metaphoric rock, or sedimentary rock
igneous rock
When the layers of sediment are compacted on top of each other it changes from sediment to a ________________ rock.
sedimentary rock
When the earth rotates one time around its axis it is said that the earth has made one ______________.
rotation
What is friction?
Friction is a force that holds back the motion of a sliding object in the opposite direction of the movement.
What is an energy in the form of electrons that flow through circuits and can produce heat, light, motion and sound?
electricity
A group of the same organism living together in the same place and at the same time forms a _________________.
population
__________________ eat and break down scat, or animal droppings, and dead plants and animals into tiny parts.
decomposers
When high heat and pressure are added to sedimentary rocks the sedimentary rock changes to a ________________ rock.
metamorphic rock
When igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks are weathered by wind, rain, and ice the sedimentary and igneous rocks break apart into ______________.
sediment
_____________ is an object that allows ALL light to pass straight through, no shadow is created.
_____________ is an object that allows SOME light to pass through, a shadow is created.
_____________ is an object that allows NO light to pass through.
transparent
translucent
opaque
What does soluble mean?
A. The ability of one substance to be dissolved in another substance.
B. an atom
C. The amount of matter in an object
A.
What is a property?
A property is something you can observe about matter using your senses.
__________________ are animals such as vultures that keep an ecosystem clean by feeding on dead and decaying organisms.
scavengers
Animals that transfer pollen from on flower to another are called _________________.
Examples: Bees, butterflies and other insects
pollinators
Atoms are made of (parts) ______________, ______________, and ____________.
electrons, protons, and neutrons
A molecule is made up of lots of ____________.
atoms (1 oxygen, 2 hydrogen)
One water molecule
Fill in the Solar System Order names:
Sun (Terrestrial Planets) (Gas Giants)
M_______________ J_____________
V_______________ S_____________
E_______________ U_____________
M_______________ N_____________
Asteroid Belt Kuiper Belt (Pluto)
Sun (Terrestrial Planets) (Gas Giants)
Mercury Jupiter
Venus Saturn
Earth Uranus
Mars Neptune
Asteroid Belt Kuiper Belt (Pluto
What is inertia?
Inertia is the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest or an object in motion to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
What is an electron?
An electron is a very small particle that has a negative charge.