Earth Science
This process slowly breaks down rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Melting ice is an example of this type of change.
What is a physical change?
Learning to ride a bike is this kind of behavior.
What is a learned behavior?
These small building blocks make up all living things.
What are cells?
These tiny organisms are too small to see without a microscope.
What are microorganisms?
A river deposits sediment at its mouth to form this landform.
What is a delta?
This circuit must be complete for the electricity to flow.
What is a closed circuit?
This type of trait is passed down from parents (DNA).
What is inherited?
This part of both plant and animal cells controls the cell's activities.
What is the nucleus?
Yogurt contains this type of helpful microorganism.
What are probiotics or bacteria?
These are caused by both constructive and destructive forces and often erupt lava.
What are volcanoes?
Putting a thick piece of wood between a magnet and a paperclip will do this to the force.
What is weaken it or block it?
Moss and ferns are examples of these kinds of plants.
What are non-seed producers?
Only plant cells have this structure that gives them shape and support.
What is the cell wall?
This harmful microorganism can cause food poisoning.
What is Salmonella or E. coli?
Technology that helps scientists predict earthquakes by detecting vibrations underground.
What is seismology or a seismograph?
This kind of magnet stays magnetized all the time.
What is a permanent magnet?
Name one difference between instincts and learned behaviors.
What is instincts are natural / learned behaviors are taught or practiced?
This green part of the plant cell helps it make food using sunlight.
What are chloroplasts?
Some microorganisms are helpful, while others are __________.
What is harmful?
This process moves sediment from one location to another and can reshape coastlines.
What is erosion?
Give an example of a conductor and an insulator.
What is metal and rubber (or similar examples)?
This vertebrate group is cold-blooded, lays eggs in water, undergoes metamorphosis, and breathes through both gills and lungs during its life cycle.
What are amphibians?
Name two differences between plant and animal cells.
What are plant cells have chloroplasts and cell walls, animal cells do not?
Give one example of how a microorganism can be helpful and one way it can be harmful.
What is helpful: makes food / breaks down waste; harmful: causes illness?