Matter & its Properties
This state of matter has a definite shape and volume.
What is a solid?
100: Animals that eat only plants are called...
What is an herbivore?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are types of...
What is precipitation?
Earth’s natural satellite is called...
What is the moon?
A push or pull on an object is called a...
What is force?
When you boil water, it changes from liquid to this state.
What is gas?
All living and nonliving things in an area interacting together form this.
What is an ecosystem?
The layer of gases surrounding Earth is called the...
What is the atmosphere?
It takes Earth this long to complete one rotation.
What is 24 hours?
This force slows things down when they rub together.
What is friction?
Mixing vinegar and baking soda creates bubbles. This is a sign of what kind of change
What is a chemical change?
In a food chain, this organism gets energy from the sun and makes its own food.
What is a producer?
This process involves water vapor cooling and turning into liquid droplets.
What is condensation?
The pattern of the moon's appearance changing over time is called...
What are moon phases?
A soccer ball moves when you kick it because of this law.
What is Newton's first law of Motion
The total mass of matter is the same before and after a physical change. This is called the Law of
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
Pollution or removing a species can cause this in an ecosystem.
What is an imbalance?
The Earth's plates slowly move and cause events like earthquakes and volcanoes. What is this theory called?
What is plate tectonics?
The sun appears to move across the sky because of this motion of the Earth.
What is rotation?
An object with more of this will be harder to move.
What is mass?
A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances is known as a(n)...
What is an element
A forest fire can be a natural disaster. What’s one long-term effect it can have on an ecosystem?
What is a loss of habitat and changes in pollution?
There is a theory that 200 million years ago the world was one land and one body of water. What is the name of this theory and the scientist who came up with it?
What is Pangaea and Alfred Wegner?
This force keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
When forces on an object are equal and opposite, the object is...
What is balance/not moving?