Weather
An anemometer measures which answer choice?
A. Wind speed
B. Air pressure
C. Wind direction
D. Temperature
A. Wind speed
Which of these is a producer?
A. River otter
B. Beetle
C. Oak tree
D. Dog
C. Oak tree
Which level of the ocean has the LEAST amount of sunlight?
A. Continental shelf
B. Continental slope
C. Continental rise
D. Abyssal plain
D Abyssal plain
This creates __________________________.
24 hours
Day and night
What is the function of the stem of a plant?
A. Anchor plant into the ground and take in nutrients
B. Attract pollinators
C. Produce food for the plant during photosynthesis
D. Give plants support and help nutrients travel to the rest of the plant
D
It is light rain outside and the sky looks like there is a huge gray blanket overtop it. What kind of clouds are in the sky?
A. Cumulus
B. Cumulonimbus
C. Stratus
D. Cirrus
Stratus
All of the living things together in an environment are known as:
A. Population
B. Community
C. Ecosystem
B. Community
At which level of the ocean do producers live?
Continental shelf
*Producers are plants, or organisms that can make their own food. They need sunlight to do this!
The phases of the moon are caused by how the Moon lines up with the —
A. planets
B. Sun and Earth
C. Earth and Mars
D. Sun and other planets
B
A. Flower
B. Leaf
C. Roots
D. Stem
A. Flower
It is a dry, sunny day in the middle of July. What is the pressure like?
A. High
B. Low
A. High
*High and dry, low and lousy
What is deforestation?
Cutting down trees, removing habitats and food sources for many animals
Warmer or colder?
Colder
Order of the planets from the Sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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What is absorbed by the plant to perform photosynthesis?
*3 things!
Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
How is weather related to climate?
A. Climate is the long-term average of a region's weather.
B. Weather is the average pattern of conditions in the atmosphere over many years.
C. Climate describes daily changes in temperature and rainfall.
D. Weather describes the climate over a long period of time.
A
What would be the niche of a deer?
A. To serve as a predator for other forest animals
B. To eat plants and to be eaten by other animals
C. To create habitats for other animals
D. To feed on tall trees
B.
*The niche of an animal is the role it plays in an ecosystem.
Most ocean life are found at this level of the ocean.
Continental shelf
The Moon ________________ around the Earth.
A. Rotates
B. Revolves
What is released from the plant after photosynthesis? *Two things!
Oxygen and glucose/sugar
How would a tornado negatively impact an ecosystem? * Choose 2
A. Conditions would be too dry for plants to grow
B. Animals would lose their habitats
C. Increased chance of forest fires
D. More animals would move to forests
E. Uproot and break trees
B and E
Why are forests important for Virginians? *Choose 3
A. They produce oxygen
B. They provide wood for homes
C. They absorb oxygen from the environment
D. They take up space for building new homes
E. They prevent erosion
A, B, E
Which 2 phases of the moon are the tidal ranges at their highest levels?
New moon, Full moon
What are the two causes of the seasons?
A. Earth’s axial tilt
B. The Sun's rotation on its axis
C. The Sun's revolution around the Earth
D. Earth's revolution around the Sun
E. Earth's revolution being faster or slower
A and D
Why is photosynthesis important for plants?
It is the process where food/sugar is made for the plant