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What is the name for our surroundings like the water we drink, air we breath, and the land we live on?
Enviorment
What is the term for wanting to protect the environment and our resources?
Enviormentalism.
What do we call materials or substances that are given to us by nature?
Natural resources.
What is a natural resource that is naturally reoccurring?
Renewable natural resources.
What is a natural resource that is NOT easily replaced or reoccurring?
Nonrenewable natural resources.
What do we call a question that can be explained through experimentation or observation?
Hypothesis.
What do we call an assumption about the future?
Prediction.
What is the name for anything that has mass or takes up space?
Matter.
What is the smallest that something that can be broken down too?
Atom.
What is on a periodic table?
Elements.
What do we call a compound made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms?
Hydrocarbons.
What do we call a large molecule?
Macromolecules.
What macromolecules for protein synthesis?
Nucleic acids.
What type of molecule can contribute to water pollution?
Lipids.
What is the slow decay of soil and rock by wind or water?
Erosion.
What do we call the land part of the earth (rocks, minerals, landforms, etc)?
Geosphere.
What is the upper mantle and crust part of the earth called?
Lithosphere.
What is the name for the earth's sphere that holds all life matter?
Biosphere.
What is the overall name for the layer of earth that protects us from the sun's rays?
Atmosphere.
What is the term for all the water on earth?
Hydrosphere.
What is the outer layer of earth that makes up the continents and ocean floors called?
Crust.
How do plants make their food?
Photosynthesis.
What is the measure of how acidic or basic a substance is?
pH.
An organism that breaks down other dead organisms or waste?
Decomposer.
How do cells break down glucose and oxygen into carbon dioxide and water?
Cellular respiration.