Rock Cycle
How is igneous rock formed?
What is hardened lava?
An organism that eats only meat.
What is a carnivore?
When the sun heats up liquid water, this process occurs.
What is evaporation?
This is the smallest part of an element.
What is an atom?
The sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
What is mass number?
How is metamorphic rock formed?
What is heat and/or pressure?
An organism that makes its own food.
What is a producer?
When water vapor changes into water droplets.
what is condensation?
Neutrons are located outside of the nucleus. True or False?
False!
When does shear stress occur?
this occurs between two rocks when one is being pushed in one direction and the other is being pulled in the opposite direction
How is igneous rock transformed into metamorphic rock?
What is the application of heat and pressure?
An organism that eats only plants.
What is an herbivore?
The tiny water droplets form ____________.
What are clouds?
Electrons are located outside of the nucleus. True or False?
True!
A model that shows how much energy flows through a food web.
What is a food pyramid?
What is physical weathering?
Physical actions, such as wind, or water freezing and cracking a rock
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
When water evaporates, it becomes an inivisble gas in the ____________.
What is atmosphere?
Protons and neutrons are about the same size. True or False?
True!
Water flowing on Earth's surface.
What is runoff?
How does biological weathering occur?
What is when living organisms break rocks?
Non-native plant or animal species that have been introduced into an environment.
What is an exotic species?
Evaporation takes place mostly in _______ and ________.
What are lakes and oceans?
This is the smallest subatomic particle.
What is an electron?