Ecosystems
Weather
Landforms
Simple Machines

Water Cycle
100
All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem _______.
What is a population?
100
________ is an important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
What is a climate?
100
A slow moving river of ice
What is a glacier?
100
A machine that has at least one slanted side that ends in a sharp edge.
What is a wedge?
100
What is NOT a place where water is stored after it rains? A - ocean B - lake C - pond D - sink
What is a sink?
200
The home of an organism within an ecosystem
What is a habitat?
200
The earth has varied winds, rain and weather conditions because of A - clouds B - night air C - temperature D - the sun
What is the sun?
200
a flat area high above the surrounding land
What is a plateau?
200
the capacity to do work
What is energy?
200
The _______ makes the water cycle possible.
What is the sun?
300
A _______ is a carnivore that hunts for its food.
What is a predator?
300
As water vapor rises into the sky it is cooled and forms into clouds.
What is condensation?
300
a long depression in the earth's surface that usually contains a river
What is a valley?
300
A simple machine made up of a stiff bar that rests on a middle support
What is a lever?
300
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are forms of __________.
What is precipitation?
400
The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
What is an ecosystem?
400
A _________ cloud forms just above te surface of the earth.
What is fog?
400
a body of water found in an area where fresh water and salt water mix
What is an esturary?
400
The degree of change in elevation over a length of land
What is slope?
400
Water vapor cools and forms visible droplets of water in which stage of the water cycle?
What is condensation?
500
Which of the following would decompose the fastest? A - a nail B - a plastic spoon C - an apple core D - a soda can
What is an apple core?
500
All of the following may affect our weather EXCEPT..... A - temperature B - meterologist C - wind D - sun
What is a meterologist?
500
A low flat piece of land near the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
500
An inclined plane that is wrapped around a pole; holds things together and can be used to lift materials
What is a screw?
500
We have the same amount of water on the earth as we did a thousand years ago? TRUE / FALSE
TRUE
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