Science 1
What are the three climate zones?
Tropical, Temperate and Polar
What is built to capture the winds solar energy so that the attached generator can produce electricity?
Wind Turbine
What is gravity?
A force that pulls everything to the center of the Earth.
Name the planets in the solar system
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto
The outer planets are known as........
gas giants
What is displacement in a liquid?
The volume of a liquid that is displaced by a solid.
What is the heat from the Earth's crust called?
Geothermal energy
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which green plants use the sun to make their own food.
What type of planet is Pluto?
Why do stars appear to move across the sky?
Because the Earth revolves around the sun
What is air pressure?
Measure of the weight of gasses in the atmosphere.
A closed circuit's energy can be transferred into?
light, sound, energy and motion
What are the female and male marts of the plant?
Pistil and stamen
What revolves around the sun that is not a planet?
Asteroid belt
If a solid melted, what happened to the temperature?
it increased
This separates the inner and outer planets.
What is the asteroid belt?
Two objects rubbing together creates ......
Friction
Animals that have an endoskeleton?
humans, birds and fish
What satellite revolves around Earth?
The moon
When Earth ROTATES we have...........
Night and day
Physical and chemical changes are affected by what?
Temperature
What are insulators?
A material used to stop the flow of electrons.
What is the order of the digestive system?
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and then bladder (urine)
How many stars in our galaxy?
Millions
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