Atmosphere
The word "atmosphere" is talking about what part of the earth?
The air
What body of water starts with a "source" and ends with a "mouth"?
A river
What is lava called when it is still underground?
Magma
What kinds of animals eat both animals and plants?
Omnivores
When you are eating a carrot, you are eating what part of the plant?
The root
Which climatic zone do we live in? (torrid, temperate, frigid)
Temperate zone
What is it called when a body of water is completely surrounded by land?
Landlocked
What are the four layers of the earth?
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
Where do bats live?
Roosts that are found in caves, mines and hollow trees.
What animals help flowers spread pollen to make new plants?
What is the important layer of the atmosphere found in the stratosphere that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much solar radiation?
The ozone layer
What is the saltiest sea on earth?
The Dead Sea
This kind of plain used to be a mountain but was worn down by wind or water so that it now is flat on top.
A plateau.
Behavioural
What is the process called where leaves combine water, sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food?
Photosynthesis
What layer of the atmosphere is furthest away from the earth?
The exosphere
What is it called when a piece of a glacier breaks off and floats away in the ocean or sea?
An iceburg
What kind of rock was once one thing but changes to another after heating up and being put under pressure (example: limestone turns into marble)
Metamorphic rock
Which animals release a smelly liquid when they are threatened?
Skunks
Name one way that seeds move away from their parent plant in order to grow?
Animal dispersal, water dispersal, wind dispersal
Please explain the water cycle.
Heat makes water evaporate where it gathers in the atmosphere as clouds. When the clouds become too full of precipitation, it rains down back to earth. This water collects together in oceans, sea, lakes or ponds and then eventually evaporates again, making a cycle.
Name all five oceans (100 points per ocean)
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic
What is the name for coastlines that are created by land coming up out of the water?
Monarch butterflies are poisonous because they eat what plant?
Milkweed
When we added water to soil, we noticed some parts of the the soil floated to the top and others sank to the bottom. What was in the part of the soil that floated?
Microscopic Organisms