Earth Systems
This system is made of AIR & GAS...
atmosphere
Anything that has WEIGHT and takes up SPACE is...
matter
How easily an object can BEND, be DENTED or SCRATCHED is...
hardness
An IMAGINARY LINE that runs through the North and South poles around which the Earth spins...
axis
An organism that MAKES ITS OWN food...
producer
This system is made up of LIVING THINGS...
Something about an object that you can observe with your SENSES is a...
property
The force exerted on MAGNETS when they attract or repel each other is...
magnetism
A PATH a revolving planet follows...
orbit/revolution
Animals that eat OTHER organisms are called...
consumers
This system is made up of SOIL, ROCKS, GRAVEL...
geosphere
The AMOUNT of matter ("stuff") in an object is...
mass
The ability to DISSOLVE into another substance is...
solubility
The action of the earth TURNING or SPINNING around its center. This takes 24 hours.
rotation
Organisms that eat ONLY PLANTS and plant products are called...
herbivores
This system is made of LAKES, RIVERS, STREAMS, RAIN...
hydrosphere
The amount of SPACE an object takes up is...
volume
The ability to SEND BACK LIGHT from a surface is...
The motion of Earth around the Sun. This causes 365 days and seasons.
revolution
Animals that eat BOTH plants and animals are...
omnivores
This vocabulary word means WORKING TOGETHER...
interaction
The measure of how TIGHTLY PACKED matter is...
density
A property of matter that measures how well something can ALLOW electricity to FLOW THROUGH it is...
conductivity
Something that happens the same way more than once; it REPEATS.
pattern
An organism that gets energy by FEEDING on DEAD materials and wastes are...
decomposer