Space
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
How long does the moon take to orbit the Earth?
The moon takes 1 month to orbit the Earth.
What do the majority of bacteria do in the enviornment?
Bacteria are decomposers
The interaction of living and nonliving things in a certain area.
Name the four types of renewable energy
solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal
Name something that results from Earth orbiting the sun.
The seasons and different stars in the sky
How long does the it take for the moon to complete a rotation?
The moon takes 1 month to complete a rotation.
What is the scientific name for the sphere shape?
Cocci is the scientific name for a bacteria that is sphere shape.
Name the 2 types of autotroph and what they use for energy.
Photoautotroph uses sunlight. Chemoautotrophs use chemicals.
Provide two positive features about renewable energies.
They are renewed meaning they will not end. They produce little to no CO2.
How did the moon form?
The planet Theia crashed into the Earth about 4.5 billion years ago.
Name the phase of the moon before a new moon
The phase before the new moon is the waning crescent moon.
Name a bacteria that is a photoautotroph.
Cyanobacteria
They eat dead organic material from all trophic levels of the energy pyramid.
Which renewable energy has the biggest impact on ecosystems and why.
Hydroelectric. It changes the flow of rivers.
Name two ways that stars and planets are different.
Stars are bigger than planets and produce their own heat and light.
Name the phase of the moon that looks like a bulge and is getting bigger.
The phase that looks like a bulge and is growing the waxing gibbous moon.
What is the difference between gram negative bacteria and gram positive bacteria?
The gram positive bacteria have thicker cell walls.
What are 3 different categories that apex predators fit.
Heterotrophs, carnivore and consumers
What is the industrial revolution and how did it cause more CO2 emissions?
When humans switched from hand made goods to using machines to make goods. Machines need energy. We started burning fossil fuels to provide energy.
In the morning the shadows point west because the sun rises in the east. At noon the shadows are below us since the sun is directly above us and to the east in the afternoon because the sun sets in the west.
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter moon, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter moon, waning crescent, new moon.
Name four bacterial structures and state their function.
pilus - for sharing DNA
flagella - for movement
cytoplasm - the cellular water
cell wall - for protection
DNA - the genetic material
Name the 4 consumer types and what they eat.
Describe the greenhouse effect and name two greenhouse gases.
The greenhouse effect is when greenhouse gases retain heat and keep the planet warm. CO2 and CH4