Earth Science
What causes day and night on Earth?
Rotation of the Earth
What do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, water, air, soil
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas
What tool do we use to measure temperature?
Thermometer
What is a natural resource?
Something from nature people use
What tool helps us look at stars and planets?
Telescope
What is the job of roots in a plant?
Take in water and nutrients
What is matter?
Anything that takes up space
What is a hypothesis?
A guess you can test
Name one renewable resource
Sun, wind, water, trees
What is the moon mostly made of?
Rock
What is a food chain?
Shows how energy moves from one living thing to another
What is an example of a physical change?
Ice melting, paper tearing
Why do scientists do experiments more than once?
To check their results
Name one nonrenewable resource
Oil, coal, natural gas
What are the four inner planets made mostly of?
Rock and Metal
How do animals adapt to survive in their habitats?
camouflage, hibernation
What is a force that pulls objects to Earth?
Gravity
What do we call something that can change in an experiment?
Variable
How can we conserve water?
Turn off the faucet, fix leaks
How does the moon’s appearance seem to change in the sky?
Phases of the moon
What happens if one part of a food web is removed?
It affects all the other parts
What is energy that comes from the sun?
Solar energy
What does it mean to analyze data?
Look at information to find patterns or answers
Why is it important to recycle?
To protect natural resources and reduce waste