Water
Spheres
Food Webs
Matter
Astronomy
100

What is the term for water changing from a liquid into a gas?

EVAPORATION

100

What sphere would an eagle be a part if?

BIOSPHERE

100

What do we call something that eats plants and animals?

What do we call something that eats only plants?

What do we call something that eats only meat?

OMNIVOROUS

HERBIVOROUS

CARNIVOROUS

100

What are the three main forms matter can take?

LIQUID

SOLID

GAS

100

What do we call one full spin of the Earth on its axis?

A ROTATION (a day, 24 hours)

200

How much of Earth's water is liquid, fresh water?

1%

200

What sphere would sand be a part of?

GEOSPHERE

200

What is the term for an animal that eats dead things, like worms and bacteria?

DECOMPOSERS

200

What is matter?

The basic building blocks of material everything is made of.  

200

What do we call one full trip of Earth on its orbit around the Sun?

A REVOLUTION (one year - 365 days)

300

What is the scientific symbol for water, and what does it stand for?

H2O  Two Hydrogen atoms and one Oxygen atom

300

Why do some beaches have different colored sand?

Different colored rocks are broken up into smaller and smaller pieces called sand.

300

Explain the life cycle of the fly

1) A fly lays eggs on something dead.

2) The eggs hatch a larva (maggot), which eat and eat and eat.

3) The maggot cocoons itself in a chrysalis

4) A fully-formed fly emerges! 

300

What is the difference between MASS and WEIGHT

MASS - how much matter is in something

WEIGHT - The strngth of gravity pulling on an object

300

What three variables affect how we see stars in the night sky?

SIZE, DISTANCE, and BRIGHTNESS

400

What is the term for water falling from the sky, like rain, snow, or sleet?

PRECIPITATION

400

What is the term for rocks being broken down into smaller pieces, and then those pieces get moved to new places?

EROSION

400

What is the term for a win-lose relationship, like a flea on a dog?

PARASITISM

400

What is the term for something like salt or sugar disappearing in a liquid?

DISSOLVING

400

What direction does the Sun appear to rise from?

The EAST

500

Why are some mountains brown and dry on one side and green and wet on the other?

A RAIN SHADOW - moist air from the ocean travels up one side of a mountain and condenses into clouds near the top.  It rains or snows, and the air that moves over the mountain is dry.

500

Explain three ways a Strangler Fig kills its host tree

1) It blocks the Sun with its own leaves.

2) It sends its own roots into teh soil to steal nutrients and water.

3) It "strangles" the host tree and denies it room to grow.


500

Why are ***** so important in a food web?

Without them, dead things would pile up and there would be no room for new life.  They return important nutrients back into the soil for new plants to grow, and are themselves a food source for many animals.

500

Why do things move freely through a gas but can't move through a solid?

The particles of a solid are not moving and closely packed together, and the particles of a gas are moving and spread far apart

500

When are shadows created by the Sun the shortest?

NOON (when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky)

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