Water
What is the term for water changing from a liquid into a gas?
EVAPORATION
What sphere would an eagle be a part if?
BIOSPHERE
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
What are the three main forms matter can take?
LIQUID
SOLID
GAS
What do we call one full spin of the Earth on its axis?
A ROTATION (a day, 24 hours)
How much of Earth's water is liquid, fresh water?
1%
What sphere would sand be a part of?
GEOSPHERE
What is the term for an animal that eats dead things, like worms and bacteria?
DECOMPOSERS
What is matter?
The basic building blocks of material everything is made of.
What do we call one full trip of Earth on its orbit around the Sun?
A REVOLUTION (one year - 365 days)
What is the scientific symbol for water, and what does it stand for?
H2O Two Hydrogen atoms and one Oxygen atom
Why do some beaches have different colored sand?
Different colored rocks are broken up into smaller and smaller pieces called sand.
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!
What is the difference between MASS and WEIGHT
MASS - how much matter is in something
WEIGHT - The strngth of gravity pulling on an object
What three variables affect how we see stars in the night sky?
SIZE, DISTANCE, and BRIGHTNESS
What is the term for water falling from the sky, like rain, snow, or sleet?
PRECIPITATION
What is the term for rocks being broken down into smaller pieces, and then those pieces get moved to new places?
EROSION
What is the term for a win-lose relationship, like a flea on a dog?
PARASITISM
What is the term for something like salt or sugar disappearing in a liquid?
DISSOLVING
What direction does the Sun appear to rise from?
The EAST
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.
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.
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.
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
When are shadows created by the Sun the shortest?
NOON (when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky)