Which of these does NOT describe learned behaviors?
A: Something you were born knowing
B: something you were taught from watching others
C: something you figured out on your own
A: Something you were born knowing
What is erosion?
Erosion is when rocks and soil are moved to new places.
Physical properties are things you can observe by using your...
Senses
What creates their own food in a food chain?
Producers
Define abiotic elements
non living things in an environment (sunlight, tmperature)
The process that best describes what happens when plant seeds are carried away from a plant on animal fur or in animal waste.
a. seed shelter
b. seed distance
c. seed collection
d. seed dispersal
What is (d.) seed dispersal?
What is weathering?
Weathering is the process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
What are the two poles of a magnet?
North and south
Give an example of a decomposer in a food chain
Fungus, mushrooms or any other decomposer
Which of these in NOT needed for a plant to produce its own food?
A: carbon dioxide
B: sunlight
C: oxygen
D: water
Oxygen
What probably happened to this road?
The water probably caused erosion of the land by the road.
Which of these is true for liquid water?
A: it cannot change shape.
B:It changes volume to fill up any room.
C: It takes the shape of its container.
It changes volume to fill up any room.
What is kinetic energy?
The energy an object has due to being in motion
What kind of energy goes through a circuit?
electrical energy
What function (job) do plant roots have?
Absorb nutrients and water, hold the plant down in the ground.
Sedimentary rocks are formed when
layers of rocks are squeezed and stuck together
Luster is:
the way a mineral reflects light
What is potential energy?
Stored energy that an object has. The object is NOT moving.
What kind of energy makes vibrations?
sound energy
What is an inherited behavior
Behavior passed down from parents.
What does a decomposer do?
Breaks down dead organisms
How do we observe a mineral's hardness?
We scratch it with different objects.
The ability to do work is known as
Energy
What kind of energy travels from the stove to a pan
Thermal (heat) energy