Vocabulary
Energy produced by sunlight
What is solar energy
The force that slows down or stops motion
What is friction?
Fossils are found in this type of rock
What is sedimentary?
A model of the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next.
What is a food chain?
An object that is less dense than water
What is wood/ a ping pong ball/ cork/ rubber duck/ pencil/ hollow ball (filled with air)/ styrofoam cup
The wearing or breaking down of rock by water, wind, waves, or ice
What is weathering?
What happens to light as it passes through a lens or prism
What is refract?
When the sun is directly overhead, you will have a very short __________.
What is shadow?
A consumer that gets its energy from eating plants?
What is an herbivore?
A characteristic the Earth and moon have in common
What is layers/ landforms/ craters/ solid rock/ revolve
Characteristics that can be measured or observed without changing the substance
What are physical properties?
When scientists work with high voltage electrical equipment, they wear rubber gloves because rubber is a good ____.
What is insulator?
The reason for tides
What is the gravitational pull of the moon?
An example of a negative human impact on the ecosystem
What is deforestation/ farming/ littering/ pollution/ overfishing, etc.
A whale fossil is found in the middle of the desert. What is the best explanation for this?
What is desert was once an ancient sea?
The wise use of natural resources in order to preserve them
What is conservation?
An iron nail, a copper wire, and a metal spoon are all examples of ___________?
What are conductors?
Triangular shaped sand landforms at the mouths of rivers and streams
What is a delta?
The way an organism acts or responds to its surroundings
What is a behavior?
When you push or pull something, you are applying a
What is force?
The ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance.
What is solubility?
The ability to work or cause change
What is energy?
Ms. Morales goes outside and lays in her hammock. She notices the sun is to the left (east) of her at 10am, yet by 3pm the sun is to her right (west). The reason for this is the Earth's...
What is rotation on its axis?
The reason cacti have thick, waxy stems
What is to prevent water loss?
An object that transfers electrical energy to another form of energy
What is a toaster/ a fan/ a lamp/ a radio/ a microwave, etc.