Physical Science
What are the three states of Matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
The process in which plants create their own energy
Photosynthesis
1 year on earth is caused by?
Revolution around the sun
The name of an animal that eats only other animals.
Carnivore
Most of the Earth's water is found here.
Oceans
Energy Always travels from Hot to?
Cold
What two things do plants need to start photosynthesis
Carbon Dioxide and Water
Why does the Earth revolve around the Sun and not the Sun around the Earth?
The sun has more mass which causes a larger gravitational pull
What is the breaking down of rock from snow, rain, wind?
Weathering
The sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is _____.
Closer to Earth than other stars
Casey is given a sample mixture containing calcium carbonate, glucose, iron filings, and silica sand. Which of the materials could be separated out with a magnet?
Iron filings
This process eventually restores (recycles) some materials back to the soil after a plant or animal's death.
Decomposition
Your shadow is the shortest/smallest during this time of day.
Noon (12:00)
Lakes, rivers, glaciers, ground water, and polar ice caps are all examples of this.
Fresh water
What is a nonrenewable resource? Give two examples.
A nonrenewable resource is a resource that cannot be replaced in our lifetime. Examples: (Fossil Fuels) Natural Gas, Coal, Oil.
Energy in animals' food that is used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth was once energy from this thing.
The Sun
If you go far enough down the food chain, food of almost any kind of animal can be traced back to _____.
Producers/plants
The Earths land was once one large super continent Pangea. The land split up and moved to where they are today. What caused this?
Plate tectonics
What is a nonrenewable resource? Give two examples.
A nonrenewable resource is a resource that cannot be replaced in our lifetime. Examples: (Fossil Fuels) Natural Gas, Coal, Oil.
An object has more gravitational pull because it has more?
Mass
Regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is _______.
Is conserved (stays the same)
What two things do plants produce when undergoing photosynthesis?
Oxygen and Glucose
What are the three types of rocks called?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
Something that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as heat, electricity, or sound
Insulator
What are the main stages of the water cycle and how does water change in form in these stages?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation. Water changes from a liquid, to a gas, back to a liquid or solid depending on temperature