Living Things and their Environment
What is the science word for an animal that HUNTS other animals?
prey or predator
Predator
What is the Science word for the length of time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun?
365 days
What is the science word for changes in the shape and form some organisms go through during their life cycle? *Think butterfly*
metamorphosis
What is the science word for the type of energy the sun provides?
solar
lunar
terrestrial
Solar
What is the Science word for the bottom layer of soil, which is made up of solid rock?
bedrock
chairrock
floorrock
bedrock
What is the Science word for an animal that eats both plants and animals?
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
Omnivore
What is the science word for a large-slow moving sheet of ice?
glacier
What is the science word for the seasonal movement of animals from one place to another?
migration
What is the science word for two magnets sticking together?
attract or repel
attract
What is the Science word for an object that allows electricity to flow through easily?
conductor or insulator
conductor
What is the Science word for a species of animal that is no longer living on Earth?
extinct
What is the science word for changing views of the moon that we see on Earth?
moon times
moon phases
moon shows
Moon Phases
What is the science word for a process by which an organism slows its life functions for an extended period of time to preserve energy or resist harsh conditions?
hibernation
What is the Science word for when two magnets push apart?
attract or repel
repel
What is the science word for a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky?
constellation
What is the science word for an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals?
decomposer
What is the science word for the process of breaking down rocks?
deposition
water cycle
weathering
Weathering
What is the Science word for the interaction of all living and nonliving things in a specific area?
What is an ecosystem?
What is the science word for what happens when Earth's plates grind past each other and form a fault?
Earthquake
What is the Science word for the average weather of a region over a long period of time?
climate
What is the science word for an organism that makes its own food?
producer
What is the Science word for the process in which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations?
erosion
water cycle
deposition
erosion
What is the science word for an inherited characteristic that provides a specific advantage to individuals that have it?
adaptation
What is the science word for the dropping off of sediment by water, wind or ice?
erosion
weathering
deposition
deposition
What is the Science word for resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime?
renewable or nonrenewable resources
Nonrenewable Resources