The World Around Us
What are the three countries on the continent of North America?
Canada, US, Mexico
Definition: (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
Savage
A First known people to inhabit northeastern North America, got into an altercation with the Vikings.
Beothuk
True or False a system is multiple objects working together to complete different tasks.
False systems work together to complete one task.
What state of matter is the atmosphere largely made of?
Liquid, Solid, Gas
Gas
What do all planets orbit around?
The sun
Name the FOUR Cardinal directions on a compass
North, East, South, West
Who won the French and Indian War?
British
Arrived and settled along the East coast of North America.
The English colonists
Which of the following is not a body system? Circulatory, Vascular, Respiratory, Muscular
Vascular system is a system within plants.
Which 2 of the following is not part of the biosphere?
Coral, ocean, plankton, angelfish, sand
Ocean and Sand
What is a synonym for revolution?
orbit
Name the FOUR Ordinal directions on a compass
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
In the French and Indian War: A majority of the Native Americans sided with the ___________ because they tended to treat them more like humans.
French
Tried to reach the east by sailing west, established a Spanish colony in Hispaniola.
Columbus
This body part is covered capillaries and is connected to the lungs.
Aveoli
What are three parts of the hydrosphere?
Lake, River, Pond, Creek, Ocean, Water Vapor, Precipitation
What are the two types of eclipse? What are the causes?
Lunar- The Earth is perfectly between the Sun and the moon casting a shadow
Solar- The moon blocks the sun
Name the 5 oceans
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Antarctic Ocean.
Who won the Revolutionary War?
Colonists
One impact of the Conquistadors on the native people
Spanish conquistadors created a system of labor that harmed the Indigenous people of the areas they inhabited.
OR
As the Spanish grew stronger, the situation of the Indigenous peoples worsened.
The esophagus and trachea are separated by the epiglottis. What body systems do each belong to?
Digestive System and Respiratory System
Name the 4 earth systems (spheres)
Atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere
What causes day and night on Earth?
The suns rotation.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
What were at least two of the the impacts of colonization and independence on Native Americans?
Poverty, starvation, loss of land, forced to act “more white” in order to survive
What is thought to have happened to the Vikings after their encounter with the Beothuk
Vikings returned to Greenland
In order from head to toe what are the main organs of the respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, and cardiovascular system?
Brain, heart, lung, stomach
Using the prefix what is the definitions of geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
earth/ground, water, life
Name all 8 planets in order staring with the planet closest to the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus Neptune