Landslides
What are 2 causes of landslides?
heavy rainfall. unstable slopes, earthquakes, deforestation, erosion, gravity
Name the three types of rocks.
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
One type of organism is called a ________.
Species
Energy in an ecosystem begins with ______.
Sunlight
A diagram showing the flow of energy in an entire ecosystem is called a _________.
Food Web
Name 2 of the 3 types of landslides.
Falls, Slides, Flows
Which type of rock is formed by layers of fossils under pressure?
Sedimentary
Which is larger, a population or a community?
Community
A ________ uses the sunlight to create its own energy through a process called photosynthesis.
Producer
One path of energy flow in a food web is called a ___________.
Food Chain
What name is given to the one large landmass in which the plates came from.
Pangea
Obsidian, granite, and basalt are which type of rock formed from volcanic action?
Igneous
Which includes the abiotic factors, a community or an ecosystem?
Ecosystem
The process of using sunlight and converting it to energy is called ________.
Photosynthesis
Milkweed---Caterpillar---Frog----Hawk
Who is the secondary consumer in this food chain?
Frog
In plate tectonics, what are the two types of plate boundaries?
Divergent and Convergent
Which type of rock is formed from other types of rock? It's name literally means to "change or transform".
Metamorphic
Name three abiotic factors found in an ecosystem?
Water, Air, Soil, Sunlight, Rocks
_______ get their energy by eating other organisms.
Consumers
In a food pyramid, where is the largest level of organisms?
bottom, producers
Starting with the inner core, name the layers of the Earth.
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
Which category does each rock belong in?
Sandstone
Granite
Marble
Sandstone- Sedimentary
Granite- Igneous
Marble- Metamorphic
What type of biome are each of the following:
Desert, Grassland, Rain Forest
Ocean, Coral Reef, Estuary
River, Lake, Pond
Terrestrial (Land)
Saltwater
Freshwater
Returning nutrients to the soil is the important job of the _________.
Decomposers
Seaweed---Plankton---Pufferfish---Tiger Shark
Who is the producer in this food chain?
Seaweed