Earth's Systems
This word describes the state or condition of the atmosphere.
What is the weather?
This tool is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
All organisms have a life cycle that includes, birth, growth, this and this,
What are reproduction and death?
Scientist use this to describe types of organisms and their environments that existed long ago and compare those to living organisms and their environments.
What are fossils?
Weather is the condition of the atmosphere on a day to day basis. But this other word represents the weather condition or typical weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
The letter H on a weather map represents this.
What is high pressure?
This tool is used to measure the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
Many plants can sprout from this.
What is a seed?
Animals or plants that have a better chance to survive their environment are said to have better this.
What are adaptations?
Rain, snow, hail, sleet are types of this.
What is precipitation?
The letter L on a weather map represents this.
What is low pressure?
This type of gauge is used to measure rain amounts.
What is a rain gauge?
Another word for sprout is this.
What is germinate?
In a habitat, if the main food for animals disappears this could happen to the animals.
What is go extinct or die?
Friction has this effect on a moving object.
What is slow it down and create heat?
High Pressure on the weather forecast represents this.
What is Good weather?
This tool is used to measure wind speed.
What is an Anemometer?
Some animals give birth to live young like cats and humans. Other animals give birth this way.
What is by laying eggs?
In an ecosystem, the primary source of energy is this.
What is the sun?
If opposite poles on a magnet come together this will happen.
What is attract?
Low pressure on the weather forecast represents this.
What is bad weather? Rain, snow, wind,
This tool is used to determine the wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
Color of fur, the shape of leaves, length of legs, and size of flowers, eye color, type of hair, are all examples of this. It is passed down from the parents or the mother plant.
What are genetic traits?
If a population of animals is unable to reproduce this could happen to the population.
What is go extinct?
A compass always points in the same direction. It works because the Earth is this.
What is a magnet?