SOLAR SYSTEM
Function/Structure
Ecosystem
WEATHERING/EROSION
Weather
100
The planets in our solar system are divided into two groups: the inner planets and the outer planets. The inner planets are:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
100

A giraffe's long neck is what, the function or structure?

Structure 

100

Any living thing is called a....

Organism 

100

The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces because of wind, water, or ice

Weathering 

100

This weather instrument is used to see the direction of the wind?

Wind vane

200
What keeps the Moon traveling in nearly the same path each time it orbits Earth?
Gravity
200

An eagle uses their claws to catch and latch on to his prey, what is that? Function or structure 

Function 

200

A pack of wolves would be called a?

Population 

200

Moving sediment from one place to another is...

Erosion

200

This tool measures the temperature outside?

Thermometer 

300
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
300

What is the main source of energy for our Earth?

The Sun

300

A group of the same kind of animal is called what?

Population 

300

The dropping off of sediments in a new place is...

Deposition 

300
What is are the states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
400
Why are people on Earth able to see the Moon?
The Moon orbits the Earth and reflects light from the Sun back to Earth.
400

A persons leg, structure or function?

Structure 

400

What is it called when there is different animals living is the same habitat?

Community 

400

Glaciers moving rocks as they melt is an example of...

Erosion

400

Which tool measures wind speed?

Anemometer

500
Name the planets in order from closest to the Sun to farthest from the Sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
500

A plant uses their roots to anchor itself into the ground, structure or function?

Function

500

All of the living and nonliving components that interact in an environment.

Ecosystem 

500

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

expands cracks and breaks rocks

500

What is a scientist who forecasts the weather called?

Meteorologist