What effect does the Sun have on the water in the ocean?
It causes the water to change from a liquid to a gas.
100
How long does it take the Earth to rotate one time on it's axis?
24 hours
100
What is the purpose of a plants roots?
The roots allow the plant to absorb water and nutrients.
100
What is the role of the grass in this food chain?
grass---->cow---->mountain lion
It is a producer
200
This area is wet year round.
Climate
200
Which process does the Sun cause the water in the ocean to undergo?
Evaporation
200
What causes the apparent motion of the Sun across the sky?
The rotation of the Earth on it's axis
200
Describe how a fox would use non-living (abiotic) elements of it's habitat to help it survive.
It could use a cave to stay out of the heat.
200
Describe the flow of energy in this food chain.
grass---->rabbit---->eagle
The grass is eaten by the rabbit and the rabbit is eaten by the eagle.
300
It's hot outside.
Weather
300
What is precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
300
Describe the position of the Earth if it is midnight in Midland.
The part of the Earth with Midland would be facing away from the Sun.
300
Name 3 non-living parts of an ecosystem.
Soil, water, rocks, cave
300
What is the role of a decomposer in a food chain?
A decomposer recycles the nutrients from dead organisms back into the ecosystem.
400
The temperatures there are normally warmer than most places.
Climate
400
What process causes the water vapor to form clouds during the water cycle?
Condensation
400
Which direction does the Sun appear to move across the sky?
From East to West
400
What do plants use the Sun's energy for?
To produce their food
400
If the number of cows in a field increased, what effect would that have?
The amount of grass would decrease because more cows would be there to eat it.
500
Average yearly rainfall for Texas for the last 10 years.
Weather (climate needs to be a longer period of time, 30+ years)
500
What powers the water cycle?
The Sun
500
If you were building a house and you wanted the Sun to shine through your bedroom window in the morning, which side of the house would you have to place the window?
The East side, the Sun rises in the East
500
What would happen to the population of eagles if the population of mice decreased in its ecosystem?
The population of eagles would also decrease because they would have fewer things to eat.
500
What do plants release into the air that animals need?