Animal Adaptations
Hydrosphere
Variables
Geosphere
Chemistry
100

Which is a physical adaptation?

A. Rabbits have large ears

B. Frogs hibernate in the winter

C. Spiders build sticky webs

A.

100

True or False: Watersheds benefit (help) coastal and ocean ecosystems.

True

100

Eric wants to know if the type of music played during studying helps improve test scores. What is the independent variable?

Type of music

100

What scientist theorized continental drift?

Alfred Wegener

100

What are the smallest building blocks of all things made of matter?

Atoms
200

Which is an example of camouflage?

A. Humpback whale traveling to tropical ocean

B. Moth blending in with the tree bark

C. A tortoise has a hard shell

B.

200

What are large bodies of water completely surrounded by land. Some of them are salt water. 

Lakes

200

Jack wants to test which type of cat food will make his cat's fur shinier. What is the dependent variable?

Shininess of cat fur

200

What was the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago before the tectonic plates drifted apart to form today's continents?

Pangea

200

Name the three subatomic particles and their charges.

Protons: positive

Neutrons: neutral

Electrons: negative

300
Many birds in North America migrate south to warmer climates in the winter. Is this a physical or behavioral adaptation?

Behavioral

300

What is the type of evaporation that comes from leaves of plants?

Transpiration

300

Mary wants to find out which brand of batteries will last the longest in her CD player. What is the independent variable?

Brand of batteries
300

What is the continuous process that explains how Earth's rocks are formed, transformed, and recycled?

Rock cycle

300

What do particles do when they heat up?

Get faster and move farther apart

400

A large watering hole has dried up. The zebras no longer have a water source. What do the zebras need to do in order to survive this environmental change?

Travel to a different place

400

What is the percentage of drinking water that groundwater provides?

51%

400

Frank wants to experiment with three types of acid to see which will melt a plastic dinosaur the fastest. What is the dependent variable?

Speed of melting

400

What is the widely accepted scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into sections that move around the planet?

Plate tectonics

400

What do particles do when they cool down?

Get slower and move closer together

500

A paleontologist discovered a fossil of a sea sponge in the middle of the Arizona desert. What could they conclude about the history of this area?

There used to be a sea or ocean

500

What is the name of an underground river where water flows?

Aquifer

500

Greg wants to observe how many foxes eat four different types of prey. What is the dependent variable?

Number of foxes

500

What are the three types of seismic waves that occur during an earthquake?

P-wave, S-wave, and surface wave

500

What does the law of conservation of matter tell us?

Matter cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed