Force and Motion
This law of motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion stays in motion
What is inertia?
This process is where a plant starts as a seedling, roots grow, plant grows into an adult plant, produces new seeds, seeds separate from plant, and new seeds germinate
What is the life cycle of a plant?
This process is when rocks in Earth's crust are slowly broken into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
A break or crack in rocks where Earth's crust can move suddenly
What is a fault?
What type of energy do turbines/windmills produce?
What is wind energy?
When two surfaces rub against each other
What is friction?
These animals do NOT have backbones
What are invertebrates?
The process of carrying away weathered bits of rock
What is erosion?
Very hot, partly melted rock
What is magma?
What type of energy comes from the sun?
What is solar energy?
The amount of matter in an object
What is matter?
These are things an animal has INSIDE of its body to help it survive
What is the process called when sediment is dropped into a new place?
What is deposition?
When the sudden movement of plates causes Earth's crust to shake
What is an earthquake?
What is a resource that cannot be reproduced once used or takes a very long time to be made?
What is a nonrenewable resource?
This force pull objects toward each other and keeps us on Earth
What is gravity?
Animals use this external structure to disguise their appearance
What is camouflage?
Canyons are formed when __________ cuts through the Earth's surface.
What is moving water?
The Ring of Fire is a string of ______ and _______ all along the Pacific Ocean.
What are volcanoes and earthquakes?
What is a natural fuel formed from the remains of organisms (coal, petroleum, oil, natural gas)?
What are fossil fuels?
Leaves go through this process in order to make sugar to use as food
What is photosynthesis?
Sand dunes form when __________ sand builds up in one place.
What are the puzzle like pieces of Earth's surface called?
What are Tectonic Plates?
What is electricity produced from machines that run by moving water?
What is hydropwer?