Earth's Features
What is the name of the park we studied throughout the unit?
What was the name of gecko that we studied in this unit?
Tokay gecko
True or False: Energy is the ability to make things move or change.
True
A word for no longer in existence or died out. We often use it to describe a species.
Extinct
What sediment commonly builds up in a deep ocean?
Clay
What is created in this process, "when an organism dies and is covered with sediment that turns to rock?"
A fossil
A word used to describe an animal that sleeps at night and is awake during the day.
Diurnal
What word means to move back and forth quickly?
Vibrate
Scientists create _________ to help them answer questions about the real world. You created one of an eye in the hub!
Models
This species was a type of huge shark that went extinct about 3 million years ago. It is also the name of a recent, popular movie.
Megalodon
What reptilian species, whose fossil was found in the park, had short limbs with paddle-shaped bones and tail good for swimming?
Mosasaurus
What word describes how strongly something responds to information, like light?
sensitivity
When we hear this term we may naturally think of the ocean, but _________ also describe how sound travels.
waves
Something you notice using your 5 senses.
Observation
About how long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?
1 month
Using data (fossils & rock samples) and observations, scientists make _________ about the fossils and how ancient organisms might have lived.
Inferences
True or False: If an animal searches for food at night, the it needs high-sensitivity receptors to see when there is low light.
True
Sound travels as a series of ___________ between particles. Car crashes are also called _____________ (the same word missing in the first sentence).
collisions
A scientist who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of Earth.
geologist
What substance or chemical is in your mouth to help soften food and begin carbohydrate digestion?
saliva
What two types of rock samples did we examine in class?
Conglomerate and sandstone
Do squirrels have high-sensitivity receptors or low-sensitivity receptors to aid their vision? How do you know?
Low-sensitivity receptors because they need to be able to see well during the day since they are diurnal animals.
When several things come one after another we call it a __________________.
series
claim
Where does digestion begin?
Mouth