Energy
A push or pull on an object.
What is force?
A process that occurs in plants but not in animals.
What is photosynthesis?
A _____________ is remains or evidence of a once-living organism from long ago.
What is a fossil?
Landforms change constantly due to ________________, which is the process of rocks breaking into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Hydro- comes from the greek word meaning
What is water?
The rate an object changes position.
What is speed?
Plants use energy from light to produce ____________ and ________.
What is glucose and oxygen?
To break down or rot; adds nutrients to the soil.
What is decay?
When pebbles, sand, or soil begin to move by natural forces, it is called __________________.
What is erosion?
All living things live here.
What is the biosphere?
A moving object always has..
What is kinetic energy?
The last organism in the food chain which recycles matter from dead organisms back into the soil for plants to use for growth and reproduction.
What are decomposers?
Hardened tree sap where fossils are found.
What is amber?
As the Earth moves around the Sun it rotates on its ______________, so we have day and night.
What is axis?
What are the Earth and the Moon?
The energy we get from food is stored in our bodies as ____________ ____________.
What is chemical energy?
____________ are living things that can make their own food, like plants.
What are producers?
Type of fossil made when the mold of an animal in rock is filled in with other rock material.
What is cast fossil?
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks apart.
What is deposition?
The air we breathe can be found in this earth system.
What is atmosphere?
Energy from the toaster begins as __________ ____________ and is transferred into ____________ ________________.
What is electrical energy to heat energy?
Two rows of eyelashes is a(n) _____________ a camel has to help it survive in arid conditions.
What is adaptation?
A group of human-made chemicals that are known to breakdown ozone and cause atmospheric ozone depletion.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
The longest and shortest days of the year are the Summer ___________ and Winter ______________.
What is solstice?
These often occur near faults and cause a rapid change in the Earth's surface.
What is a(n) earthquake?