Life Science
What are the two main groups of animals based on their backbones?
What are vertebrates and invertebrates?
What is the process that wears away rocks and soil, shaping the Earth's surface?
What is erosion?
What kind of change is it when water freezes? (chemical or physical)
What is a physical change?
What is an object called that is connected to a battery with copper wires wrapped around a nail called?
electromagnet
Name 1 vertebrate (animal with backbone).
What are fish, amphibians, reptiles, bird, or mammals?
Which type of plant produces seeds: moss or a tree?
What is a tree?
What is the landform called that is formed at the end of a river because of deposition?
delta
What kind of change produces a new substance, like when wood burns?
What is a chemical change?
What three things are needed to create a circuit?
Wires, battery, and light
What is an invertebrate?
Name one characteristic that animals inherit from their parents.
What is eye color?
What is fur color?
What is size?
What kind of technology helps predict earthquakes?
What is a seismograph?
Is glass a conductor or an insulator of electricity?
What is an insulator?
Name the three parts of an atom?
Protons, neutrons, and electrons
What are the parts of a plant cell that an animal cell does not have?
Cell wall and chloroplast
What tool do we need to see cells?
What is a microscope?
How are sand dunes formed?
What is caused by wind?
What type of electricity can you create by rubbing a balloon on your hair?
What is static electricity?
What happens to an electromagnet if you wrap the wires around it more times?
It becomes stronger
The brain or control center of a cell is called a what?
Nucleus
Name one way microorganisms are helpful.
What is making food like yogurt or helping plants grow?
Name one way humans limit the impact of destructive processes like floods.
What are dams?
What flood barriers (sand bags)?
How does the purpose of a magnet differ from an electromagnet?
A magnet is permanent, while an electromagnet is temporary and can be turned on and off.
A _____________ circuit is a complete, uninterrupted path for electricity to flow.
closed
What kind of change is a mixture and solution?
physical change