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Science 5
100

means an energy source that has a continuous supply (solar power, wind power) we can make more in a short time

What is Renewable? 

100

This is the sixth planet from the sun?

What is Saturn?

100

Includes all the water on Earth including rivers, lakes, oceans and glaciers.

hydrosphere

100

plants that make their own food

 What are producers?

100

The ability to do work. The ability to cause changes in matter. People get it when they eat food. 

What is Energy

200

A material that allows heat or electrical energy to pass through it easily 

Conductor

200

This is the process called when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy?

What is Photosynthesis?

200

The movement of sediments 

Erosion

200

All organisms that eat to gain energy. 

What are consumers?

200

Luster, malability, conductivity, reflectivity, solubility and hardness are all examples of these. 

Properties of Matter

300

They prevent or stop energy from passing through easily.

What is an Insulator?

300
This is an example of a fossil fuel used for heating buildings and produces energy

What is coal?

300

the layer of gasses that surround our planet

What is the atmosphere?

300

What causes day and night everyday

Earth rotating on its axis 

300

How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun? 

365.25 days

400

natural body that revolves in an orbit around a star

What is a planet?

400

What is the largest AND smallest planet in our solar system?

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system while Jupiter is the largest.

400

when a liquid changes to a gas it is called 

Evaporation 

400

a very large body of saltwater

A ocean or sea

400

How many days does it take for the lunar (moon) cycle? 

28 days

500

What is faster: light or sound?

Light
500

What is the process of breaking down rock into sediment?

What is weathering?

500

made from decomposing plants and animals over millions of years 

What are Fossil fuels?

500

The sun appears to move across the sky East to West. Why? 

The earth is spinning on its axis making it look like the Sun is moving 

500

T or F 

Planets closer to the sun orbit faster than planets farther away. 

True

600

 giant mass of burning hydrogen and helium at middle of solar system

What is the sun/star?

600

The energy of motion

What is Kinetic Energy?

600

When a gas(water vapor)changes to a liquid it is called

Condensation

600

What causes the four seasons (fall, winter, spring, and summer)

The till of the Earth as it orbits or revolves around the Sun. 

600

metamorphic rocks form under intense ______ and ______.

heat and pressure

700

means natural substance that is not replenished (oil, coal) takes millions of years to form 

What is Non renewable?

700

Light rays bouncing off a smooth, shiny surface is called

what is Reflection 

700

A closed circuit means the light will be ______

What is on?

700

what is the start of all food chains and food webs

the sun

700

The largest planet is 

Jupiter 

800

a path that one object takes around another object

What is an orbit?

800

When two objects rub against each other it is called _______.

What is Fricton?


800

When a gas turns into a liquid.

Condensation

800

What are the dependent and independent variables for this experiment? How do you know?


independent: the number of hours of sunlight will affect the different tomato hyprid plants. 

Dependent: the height of the plants

The hours of sunlight is the only variable that changes for different plants. All other variable stay the same. The height of the plant depends on the amount of sunlight.


800

What does a herbivore eat? 

plants

900

long term weather patterns

What is climate? 

900

This is what an animal who breaks down dead things is called

What is a decomposer?

900

Able to dissolve in water.

soluble in water

900

The apex predator of the ocean.

Orca/Killer Whale or shark


900

what does a carnivore eat? 

meat

1000

Anything that takes up space and has mass.

Matter

1000

An open circuit means the light will be

 off 

1000

When light bends as it moves through a substance. 

Refraction

1000

What is the sun?

Star

1000

what does an omnivore eat? 

plants and meat