Water Cycle
Rain, snow, hail, or sleet
Precipitation
A side of the mountain that is more green
Rock formed in layers from sand, mud, clay, and silt?
Sedimentary
Animals that eat just plants
Primary consumers
Give me an example of a marsupial
Koala, Kangaroo, etc.
Gas turns to a liquid
Condensation
The side of the mountain with more desert
Leeward
Hot liquid rock
Magma
Organisms that break down materials
Decomposers
What are female elephants called?
Cows
Water is released into the atmosphere by the leaves of plants
Transpiration
What causes the water to condense?
The drop in temperature through the troposphere
How could igneous become metamorphic?
Re-melting, and high heat and pressure
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
Food web shows all the different chains in an ecosystem.
What are the only two mammals that lay eggs?
Spiny anteater and the duck-billed platypus
How does water return to the ocean/larger water source?
Runoff
What happens after it rains on one side of the mountain?
Runoff
How can sedimentary be changed to igneous
Burial by pressure, heat from Earth's core, cooling of magma
Can an organism be two different levels at the same time?
Yes
What type of creature is named the Portuguese Man O' War?
Jellyfish
What other cycle we studied is the water cycle contained in?
Rain Shadow Effect
Yes, some
Cementation and compaction
What types of elements are cycled due to the bio-cycles?
Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous
What 3 ancient countries acknowledged unicorns first? (if you name one, you get it!)
Mesopotamia, China, India