Food Chains
Plants
Weathering & Erosion
Rotation vs. Revolution
Minerals
1

What do the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?

The flow of ENERGY

1

What is the male part of a flower called that creates pollen?

stamen

1

What is the movement of sediments called?

erosion

1

How long is one Earth rotation?

24 hours/1 day

1

Name a property of minerals that NO other group says...

color, luster, texture, hardness, streak

(check answers)

2

What is usually found at the lower level of every food chain or food web?

producers

2

What is the female part of a flower called that houses the egg?

pistil

2

What is the breaking down of rock over time called?

weathering

2

How long is one Earth revolution?

365 days/1 year

2

Which property describes how a mineral feels?

texture

3

What is the word used to describe an organism that eats other organisms in order to survive?

consumer

3

What part of a flower plays a similar role as the vertebrae in a human?

stem

3

Which type of rock is formed when magma or lava cools down?

igneous

3

What is the reason for day and night?

Earth's rotation

3

Which property describes how a mineral reflects light?

luster

4

What can be placed at any level of every food chain or food web?

decomposers

4

Name one way pollination can occur that NO other group says...

wind, water, ice, animals, and gravity

(check answers)

4

Which type of rock is formed when different layers stack on top of each other, then bind together through pressure?

sedimentary

4

What is the reason why we see different stars in the sky during different seasons?

Earth's revolution

4

Which property describes the color a mineral makes when it is strapped across a surface?

streak

5

In order to undergo photosynthesis, what three things do plants need?

light, water, carbon dioxide

5

Name one way plants reproduce...

seeds, fruits, spores, cones, etc.

5

Which type of rock forms when ANY type of rock changes due to heat and pressure?

metamorphic

5

Why do the stars, Sun, and moon appear to move across the sky each day?

Earth's rotation

5

Which mineral is the hardest on the Moh's Hardness Scale?

diamond