Solar System
What is the word for Earth's spin?
Rotation
Difference between predator and prey
Predator kills prey
What is the reason for Earth's seasons?
Hint: your answer should contain Earth and sun.
Earth revolves around the sun and tilts on its axis.
Define producer, consumer, decomposes
Makes their own food, needs to eat, breaks down dead things
Is air matter? Why or why not?
Yes bc it's made of atoms
What is weather vs climate
Weather is day to day, climate is consistent weather pattern
Why does the moon have phases?
BONUS: WHAT DOES THE MOON CONTROL?
The sun casts a shadow, the Earth blocks the moon obscuring its shape depending on the time of month
Describe potential vs kinetic and give an example
Potential is before the action begins, kinetic is during it. Examples: top of hill, ball before it is thrown
Define carnivore, omnivore, herbivore.
meat, both, plants
Name two characteristics of inner planets and two characteristics of outer planets?
Inner: small, hot, not a lot of moons
outer: opposite (gas giants)
Difference between community and population
All living things in a region vs one species
What is a rain shadow
When there is a mountain and on one side there is a body of water, the water evaporates into clouds on one side, the rain turns to run off and back in body of water, while the other side is dry
What are Earth's four spheres? Describe them.
Biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere
What is a biome?
A large area with a specific climate.