Biology
What is the basic unit of life?
the cell
What is the outermost layer of Earth?
The crust
What galaxy contains our solar system?
the milky way
What is the smallest unit of an element?
an atom
What is the process where water vapor cools and turns into tiny liquid droplets that form clouds?
condensation
What process do plants use to make their own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
What natural process breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
weathering
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What are the three common states of matter?
solid, liquid, gas
What type of rock forms when layers of sediment are compacted and cemented together?
sedimentary rock
What is the largest organ in the human body?
the skin
What is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus?
The epicenter
What planet is the largest in the solar system?
Jupiter
What is the process where a liquid turns into a gas?
evaporation
What type of rock forms when heat and pressure change existing rock?
metamorphic rocks
What system of the body controls movement and sends signals through nerves?
nervous system
What instrument records earthquakes?
seismograph
What force keeps planets orbiting the Sun?
gravity
What is the process where a liquid becomes a solid?
freezing
What is the process in which a caterpillar turns into a butterfly called?
metamorphosis
What are autotrophic organims?
The ones capable of creating their own food
List the 5 layers of the atmosphere
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
What do we call a system of planets orbiting a star?
A solar system
What state of matter spreads out to fill any container?
gas
List the 4 phases of mitosis
prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase