Where 2 plates meet is called the ____
What is the fault line
Name the 3 main states of matter
Solids, liquids and gases
Name the 2 types of waves
What is a longitudinal and transverse
A naturally occuring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter.
What is a rock?
How many elements combine to make up living and nonliving things?
More than 100
Parts of the flower: What are petals responsible for?
Attracting insects
_____ has a definite shape and volume
What are solids
Light travels in ____ waves
What is transverse
Name the 4 layers of earth
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
The passing of traits from one generation to the next.
What is heredity?
True or false?
Cellular respiration happens in all living things
True
These particles move very quickly and are farther apart...
What are gases
All waves transmit ____ not matter
What is energy
Rocks that form when hot, liquid rock (magma) cools.
What are igneous rocks?
Name 3 of the 4 basic needs of every organism.
Water, air, shelter, and food.
All the living organisms in an area and all the nonliving features build an ____
What are ecosystems
Particles of matter move more quickly when ____
What is heated
Explain what refraction means
What is the bending of light
Rocks whose structure, composition, and texture have changed from those of the original rock.
What are metamorphic rocks?
True or False: Atoms can be broken into smaller pieces.
False
What is the period of time it takes for the moon to rotate around earth?
27 days
Atoms and particles are always ____
What is moving
Sound travels in _____ waves
What are longitudinal waves
Rocks formed when grains of rock or minerals (sediments)are buried, squeezed together, and cemented by minerals.
What are sedimentary rocks?
An element is a pure substance represented by a ____ symbol.
Chemical