Ecosystems and the Food Web
What do we call the connection of plants and animals that depend on each other for food?
What is a food web or ecosystem?
What happens to rainwater when it hits the ground?
What is it can soak into the ground or run off into rivers and lakes?
Why do we have day and night?
What is because Earth rotates on its axis?
What makes stars shine?
What is nuclear reactions in their cores?
What are atoms?
What is the basic building blocks of matter?
How do plants get the energy they need to grow?
What is by capturing sunlight through photosynthesis?
What is the process called when water turns into vapor and rises into the air?
What is evaporation?
What causes the phases of the Moon?
What is the changing positions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun?
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
What is Mars?
What happens to the molecules of a substance during a physical change?
What is they remain the same but rearrange in a different form?
What role do earthworms play in the soil?
What is breaking down organic matter and enriching the soil?
How do clouds form in the sky?
What is when water vapor cools and condenses into tiny droplets?
How does Earth's tilt affect the seasons?
What is it causes different parts of Earth to receive varying amounts of sunlight?
How do telescopes help us study the stars?
What is by magnifying distant celestial objects?
What is a sign that a chemical reaction has taken place?
What is a change in temperature, color, or the formation of a gas?
Why are predators important in an ecosystem?
What is they help control the population of other species?
What effect does the water cycle have on our weather?
What is it distributes heat and moisture, influencing weather patterns?
What causes the stars to appear to move across the night sky?
What is Earth's rotation?
What is the difference between a solar system and a galaxy?
What is a solar system is a group of planets orbiting a star, while a galaxy is a large system of stars, star systems, and interstellar matter?
How do we classify materials as solids, liquids, or gases?
What is by their shape and volume?, or density of molecules.
What is an example of adaptation in animals?
What is camouflage, like a chameleon changing color to blend in?
How do plants contribute to the water cycle?
What is through transpiration, releasing water vapor into the air?
Why do we see different constellations at different times of the year?
What is because of Earth's orbit around the Sun?
What is the "habitable zone,
What is the habitable zone is the region around a star with the proper amount of light and head that might be right for liquid water to exist on a planet's surface,
How does rust form on iron?
What is through a chemical reaction with oxygen and moisture?