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Energy Transfer
Ecosystems
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Food Webs
Miscellaneous
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Which source provides the energy that drives the water cycle?
What is the sun.
100
Water, sun, climate, and soil in an ecosystem are examples of what?
What are abiotic factors.
100
Minerals from Earth are used to make these for houses.
What is glass windows.
100
A food web contains the following: grass, owl, snail, and a small bird. Which represents a secondary consumer?
What is the small bird.
100
Pangaea is the theory that Earth was once a super continent. What evidence do geologist use to support this theory?
The shape of the continents, that seem to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
200
What is the flow of air pressure in the atmosphere?
Air with high density moves to air with less density.
200
Plants, predators, and decomposers in an ecosystem are examples of what?
What are biotic factors.
200
Using oil to produce electrical power produces this
What is air pollution.
200
What do primary consumers in an ecosystem do?
They eat plants or producers.
200
When hot magma pushes up on Earth's surface is known as
What is a volcano.
300
A rock on a desk becomes warm in a room with the heater on. How does this happen?
Heat flows from the warmer objects to cooler objects until both are at the same temperature. This is a convection air flow.
300
If there is a decrease in the population of producers in an ecosystem, what would happen to the population of carnivores in the same ecosystem?
The population would eventually decrease.
300
Burning natural gas in a power plant produces this
What is heat.
300
The following is a food web: grasses, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, coyotes, and mountain lions. If grasses in the habitat decrease, what would happen to the mountain lion?
The mountain lion would eventually die off because less matter and therefore less energy would be transferred to the mountain lion population.
300
An increased flow of water in a river with meanders causes the river to change direction. What develops from this action?
What is an oxbow lake?
400
What process would burn your hand if you touched the metal handle of a pot on a stove?
What is conduction.
400
An insect was eating a plant. To which organism will the insect's matter be transferred?
What is a secondary consumer.
400
Solar panels can provide electrical power, however, solar energy at this time is not replacing fossil fuels in the United States. Why is this?
The technology is too expensive.
400
A food web that includes the following: cacti, insects, lizards, mice, and snakes. A decrease in which population would have the greatest harm on the food web?
What is cacti.
400
Humans often affect natural process. If humans remove plants and bushes from a hillside, what is likely to happen?
What is a landslide.
500
Air flow in the Northern Hemisphere deflects to the right, while air flow in the Southern Hemisphere deflects to the left. What is this called?
What is the Coriolis effect.
500
What is an organisms main activity in an ecosystem?
What is obtaining food.
500
A natural gas furnace uses what type of resource?
What is a nonrenewable resource.
500
A sandwich contains the following: bread, tomato, ham, lettuce, onion, and cheese. What is mostly consumed when you eat this sandwich?
What is producers.
500
Who is the most strict teacher at Montara Ave. Elementary School?
Mrs. Orozco