Under the Earth
Changes to Land
Earth
Traits
Adaptations
100

A gaseous fossil fuel produced from organic matter that is used to heat homes and cook.

What is Natural gas

100

Wind, water, or ice breaking apart sediments.

What is Weathering

100

The condition outside at a certain time and place

What is weather

100

Behaviors that an organism knows how to do from influence from the environment (watching, listening or experiencing)

What is Learned behavior

100

Protective colorings or markings that make an organism appear to be part of its surroundings.

What is Camouflage

200

A liquid made from organic matter, heat, pressure, and millions of years.

What is oil

200

Wind, water, or ice moving sediments across the land

What is Erosion

200

the average weather in an area over a long period of time

What is climate

200

physical characteristics that are passed on from parent to offspring 

What are Inherited Traits

200

structures or functions  that allow organisms to obtain food and keep safe.

What is Adaptation

300

Exerting a force on something else

What is Pressure or compaction

300

A narrow opening in earth created by the movement of wind and water

What is a Canyon

300

it causes day and night

What is Earth's Rotation

300

a behavior that animals are born knowing how to do

What is instinct

300

the reason some plants have small leaves, waxy leaves, and fleshy stems

What is to be able to survive in hot climates (prevent evaporation)

400

plant or animal material

What is Organic matter

400

A large pile of deposited sand moved by wind

What is a sand dune

400

the direction the Sun appears to move across the sky

What is East to West

400

the color of a flower's petals or the shape of its leaves is an example of

What is Inherited trait

400

The purpose of a structure

What is Function

500

Sediments that have been deposited over millions of years create large amounts of pressure leading to the formation of

What is sedimentary rock layers

500

Where Earth materials are deposited when a river enters an ocean,

What is a Delta

500

a characteristic that the moon and the earth have in common but not the sun

What is rocky surface, landforms, or they revolve around an object

500

a deer repeatedly returns to a garden to nibble on the plants is an example of

What is Learned Behavior

500

a body part that an organism uses to survive

What is structure