Unit 1:Matter
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid and gas
The continuous circulation of nitrogen from air to soil to organisms and back to air or soil is known as?
Nitrogen Cycle
This storms occur near the equator where the ocean is warm.
Tropical Storms
Stars appear in the night sky at different times of the year because of Earth's
It is because of Earth's rotation and revolution
State of matter that doesn't have its own shape or volume
a gas
What are some physical properties of matter?
Color, shape and hardness
When Water falls from the clouds to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, hail or snow is known as
Precipitation
Continuous movement of water within the Earth and its atmosphere.
Water Cycle
A huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
Galaxy
What are abiotic factors?
non-living things in an ecosystem
Melting, freezing and evaporating are?
Changes of State
Nitrogen can come from?
Fertalizers,lighting and volcanic activity
Animals that are at risk of being extinct are called
Endangered
the perception of movement as a result of alternating signals appearing in rapid succession in different locations
Apparent Motion
The ability to work or change something
energy
What is the process in which liquid changes into a gas?
Evaporation
Waste Product given off by living things
Carbon Dioxide
An active volcano is
A volcano that is currently erupting or that has erupted.
any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
asteroid or meteoroid
A consumer eats plants and other animals for
energy
Where can Plasma be found?
In Space or in the Stars
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
The Sun
Is another word for the side of the volcano
Flank
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune. Called Gas Giants and they are also the....
outer planets
The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
Orbit