Vocab
What does photosynthesis?
The process with which plants convert energy from the sun into food
What is the top layer of the Earth called?
The Crust
Is the sun a planet or a star?
Star
What is the study of rocks called?
Geology
What is a diagram/system that incorporates multiple food chains?
A Food Web
What does carnivore mean?
An animal that only eats meat
What is the center of the Earth called?
The core
Does the Sun rotate around Earth, or does the Earth rotate around the Sun?
The Earth rotates around the sun
What is the hardest kind of rock?
Diamond
What is at the base level of any food web?
Producer
What does herbivore mean?
An animal that only eats plants
What is it called when a volcano explodes?
A volcanic eruption
How many planets are in our immediate solar system?
8
What kind of rocks are formed from cooled magma?
Igneous
What is above plants/algea in the food web?
Primary consumers
What does biotic mean?
Something that is alive
What is molten material that is underground?
(Hint: once it's above ground, it's called lava)
Magma
What planets have humans visited in person?
Bonus points if you know which
Only one- the moon
What kind of rock can have little bits of other rocks in it?
What is an animal called when it eats other animals/insecs that eat plants?
Secondary consumers
What does abiotic mean?
Not living
What causes Earthquakes?
Tectonic plates rubbing against each other
Name at least 6 planets in our immediate solar system. Bonus points if you can name them all!
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What kind of rock has layers?
Sedimentary
What is the top level of the food web called?
Tertiary consumers