The Hydrologic Cycle
What is the scientific term for "rain"?
Precipitation
What percent of the Earth's water is salt water?
97%
What object is often littered and washed up on beaches? (hint:bad for you)
Cigarettes
What is a food chain?
-The list of one set of producer, consumer, decomposer, etc.
True or False: All plants require soil to survive.
False
What are the three types of matter?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
What percent of the Earth's water is freshwater?
3%
What is a result of poor air quality? (pollution)
answers vary
What is a food web?
-The entire collection of food chains
What two things do all plants need to survive?
Air and water
What is the layer of gas surrounding Earth?
Atmosphere
Where do you find most of the Earth's freshwater?
Glaciers
To help the planet, what are the three Rs?
-Reduce
-Reuse
-Recycle
Define herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore
-Plant eater, meat eater, eats both plants and meat
Blank + blank = photosynthesis
Water + carbon dioxide
What are the steps of the Water Cycle?
-Precipitation
-Condensation
-Evaporation
Name 3 examples of surface water
-Rivers
-Lakes
-Wetlands
Destruction of the forest, wildlife, trees, etc.
Plants get the food they use for energy and growth from the __________.
Sun
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
Matter