Matter
What are the 3 states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
What causes day and night?
Earth's Rotation
What do plants release?
Oxygen
In which type of rock would you find a fossil?
Define:
Independent Variable:
Dependent Variable:
Controlled Variable:
IV: Experimenter changes
DV: Depends on the IV and can be measured
CV: Stays the same throughout the experiment
Which state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?
What causes the seasons?
Earth's Revolution
What is the main energy source on earth?
Sunlight
How are Weathering and Erosion connected?
Weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals. Erosion is the movement of that breakdown.
Define:
Law of Conservation of Energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes forms.
How does an object go from a solid to a liquid?
Melting
Identify the moon Phase:
The moon is getting bigger and it is between a half and full moon.
Waxing Gibbous
Provide an example of an animal defensive adaptation:
Answers may vary.
Create the water cycle:
Collection to Evaporation to Condensation to Precipitation
Define:
Friction
Two or more objects rubbing against each other
In which state of matter are the particles completely free moving?
Gas
What is the imaginary line that divides the Northern and southern Hemisphere?
Equator
What are the three types of consumers?
Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore
Which type of plate boundaries (tectonics) slide past each other and can create earthquakes?
Transform
Define:
Force
A push or pull on an object
How does an object go from a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
What is the force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth?
Gravity
What four things do plants need in order to grow and survive?
Sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, chlorophyll
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Heat and Pressure
Define:
Hydrosphere:
Geosphere:
Biosphere:
Atmosphere:
Hydrosphere: All water on earth
Geosphere: All rocks and Minerals
Biosphere: All living things
Atmosphere: Gases