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Geology
Animal Biology
Plants
Light/Space
Water Cycle/Climate
100
Volcanoes, earthquakes, erosion, and wind are some of these.
What are some natural processes which change the earth's surface?
100
lungs
What is a structure a frog, (and other amphibians) develop to change from a tadpole to an adult frog?
100
when plants make their own energy using light, carbon-dioxide, and water
What is photosynthesis?
100
refraction
What is the slowing down of light as it passes through different transparent substances?
100
Water changes from gas to solid during this part of the water cycle
What is precipitation, (rain, sleet, or snow)?
200
weathering
What is an example of a slow process that changes the surface of the earth?
200
a deer eating a leaf
What is an event in the food chain when a consumer eats a producer?
200
Roots, stems and leaves
What are the characteristics of a plant?
200
ROYGBIV
What are the colors of the visible light spectrum?. . .red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet
200
Barometer
What is an instrument to measure air pressure.
300
Hardness, cleavage, luster and streak.
What are physical properties of minerals?
300
fur color
What is an example of an inherited characteristic?
300
grass seed > mouse > snake > hawk
What is an example of a complete food chain?
300
reflection
What is when light bounces back from a surface?
300
The ocean
What is a habitat on earth that would add a great amount of water to the water cycle through precipitation?
400
Layers of rocks found in the grand canyon which vary from limestone, to sandstone to shale.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
When an animal changes into its adult form. -newts, frogs and other amphibians -butterflies and other insects
What is metamorphosis and what are some examples?
400
leaves
What is the plant structure where photosynthesis takes place?
400
About one year.
What is the amount of time it takes for the Earth make a complete orbit around the sun?
400
a place like New England with warm summers and cold winters
What is a temperate climate?
500
Heat and pressure turn granite to gneiss.
What forms metamorphic rock?
500
pupa
What is the stage called in metamorphosis when the animal is inactive and not eating?
500
roots
What is that plant structure that anchors the plant to the ground and allows water and nutrients to be absorbed into the plant?
500
about 24 hours
What is the amount of time it takes for the Earth to do a complete revolution on its axis?
500
An ocean current that moves tropical water along the east coast of the U.S. and makes the air temperature warmer and the air more humid.
What is the Gulf Stream.