Life Science
The following type of animals all eat meat;
fox, tiger, wolf, and dolphin.
What are they called?
carnivore
Rocks that are formed when magma or lava cools and becomes solid
igneous rock
The amount of matter in something
mass
Plants that do not make their own food through photosynthesis.
mosses or algae
What Metric unit is used to measure mass?
gram
The energy transferred through food webs all begin with …
the Sun
The movement of rock by gravity, wind, and ice. This can happen through floods, landslides, and glaciers.
erosion
A change in matter from one form to another, without forming a new substance
physical change
The black dots on the back of a fern leaf that allow the plant to reproduce
spores
Tool used to measure mass
balance/scale
An organism that preys on other animals…
predator
Length of time it takes the Earth to make one full rotation
24 hours (1 day)
A push or a pull
force
The gopher tortoise is in immediate danger of becoming extinct. What is this type of animal called?
endangered species
Tool used to measure volume
graduated cylinder
Fur or hair, warm blooded, drinks it’s mothers milk and has live births
mammal
Length of time it takes the Earth to make one full revolution around the Sun
365 days (1 year)
The energy an object has because of its position or structure.
potential or stored energy
The Earth’s most important energy source
Sun
Tool used to observe things you can not see with your eyes.
microscope
A chemical process in which plants trap light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars
photosynthesis
In the Northern hemisphere, why do we have the least hours of daylight in the month of December?
the Earth tilts away from the Sun
An object’s tendency to resist a change in motion
inertia
In Florida, Phosphate, oil, limestone, and silicon are examples of what kind of resource?
non-renewable resources
Tool used to measure force
spring or spring scale