Astronomy
The name of the Galaxy in which we live.
What is the Milky Way?
Soil dwellers who have long, segmented bodies.
What are earthworms?
The largest muscle.
What is the gluteus maximus, or glute?
What lava is called before it reaches the surface of the Earth.
What is magma?
What the moon is called when half of it is visible.
The 8th planet from the sun.
What is Neptune?
The largest mammal in the world.
What is the blue whale?
This bone gives protection to the brain.
What is the skull?
Large, irregularly shaped slabs of Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other (and cause earthquakes!).
What are tectonic plates?
Snakes, lizards and turtles are this type of animal.
What is a reptile?
The four layers of the Earth.
What are the crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core?
This habitat gets rain almost every day. It is the home to many plants and animals.
What is the rainforest?
This sends electrical signals throughout your body.
What is the Nervous System?
The 3 types of rocks.
What are sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous?
This body system breaks down food for the nutrients to be absorbed by the body.
What is the Digestive System?
When the moon goes from full moon to new moon.
What is waning?
These help fish breathe underwater.
What are gills?
It is the meaty back part of your lower leg.
What is a calf?
The 3 main parts of the water cycle.
What are evaporation, condensation and precipitation?
What is a stalactite?
The length of time it takes for light from the sun to reach the Earth.
What is 8 minutes?
The practice of eating flesh from one own's species.
What is cannibalism?
These filter waste products from the blood.
What are the kidneys?
Fill in the blanks: __________breaks it! ____________takes it! ___________ lays it down!
(Hint: we did an activity where you had to put examples into each of the categories)
What are Weathering, Erosion, Deposition?
A biological process where plants and other organisms convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?