Adaptations
This is a reason why an animal might have sharp claws or pointed teeth.
What is catching and eating prey?
The particles in this state of matter are packed closely and do not move freely.
What is a solid?
This force that acts on us at all times.
What is gravity?
Name one thing plants need to grow besides water.
What is sunlight, warmth, soil, or air?
Water changing from liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
Thick fur on an animal helps it survive in this type of environment.
What is a cold environment?
Particles in a gas move in this way.
What is quickly and spread far apart?
This force pushes up on objects floating on water.
What is upthrust (buoyancy)?
One reason scientists repeat experiments.
What is to get more reliable results?
The blanket of air around Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
Animals that blend into snow or trees are using this survival strategy.
What is camouflage?
A substance that has a fixed volume but takes the shape of its container.
What is a liquid?
The force that slows down a car when it's moving through air.
What is air resistance?
When a seed begins to grow a tiny root or shoot.
What is germination?
During condensation, water particles loose this.
What is energy (or heat)?
Give three body features that help an animal survive in cold weather. (MUST name 3)
What is blubber, thick fur, or a small surface area?
This change of state happens when particles lose enough energy that they move from a freely moving state to a fixed, tightly packed arrangement.
What is freezing (liquid → solid)?
This force always acts opposite the direction of motion and increases when two surfaces are pressed together more strongly.
What is friction?
This is the part of an experiment that you measure.
What is the dependent variable?
This gas makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere, and it is not the gas humans use for breathing.
What is nitrogen?
What is a behavioral adaptation? Give an example.
his type of adaptation involves behavior rather than body parts, and helps an animal survive by changing what it does, not how it looks
Ex: hibernation, migration, huddling
This property explains why gases can be compressed easily but solids cannot, and it depends on how far apart their particles are.
What is particle spacing (or particle arrangement)?
When all the forces acting on an object balance each other out, the object will do one of these two things.
What is stay still or move at a constant speed?
In an experiment testing whether plants grow faster under different colors of light, what are the two variables. (list the name and what they are )
What is the color of the light (independent variable) and the growth of the plant (dependent variable)?
This is the term for a harmful gas released into the air, and one example of such a gas. (2 part question)
What is a pollutant, and what is an example like carbon monoxide or sulfur dioxide?