Matter
This is anything that has mass and takes up space.
A push or a pull is called this
Traits passed from parents to offspring are called this.
What are inherited traits?
Earth spinning on its axis is called this.
What is rotation?
The star at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
Matter can exist in three main states: solid, liquid, and this.
What is gas?
This force pulls objects toward Earth.
What is gravity?
Behaviors that animals are born knowing how to do are called this.
What are instincts?
Earth moving around the Sun is called this.
What is revolution?
The path a planet takes around the Sun.
What is an orbit?
This state of matter has a definite shape and definite volume.
What is a solid?
When two surfaces rub together and slow motion, it is called this.
What is friction?
A behavior learned from experience is called this.
What is a learned behavior?
It takes Earth about this many hours to rotate once.
What is 24 hours?
The force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity?
When a substance changes from a liquid to a gas, it is called this process.
What is evaporation?
An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by this.
What is an unbalanced force?
This is the young or baby of an organism.
What is an offspring?
Earth’s tilted axis causes this.
What are seasons?
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This property of matter describes how much space something takes up.
What is volume
The speed of an object in a specific direction is called this.
What is velocity?
This helps organisms survive in their environment.
What is an adaptation?
The repeating changes we see in the Moon’s appearance are called this.
What are moon phases?
All of the planets and other objects that orbit the Sun make up this.
What is the solar system?