Water Cycle
Seasons
Plants
Energy an Matter
Vocabulary
100
What powers the water cycle?
The sun
100
Seasons are characterized by..?
A pattern of temprature and other weather trends
100
In a process of ___________ plants create their own food.
Photosynthesis.
100
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
100
What is tidal range?
Difference between ocean high tides and low tides.
200
What is the second water cycle stage?
Condensation.
200
What solstice would the sun be at its highest point?
The June Solstice.
200
What is a sugar that stores chemical energy.
Glucose.
200
What is energy?
The ability to do work work work work.
200
The process of breaking down food to produdce ATP is called...?
Cellular Resperation
300
What is the last step in the water cycle?
Surface Run-Off
300
The seasons fall and spring begin on days called...?
Equinox.
300
Chloroplast contains a green pigment called...?
Chlorophyll.
300
Organsims called _______ create their own energy.
Producers
300
What is a Solstice?
When the area of sunlight is at a maximum at one hemisphere and at the minimum at the other.
400
Clouds drop water droplets called...?
Precipatation
400
We experience seasons due to the changes in...?
Intensity of sunlight and numbers of daylight hours.
400
Energy from sunlight powers a process called...?
Photosynthesis.
400
___________ are organisms that eat other organisms to get energy.
Consumers.
400
23.5 is what? (Has to do with the earth)
The tilt of earth on its axis.
500
How many steps are in the water cycle?
There is five.
500
The March Equinox occurs after another...?
Quarter of its orbit.
500
During photosynthesis plants change energy from the sun into...?
Chemical energy in sugar.
500
________ and ________ can leave an ecosystem when organisms move.
Energy, Matter.
500
What is an umbra?
The darkest part of a shadow