Evidence of Changing Earth
This type of evidence shows how the position of continents has shifted over time, providing clues to Earth's changing surface.
What is plate tectonics?
This is the original source of energy for nearly all food chains.
What is the sun?
This tool is used to measure air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This is the push or pull that can change the motion of an object.
What is force?
This is a substance made of only one type of atom and cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
What is an element?
Fossils of similar species found on continents that are now separated by oceans suggest this about Earth's history.
What is continental drift?
In a food web, this type of organism gets energy by eating both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
This process in the water cycle turns water vapor into clouds.
What is condensation?
This term describes how fast something is moving, without considering direction.
What is speed?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
This subatomic particle has a positive charge and is found in the nucleus of an atom. (Double Points)
What is a proton?
This process occurs when wind, water, or ice break down rocks, leading to changes in Earth's surface over time.
This type of organism breaks down dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the soil.
What is a decomposer?
Burning fossil fuels adds this gas to the atmosphere, trapping heat and contributing to climate change.
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
This object is known for having a thick atmosphere, rotates slowly, and is sometimes called Earth's “sister planet.”
What is Venus?
This part of an atom contains both protons and neutrons.
What is a nucleus?
Scientists study volcanic activity and earthquakes along these boundaries to understand how Earth's surface is reshaped. (Name all 3)
What is convergent, divergent and transform boundaries?
Flooding caused by a hurricane removes many plants from an area. This leads to a decrease in food and shelter, which can cause this kind of effect on local animal populations.
What is a decreased population?
This type of heat transfer is responsible for the movement of warm air rising and cool air sinking in the atmosphere, helping to form weather patterns.
What is convection?
These enormous systems are made up of billions of stars, gas, and dust, and come in spiral, elliptical, and irregular shapes.
What are galaxies?
If an atom has 11 protons, what is its atomic number?
What is 11?
This type of evidence, found in sedimentary rock layers, provides clues about past living organisms, climates and environments on Earth.
What are fossils?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
In a food web, what happens to the entire ecosystem if a top predator is removed? (2 Things will happen)
what is leads to overpopulation of prey species and a decline in producers?
Homes that lack insulation lose heat through this type of energy transfer, where heat moves directly through solids like walls and windows.
What is Conduction?
A distance-time graph shows a straight, diagonal line moving upward. Then, the line becomes flat for a while before rising again. What does this graph show about the object’s motion?
What is the object moved at a constant speed, then stopped, then moved again?
This type of element is shiny, malleable, ductile, and a good conductor of electricity.
What is a metal?