Environments and Living Things
What is the name for everything around us, including air, land, water, plants, and animals?
What is the environment?
What is the push or pull that can make an object move or stop?
What is force?
What tool is used to measure temperature?
What is a thermometer?
What do we call the hard outer covering that protects an insect's body?
What is an exoskeleton?
What do we call the path the Earth takes around the Sun?
What is an orbit?
This word describes animals that live and work in groups, like wolves and ants. What is it?
What is a social animal?
This invisible force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth. What is it?
What is gravity?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all types of what?
What is precipitation?
Which type of animal does not have a backbone?
What is an invertebrate?
What is the name of the 3rd planet from the sun?
What is Earth?
What do we call a living thing, such as a plant, animal, or bacteria?
What is an organism?
When two forces acting on an object are equal and opposite, causing no movement, what is this called?
What are balanced forces?
What is the name of the scientist who studies weather?
What is a meteorologist?
What do we call the stage of development where insects look like small versions of adults, before they become fully grown?
What is a nymph?
What do we call animals that only eat plants?
What are herbivores?
This happens when a species has no more living members left. What is the word?
What is extinct?
What type of magnet can be turned on and off with electricity?
What is an electromagnet?
This powerful storm has strong winds that spin in a funnel shape. What is it?
What is a tornado?
What is the name for the earliest stage of many insects' lives, after they hatch from an egg but before they become adults?
What is a larva?
What is the term for the change of water from a liquid to a gas?
What is evaporation?
A bird’s beak changing shape over time to help it eat different foods is an example of what?
What is adaptation?
When objects rub together, they can build up an electric charge. What is this called?
What is static electricity?
What is the invisible gas form of water called?
What is water vapor?
What term refers to the process by which an insect changes from a juvenile form to an adult, often involving stages like larva, pupa, and adult?
What is metamorphosis?
What is the term for a prediction or educated guess based on observations?
What is a hypothesis?