Living Things and their Environment
What is the science word for an animal that HUNTS other animals?
prey or predator
What is Predator?
What is the Science word for the length of time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun?
What is a year or 365 days?
What is the science word for changes in the shape and form some organisms go through during their life cycle? *Think butterfly*
What is metamorphosis?
What is the science word for the type of energy the sun provides?
solar
lunar
terrestrial
What is Solar?
What is the Science word for the bottom layer of soil, which is made up of solid rock?
bedrock
chairrock
floorrock
What is bedrock?
What is the Science word for an animal that eats both plants and animals?
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
What is an Omnivore?
What is the science word for the seasonal movement of animals from one place to another?
What is migration?
What is the science word for two magnets sticking together?
attract or repel
What is attract?
What is the Science word for an object that allows electricity to flow through easily?
conductor or insulator
What is a conductor?
What is the Science word for a species of animal that is no longer living on Earth?
What is extinct?
What is the science word for changing views of the moon that we see on Earth?
moon times
moon phases
moon shows
What is Moon Phases?
What is the Science word for when two magnets push apart?
attract or repel
What is repel?
What is the science word for a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky?
What is a constellation?
What is the science word for an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals?
What is a decomposer?
What is the science word for the process of breaking down rocks?
deposition
water cycle
weathering
What is Weathering?
What is the Science word for the interaction of all living and nonliving things in a specific area?
What is an ecosystem?
What is the Science word for the average weather of a region over a long period of time?
What is climate?
What is the science word for an organism that makes its own food?
What is a producer?
What is the Science word for the process in which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations?
erosion
water cycle
deposition
What is erosion?
What is the science word for an inherited characteristic that provides a specific advantage to individuals that have it?
What is adaptation?
What is the science word for the dropping off of sediment by water, wind or ice?
erosion
weathering
deposition
What is deposition?
What is the Science word for resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime?
renewable or nonrenewable resources
What are Nonrenewable Resources?