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6th Gr. Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stimulus | Anything that causes a response in a living organism |
| cells | All living things are made of these |
| positive response | A plant growing towards the light |
| adaptation | A trait that gives an organism a better chance to survive |
| negative response | Moving your hand off of a hot stove |
| mimicry | An adaptation where an organism looks like another organism |
| response | An action that is caused by a stimulus |
| internal | Feeling hungry is a ______________ stimulus |
| multicellular | An organism that is made up of many cells |
| mimicry | An adaptation where an organism blends in to its surroundings |
| decomposer | An organism that breaks down the remains of dead organisms |
| less | Hot air balloons rise because warm air is _________ dense than cold air |
| troposphere | The layer in the atmosphere that is closest to the Earth |
| meteorologist | A scientist that studies the weather |
| hygrometer | An instrument that measures humidity |
| nitrogen | The most abundant gas in the atmosphere |
| barometer | An instrument that measures air pressure |
| 78% | The percentage of nitrogen in the atmosphere |
| stratosphere | The layer of the atmosphere where most of the ozone layer is found |
| thermosphere | The layer of the atmosphere where temperatures can reach to 3000 F |
| increases | The temperatures in the troposphere get colder as your altitude _________________ |
| troposphere | The layer of the atmosphere where clouds and weather patterns occur |
| decreases | The atmosphere becomes more dense as your altitude _________________ |
| pressure | The amount of force applied to an object divided by the area |
| exosphere | The layer of the atmosphere that where the molecules are very spread out where space beginsevaporation |
| stratosphere | the layer in the atmosphere that contains ozone which protects us from radiation |
| convection | The upward movement of heat |
| mesosphere | The layer of the atmosphere where meteors begin to burn up |
| shape and altitude | Clouds are named based on these two factors |
| evaporation | The process of water changing to water vapor |
| nimbostratus | A low layer of clouds where rain is falling |
| cirrocumulus | Fluffy clouds high in the atmosphere |
| altostratus | A blanket or layer of clouds in the middle of the atmosphere |
| barometer | An instrument that measures air pressure |
| meteorologist | A scientist who studies the weather |
| cumulus | A fluffy cloud usually present during fair weather |
| Less | Air moves to an area of _______________ pressure |
| altocumulus | Fluffy clouds in the middle of the atmosphere |
| troposphere | The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs |
| convection | Warm air rising |
| condensation | The process of water vapor changing to a liquid |
| cirrostratus | A blanket or layer of clouds high in the atmosphere |
| anemometer | An instrument that measures wind speed |
| stratus | A cloud that forms a layer in the sky |
| humidity | The measure of the amount of water in the air |
| Mercury | The planet whose orbit is closest to the Sun |
| Mars | The planet whose orbit is fourth from the Sun |
| Earth | The planet that is mostly covered by water |
| Saturn | The planet whose orbit is 6th from the Sun |
| Uranus | The planet whose orbit is 7th from the Sun |
| Earth | Which planet has a crust that is made up of slowly moving plates |
| Earth | The planet whose orbit is third from the Sun |
| Venus | A planet with a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide and clouds of sulfuric acid |
| Mercury | Which planet is covered with the most craters |
| Mercury | This planet that is about the same size as our Moon |
| Mars | This planet has river channels and a flood plain that indicates that there used to be water |
| Jupiter | The fastest rotating planet |
| Mars and Jupiter | The main asteroid belt is between these two planets |
| Venus | Which planet has a longer day than year? |
| Jupiter | The largest planet in the solar system |
| Neptune | The planet whose orbit is 8th from the Sun |
| Venus | The planet whose orbit is second from the Sun |
| Jupiter | The planet whose orbit is fifth from the Sun |
| Mercury | Which planet does not have an atmosphere? |
| Venus | Which planet is the brightest object in our sky except for the Sun and Moon? |
| Alan Shepard | Who was the first U.S. citizen to travel in space |
| liquid rocket | A type of rocket that can be shut down and restarted |
| Galileo | The astronmer that was the first to see Saturn's rings through a telescope in 1610 |
| Pioneer 10 | The first probe to visit an outer planet and send pictures back of Jupiter |
| Venus | The Magellan probe returned data on the composition of Venus's atmosphere |
| Jupiter | Which planet did the Galileo probe study? |
| Yuri Gagarin | Who was the first human in space? |
| Apollo 11 | Which mission was the first to land astronauts on the moon? |
| Focal Point | The large concave dish on a radio telescope reflects radio waves to a point in the center called the________________ |
| Deep Space | Where are the Voyager 1 and Voyager II probes now heading? |
| space probe | An instrument in space that gathers information and sends it back to Earth |
| 16 | How many nations built units for the International Space Station (ISS)? |
| Orbit | The curved path that satellites travel around the Earth |
| Soviet Union | Which country was the first to launch a satellite in space in 1957? |
| Saturn | Which planet did the Cassini probe study? |
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