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Science Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A plate boundary where the plates are moving apart. <-- --> | DIVERGENT Boundary |
| A plate boundary where the plates are COMING TOGETHER. --> <-- | CONVERGENT Boundary |
| A plate boundary where the plates are SLIDING PAST one another. | Transform boundary |
| Does electricity flow through an open or closed circuit? | closed |
| Which group of organisms breaks down dead organisms and recycles their nutrients back into the environment | decomposers |
| Direction and speed describe an objects: | MOTION |
| Which GAS is used by plants in the process of photosynthesis | carbon dioxide |
| Which planet is the biggest | Jupiter |
| Which planet is the smallest | Mercury |
| If you can see through an object, but not clearly that object is: | translucent |
| Why do we have seasons on Earth? | the tilt of earth on its axis |
| a shaking of the Earth's crust caused by volcanic activity or from shifting rock beneath the surface | Earthquake |
| the center layer of the Earth | core |
| the thin, outer layer of the Earth | crust |
| the large middle section of the Earth made of molten rock | mantle |
| the amount of space an object takes up | volume |
| the amount of matter in an object | mass |
| Which plant part makes food for the plant? | the leaves |
| Pollen is transferred from the stamen to the pistil in a process called: | pollination |
| Many plants enter a period of ______ in the winter, which is similar to hibernation for animals. During this period most of their normal activities stop. | dormancy |
| An organism's _____ provides food, water, shelter and space. | habitat |
| All energy comes from _____ , and then cycles through the food webs to all of the animals in the community. | the sun |
| All of the living and nonliving things in an environment make up: | an ecosystem |
| the role an oraganism plays in its environment | niche |
| All organisms have _________ that allow it to survive in its environment | adaptations |
| The measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere is: | temperature |
| The amount of moisture in the air is: | humidity |
| The weight of the air causes: | air pressure |
| 26. Objects in motion have ______ energy. | kinetic |
| 27. Potential energy is ________ energy. | stored |
| sound travels fastest through: | solids |
| sound travels slowest through: | gases |
| this instrument measures wind speed: | Anemometer |
| this instrument measures air pressure: | Barometer |
| this instrument measures moisture in the air: | Hygrometer |
| two objects rubbing together create: | Friction |
| energy of motion is: | kinetic motion |
| stored energy is: | potential energy |
| animals hibernate, plants go into: | dormancy |
| Metals and water allow electricity to move easily through them, they are | conductors |
| glass, plastic, and rubber do not allow electricity to move easily though them, they are: | insulators |
| What is the process by which plants make food using sunlight? | photosynthesis |
| How high or low a sound is; | pitch |
| Sound is a form of: | energy |
| Sound travels in: | waves |
| How fast something vibrates | frequency |
| The distance on a wave measured from crest to crest | wavelength |
| The rapid back and forth movement of something | vibration |
| The breaking down of rocks: | weathering |
| The carrying away of rocks and sediment: | erosion |
| What type of rock is formed from hardened lava? | igneous rock |
| Why does a pencil look broken if it is placed in a glass of water? | refraction |
| Sedimentary rock forms in: | layers |
| A sedimentary rock might have a __________ in it. | fossil |
| What causes most erosion on earth? | water |
| Besides water, what else causes erosion on earth? | wind, gravity, plant roots, animals |
| The process after weathering and erosion when sediment comes to rest in a certain place: | deposition |
| Light travels in straight paths called: | rays |
| Which color in the visible spectrum has the longest wavelength? | Red |
| Which color in the visible spectrum has the shortest wavelength? | Violet |
| When light bounces off an object it is: | reflected |
| When light is bent, it is: | refracted |
| A piece of glass shaped like a triangular prism that refracts light and separates it into the colors of the rainbow (ROY G BIV) | prism |
| the high point on a wave | crest |
| the low point on a wave | trough |
| the saltiness of water | salinity |
| the flat, shallow part of the ocean floor near the coast. | continental shelf |
| the deepest part of the ocean | trench |
| the steep drop-off from the continental shelf to the deep part of the ocean | continental slope |
| Which will light a bulb, an open or closed circuit? | closed circuit |
| Pollen is transferred from the stamen to the pistil in a process called: | pollination |
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