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cram science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | A change that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment |
| Ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things that interact in one place |
| Habitat | The natural home of a plant or animal |
| Organism | A living thing |
| Producer | A living thing that makes its own food using sunlight |
| Consumer | A living thing that eats plants or other animals for energy |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals |
| Food chain | A series that shows how energy moves from one living thing to another |
| Energy | The ability to do work or cause change |
| Force | A push or a pull on an object |
| Motion | A change in position over time |
| Friction | A force that slows motion when surfaces rub together |
| Gravity | The force that pulls objects toward Earth |
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Solid | Matter that keeps its shape and volume |
| Liquid | Matter that flows and takes the shape of its container |
| Gas | Matter that spreads out to fill any space |
| Evaporation | The process of a liquid changing into a gas |
| Condensation | The process of a gas changing into a liquid |
| Weather | The day-to-day conditions of the air outside |
| Climate | The usual weather in a place over a long time |
| Natural resource | Something from nature that people use |
| Renewable resource | A resource that can be replaced naturally in a short time |
| Nonrenewable resource | A resource that cannot be replaced quickly |
| Pollution | Harmful materials that make air, water, or land dirty |