CheneyMU Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
A structure, behavior, or trait that helps an organism survive	adaptation
A large body or bubble of air that has the same temperature all the way through it	air mass
an object's height above sea level	altitude
a change in an object's speed	acceleration
to examine the parts of	analyze
the layer of air between Earth's surface and outer space	atmosphere
an animal that lives in water when young and on land when an adult	amphibian
a weather insturment that measures wind speed	anemometer
an animal that has a hard outer skeleton and legs with joints	arthropod
a large flat surface on the ocean floor	abyssal plain
the presence of harmful substances in the air	air pollution
the weight of air pushing on everything around it	air pressure
a large space rock that orbits the sun	asteroid
an imaginary line that passes from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of Earth	axis
a graph that uses bars to compare the same kind of data for different things	bar graph
a weather instrument that measures air pressure	barometer
something an organism does in response to its environment	behavior
fuel that comes from plants and animals	biomass
the boiling point of water in celsius	100 degrees
the boiling point of water in fahrenheit	212 degrees
the freezing point of water in celsius	0 degrees
the freezing point of water in fahrenheit	32 degrees
the upward push of a liquid or gas on an object	buoyant force
the shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in with its surroundings	camouflage
a gas needed by plants for photosynthesis	carbon dioxide
an animal that eats only meat	carnivore
a graph that compares parts to the whole	circle or pie graph
a closed path through which electricity travels	circuit
all of the living things in an ecosystem	community
the struggle between two organisms to obtain the same resource	competition
a feature that helps an organism survive	characteristic
a region in which particles are bunched together	compression
a judgement supported by fact	conclusion
when a substance changes from liquid to gas	condensation
a material that allows energy to travel through it easily or quickly	conductor
the careful use and protection of natural resources	conservation
an organism that feeds on other organisms	consumer
a feature that does not change in an experiment	control
an enormous,slowly moving landmass that floats on Earth's surface	continent
the flow of charges through a circuit	current
the smallest living part of an organism	cell
a green substance in plant leaves that captures the energy in sunlight	chlorophyll
a high feathery cloud made of ice crystals	cirrus cloud
the grouping of organisms based on their simliarities and differences	classification
the leading side or edge of a moving mass of cooler air	cold front
a mountain sized chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun	comet
populations of different kinds (species) of organisms that live in the same place at the same time	community
a tool that uses a magnetized pointer to show north	compass
a lens that is thinner in the center and thicker at the edges. It bends light outwards.	concave
a lens that is thicker in the middle and thinner on the edges. It bends light inwards.	convex
when a gas changes to a liquid	condensation
The very center of earth.	inner core
Earth's outer layer.	the crust
a jellylike liquid that fills most of a cell	cytoplasm
Information that is collected.	data
an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead material and wastes	decomposer
the amount of mass in a substance	density
a biome with very little rain and few plants. May be hot or cold.	desert
to disperse	to scatter
to mix evenly and separate into particles too small to be seen.	dissolve
something that can be measured using a ruler	distance
a period of dryness	drought
one object in space casting its shadow on another object in space	eclipse
all of the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment	ecoystem
a magnet made by wrapping a wire around a metal object such as a nail and sending a current through it by attaching it to a battery	electromagnet
what organisms get from food	energy
an organism's surroundings	environment
these are caused when earth's plate move	earthquakes
when rocks or soil is worn away by wind, water, or ice	erosion
when a liquid becomes a gas	evaporation
no longer living on earth	extinct
a flattened oval circle	ellipse
a diagram that shows the amount of energy passed on at each level of a food chain	energy pyramid
the surroundings an organism lives in	environment
an imaginary line that circles earth halfway between the North and South poles	eguator
a hard outer covering that protects an animal's soft body parts inside	exoskeleton
a crack in earth's crust	fault
a device used to separate the parts of a mixture by passing the mixture through it	filter
a cloud that forms close to the ground	fog
mountains that formed when land was squeezed together	folded mountain
the path of food energy from one organism to another	food chain
overlapping food chains that shows different paths the energy flows	food web
a push or a pull	force
the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago	fossil
a fuel formed from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals	fossil fuel
to change from a liquid to a solid when the temperature drops	freeze
the largest planet in the solar system	Jupiter
between Mars and Jupiter	asteroid belt
how many times something occurs	frequency
a force between two surfaces rubbing against each other	friction
a place where one air mass meets anther air mass	front
a structure that grows from a flower of any plant and contains seeds	fruit
a material that is burned to produce heat energy	fuel
a job that something does	function
the growth or sprouting of a new plant from a seed	germination
the force that causes attraction between objects	gravity
a group of millions of stars	galaxy
a state of matter which takes the shape and volume of its container	gas
heat from melted rock deep below earth's surface used to heat buildings and produce electricity	geothermal energy
structures in an organism that removes oxygen from water	gills
a large body of moving ice that stays frozen all year	glacier
the place where an organism lives	habitat
anything that is dangerous	hazard
the line at the bottom of a graph	horizontal axis
water vapor in the air	humidity
decaying plant and animal materil in soil	humus
electricity that is produced from flowing water like that moving through a dam	hydroelectricity
all the water on earth	hydrosphere
a weather instrument that measures humidity	hygrometer
a predicted answer to a scientific question	hypothesis
a rock formed from cooled lava	igneous rock
the tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest or of a moving object to keep moving	inertia
an animal that eats only plants	herbivore
a that cannot be used up	inexhaustible resource
a characteristic passed from parent to offspring	inherited trait
another word for an organism's children	offspring
a behavior passed from parent to offspring	instinct
to explain what you think certain information means	interpret
the center of earth made of solid metal	inner core
a material that does not let energy pass through it	insulator
an animal that does not have a backbone	invertebrate
the energy of motion	kinetic energy
a natural feature on earth's surface like a mountain, valley, or plateau	landform
the changed behavior of an organism because of practice or experience it has gained	learned behavior
an object used to refract light	lens
the stages of development an organism goes through as it grows and develops	life cycle
the small wormlike stage in the life cycle of some insects	larva
this energy is faster than sound and can be broken into a rainbow	light energy
a graph used to show change	line graph
a state of matter that takes the shape of its container but has a definite volume	liquid
all the rocks on earth	lithosphere
melted rock below earth's surface	magma
an object that attracts iron	magnet
an animal with a backbone, fur or hair, lungs, live birth, feeds mile	mammal
earth's layer below the crust	mantle
a diagram that show locatiions	map
the amount of matter in something	mass
the stuff or material that everything is made of: it has mass and takes up space	matter
a rock that is formed when another kind of rock is squeezed and heated deep inside earth	metamorphic rock
the changes in form some insect go through	metamorphosis
the seasonal movement of some animals from one place to another	migration
when one animal looks like another to help it survive	mimicry
a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated	mixture
a picture or object that represents something else	model
a natural object that orbits a planet	moon
the role an organism has in its environment	niche
a resource that can be used up	nonrenewable resource
materials in the environment that are useful to people	natural resources
a substance that an organism needs to survive and grow	nutrient
an animal that eats plants and animals	omnivore
the curved path an object follows around another	orbit
a living thing	organism
the layer of earth between the mantle and innercore	outer core
a layer of gas high in earth's atmosphere that blocks some of the harmful radiation from the sun	ozone
the changes in the way the moon looks as it orbits the earth	moon phases
the process of plants making food	photosynthesis
something that is done to prevent an accident	precaution
any form of water that falls from the sky	precipitation
an animal that hunts other animals	predator
an animal that is hunted by others	prey
an organism that can make its own food	producer
a stage in metamorphosis when the larva is changing into an adult (in a cocoon)	pupa
an electric circuit in which each device has its own separate loop or circle	parallel circuit
how high or low a sound is	pitch
a huge piece of earth's crust	plate
all the organisms of the same species that live in the same place	population
a glass bar that separates light into the color of the rainbow	prism
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet	what ROY G BIV stands for
to reuse materials	recycle
the bending of light when it moves from one material to another	refraction
a resource that can be replaced in a short time	renewable resource
any material an animal needs for survival and is availabe in its habitat	resource
an animal that feeds on dead animals like a buzzard	scavenger
a developing plant embryo	seed
energy that comes from the sun	solar energy
a type of mixture in which the ingredients dissolve into each other and cannot be easily separated	solution
vibrations that can be heard	sound
the changes that take place in an ecosystem over time	succession
a medium sized star closest to earth	sun
when both sides of an object are the same	symmetry
when light rays bounce back from an object	reflection
to make more of the same kind	reproduce
an animal with a backbone, leathery skin or scales, lungs, lays eggs or gives birth to live young	reptile
one complete trip around the sun	revolution
plant structures that hold a plant in place and take in nutrients from the soil	roots
the spinning of a planet on its axis	rotation
the amount of salt in something	salinity
a kind of grassland	savanna
a rock formed when sediments are pressed together	sedimentary rock
bits of rock , sand, shell, and the remains of organisms	sediment
an electricity circuit where the devices are connected in one straight loop	series circuit
solar energy	energy from the sun
the state of matter with a definite shape and definite volume	solid
the ability to dissolve	solubility
solid, liquid , gas are	states of matter
physical property related to heat	temperature
if you can observe it and measure it you can	test it
the roughness of a material	texture
one complete investigation	trial
a tool that measures temperature	thermometer
a characteristic of an organism	trait
a giant ocean wave caused by earthquake	tsunami
validity means	truthful
the part of an experiment that is different, the part that is being tested	variable
a process that breaks down rocks	weathering
a place that is airless space	vacuum
an animal with a backbone	vertebrate
the up and down line at the side of a graph	vertical axis
the amount of space something takes up	volume
the gas state of water	water vapor
nothing can grow on the moon because there is no	atmosphere
how long it takes earth to rotate on its axis one time	24 hours
how long it takes earth to revolve around the sun one time	365 days
how long it takes the moon to go through its cycle one time	29 days
a dog learning to sit is an example of a	learned behavior
a dog getting immunity from rabies is an example of	acquired trait
a dog being born with long ears like his mother is an example of a	inherited trait
a bird building a nest is an example of	inherited behavior
white on the right means the moon is	waxing
black on the right means the moon is	waning

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