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| A small piece of matter that is composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons |
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| A group of atoms held together in a particular way |
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| The upper part of the lithosphere |
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| A thick shell of Earth below the asthenosphere that behaves like a solid |
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| The solid portion of Earth’s crust |
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| The surface water on earth |
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| The layer of air surrounding earth |
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| The global ecosystem the sum total of all the various ecosystems on the earth |
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| The sum of all external conditions and influences affecting the life, development, and ultimately the survival of an individual organism or population |
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| Any area of nature that includes living organisms that nonliving substances interacting to produce an exchange of materials between the living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) parts |
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| The specific region in which any organism lives |
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| The process by which plants use sunlight to combine carbon dioxide, water, and various minerals into carbohydrates (such as glucose) |
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| The oxidation of food by organisms that releases usable energy, carbon dioxide, and water |
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| Organisms (such as plants) that synthesize organic substances from inorganic substances |
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an animal that needs to get its energy from eating other plants or animals |
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| Pertaining to or consisting of land, as distinguished from water |
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| The process by which the individuals in a population that are best suited to their environment survive and pass their characteristics on to their offspring |
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| What five siences make up the field of Earth Science? |
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1. botany 2. zoology 3. geology 4. chemistry 5. physics |
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What does each of these sciences study? |
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1. botany: plantlife 2. geology: earths crust 3. zoology: living organisums 4. chemistry: eliments and compounds 5. physics: The science of matter and energy |
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| The six steps of the scientific method are: |
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| 1. State a problem,2. Gather information3. Develop a hypothesis,4. Create a valid experiment5. Understand your Data6. Make a conclusion based on your data |
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| Why do scientists use the scientific method? |
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| To answer scientific problems with a scientific explanation |
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| What are the characteristics of a valid experiment? |
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| An experiment that follows the scientific method and does not have any tainted information ie: more than one controlled variable. |
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| What is the difference between a hypothesis and a conclusion? |
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| Hypothecs is a possible explanation of an event that is assumed for the purpose of testing it. A conclusion is an explanation based on the results of the experiment. |
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| What are observations? are they only made visually? |
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| Is what you use to gather information and they can be made using any or all of your five senses |
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| What process is responsible for the sun's energy production? |
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| The sun is basically one big fusion reactor. |
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| How many planets are in our solar system? what is their order? |
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their are 8 planets 1. mercury 2. venus 3. earth 4. mars 5. jupiter 6. saturn 7. uranus 8. neptune |
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| what is natural selection? what is adaptation? |
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| 1. servival of the fittest 2. A inherited characteristics that improves its chance of survival |
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| Types of potential (stored) Energy |
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| Nuclear, Chemical, Elastic, and Gravitational |
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| types of kinetic (motion) energy |
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| Machanical, Thermal, Radiant, Electrical |
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