Science 1
The process by which plants make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
Organisms that eat DEAD plants and animals are called....?
What are scavengers?
A force that causes items to slow because of opposing forces.
What is friction?
The volume or loudness of a sound depends on the wave's __.
What is amplitude?
The largest planet is
Jupiter
What are the 3 resources plants need to make their own food?
What is sunlight, water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2)?
This is the fifth planet from the sun?
What is Jupiter?
When forces are equal in size and are pushing or pulling in opposite directions they are....
balanced forces
What is the primary source of energy for nearly all living things?
the sun
Materials that allow some light pass but objects will look blurry.
Translucent
the branch of science that studies space
What is Astronomy?
What are the organisms that break down wastes and remains of dead organisms?
What are decomposers?
It uses the sun's energy to make its own food.
Producers
The unit sound is measured in.
What is a decibel?
When light bounces off an object it is called...
reflection
A large round body that revolves in an orbit around a star.
What is a planet?
What do we call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?
Predators
Forces that cause a change in speed or direction and are moving are called...
What is unbalanced forces?
What tool would I use to find the mass of an object?
A balance scale
When light bends as it passes from one type of matter to another.
Refraction
What "food" is created during photosynthesis?
Sugar (Glucose)
What do we call the animals that are hunted by larger stronger animals?
What are prey?
an idea that can be tested by an experiment or an observation
Hypothesis
The medium that sound travels fastest through.
What are solids?
What are the planets in order from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Organisms that make their own food are called...?
This begins all food chains?
What is the sun?
The type of relationship where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
Sound travels in __.
What are waves?
T or F
Planets closer to the sun orbit faster than planets farther away.
True
Organisms that eat other living things to get energy are called....?
Consumers
This is at the end of all food chains.
What are decomposers?
A relationship between organisms where 1 benefits and the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
Light travels in __.
What are straight paths?
The reason the sun appears to be the largest star from Earth.
Organisms that eat only plants are called....?
What is an herbivore?
How do you calculate speed?
You take the distance and divide it by the time.
A relationship between organisms where 1 benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
Materials that do not let pass through.
What is opaque?
The length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun.
1 year = 365 days
Organisms that eat only animals (meat) are called...?
What are carnivores?
What is a push or pull called?
A force
The planet that is known as the "Red Planet.
What is an Mars?
A large space rock that orbits the sun
asteroid
The length of time it takes for Earth to rotate on its axis.
Organisms that eat both plants and animals are called...?
Omnivores
What science tool is used to measure force?
A spring scale
The pitch of a sound depends on __.
What is frequency?
Materials that let light pass through.
Transparent
What the Earth's rotation causes.
Day and Night