Science Review List #3

A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A hot spring that erupts by throwing a column of hot water into the air at various intervals.

• volcano

• geyser

• glacier

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The place in an ecosystem where an organism lives.

• ecosystem

• neighborhood

• specie

• habitat

A consumer that eats only plants.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

A rich dark layer of soil made of decaying plants and animals.

• dark soil

• loam

• humus

• caliche

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• erosion

To reach a conclusion based on something known or assumed.

• guess

• infer

• context clues

• hypothesis

A substance that does not dissolve in a solvent.

• solute

• solvent

• solution

• insoluble

A type of soil containing a mixture of other soils and rich in humus and nutrients.

• loam

• caliche

• humus

• decomposers

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• mass

• solid

• substance

• matter