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WorksheetsScience Vocab
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
the nonliving parts of an ecosystem such as water, minerals, sunlight, climate and air
a)
biotic factors
b)
abiotic factors
c)
niche
d)
biome
2.
threatened with danger of extinction
a)
extinct
b)
desert
c)
decomposition
d)
endangered
3.
the area which specific organisms live; many of these makeup an ecosystem
a)
habitat
b)
population
c)
host
d)
niche
4.
unique type of organism
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
producer
d)
species
5.
usually single cell decomposer that help breakdown dead animals and plant material
a)
consumer
b)
community
c)
bacteria
d)
biotic factors
6.
something or a situation that does not change
a)
acceleration
b)
air resistance
c)
balanced force
d)
constant
7.
move with effort or difficulty; move slowly along
a)
constant
b)
direction
c)
drag
d)
energy
8.
to use a force on an object; put into action
a)
energy
b)
exert
c)
force
d)
friction
9.
The energy of motion for an object.
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
friction
d)
force
10.
quantity of motion of a moving body; mass x velocity = momentum
a)
net force
b)
matter
c)
momentum
d)
potential energy
11.
In the daytime the air warms down low in the mountains and then a light wind move upward along the mountain slopes.
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
c)
mountain breeze
d)
valley breeze
12.
A coastal local wind that blows from the ocean onto the land and often begins sometime during the day at many coastal locations. Wind moves from water to land.
a)
sea breeze
b)
valley breeze
c)
mountain breeze
d)
land breeze
13.
The dominant wind patterns in our state. They blow from West to East carrying weather with them
a)
sea breeze
b)
stratus clouds
c)
prevailing westerlies
d)
vapor
14.
A “river” of very fast moving air 8 – 10 miles above the ground. It helps separate the continental polar (cold) air mass and the tropical (warm) air mass. It can move north or south across the United States and have the large influence on the weather.
a)
La Nina
b)
land breeze
c)
jet stream
d)
hurricane
15.
A term for the amount of water vapor in the air.
a)
high pressure
b)
humidity
c)
evaporation
d)
front
16.
The area of gases that completely surround the Earth
a)
density
b)
energy
c)
atmosphere
d)
matter
17.
When matter changes size, shape or state without changing identity. Matter can turn back into original form.
a)
melting
b)
freezing
c)
physical change
d)
chemical change
18.
Something that describes matter
a)
physical change
b)
chemical change
c)
properties
d)
substance
19.
The form of heating that happens with electromagnetic waves. The sun provides this form of heating.
a)
radiation
b)
melting
c)
convection
d)
boiling
20.
A substance or material that helps stop heat (energy) from passing through it.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
insulator
d)
conductor
21.
tubes of circulatory system that transports oxygenated blood to all parts of the body
a)
arteries
b)
blood
c)
bone marrow
d)
brain stem
22.
smallest unit of a living organism, can survive on its own
a)
arteries
b)
cell
c)
cartilage
d)
blood
23.
strong fibrous tissue that connects bones to bones
a)
cell
b)
lungs
c)
ligament
d)
bone marrow
24.
organ made of soft nervous tissue that rests in the skull
a)
esophagus
b)
heart
c)
brain
d)
lungs
25.
two halves of the brain control opposite sides of body,
a)
cerebellum
b)
circulatory
c)
brain stem
d)
cerebrum
26.
heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents - opposite of dominant genes
a)
recessive
b)
inherit
c)
dominant
d)
heredity
27.
an interacting group of various species in a common location
a)
community
b)
dominant
c)
evolution
d)
environment
28.
characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, food, social habits, music and arts.
a)
culture
b)
characteristics
c)
adaptations
d)
traits
29.
a change or difference in condition, amount or level
a)
variation
b)
offspring
c)
inherited behaviors
d)
learned behaviors
30.
an animal, plant or human that produces a young animal or plant
a)
parent
b)
offspring
c)
genes
d)
heredity
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