a proposed answer to a question

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

an organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms

a scientist who studies ecosystems

a community of organisms together with its environment

the ability to make things move or change

information that supports an answer to a question

a diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem

the stuff that things are made of

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

something taken in by plants and animals that helps them grow

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

a living thing, such as a plant or an animal

a mixture of rocks, water, air, parts of dead organisms, and tiny living organisms

This colony felt Native Americans should be paid for their land

This document set up an organized, orderly government and each signer agreed to obey the laws passed for Plymouth.

This was a pattern of trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe.

This term means a person who agrees to work for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America.

This is the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Colonies with the most slaves

Known as the "Breadbasket" colonies

Settled by people who wanted religious freedom

Lots of plantations where cotton was grown

Region with lots of lumber and fishing