What is the hardest substance found in the entire human body?

Which of the following is the largest known living organism on Earth by mass?

The "fresh" smell you sometimes notice after it rains is caused by bacteria in the soil. What is the name of this scent?

What is the name for the state where an animal's body temperature and heart rate slow down dramatically to survive cold or dry conditions, similar to hibernation?

Which animal is the only mammal that can truly fly?

How do scientists classify a tomato?

The tiny hairs on an insect's feet that help it stick to walls and ceilings are called:

What is the chemical pigment that gives leaves their green color and captures sunlight for food?

Which part of the human body is the only part that is fully grown from the moment of birth?

What is the common name for the smallest bones in the human body, located in the middle ear?

The two mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young are the echidna and which other animal?

What term describes the process where a lizard breaks off its tail to escape a predator and later regrows it?

What do you call the study of birds?

What is a group of crows called?

Which large marine animal's skeleton is made of cartilage instead of true bone?

What is the name for the process where a caterpillar turns into a butterfly inside its chrysalis?

What do plants release into the air as a result of photosynthesis?

Which animal is the only member of the cat family that cannot retract its claws?

What is the name of the oldest known living tree species on Earth?

What are the building blocks that link together to create proteins?

Which process is used by bats to locate prey using sound echoes?

What is the scientific term for the glow produced by fireflies or deep-sea fish?

Cows and horses have the unique ability to sleep while in what position?

Where are a grasshopper's ears located?

What percentage of your brain is made up of fat?

The large, muscular organ in the digestive system that mixes food with acids and enzymes is the:

The long, spiral ladder-like molecule that carries the genetic blueprint for living things is known as:

What is the primary role of an enzyme in the body?

What term is used to describe a relationship where both organisms benefit from living together, like a bee and a flower?

What is the name for Earth's original supercontinent, where all the land masses were joined together?

The outward force felt by an object moving in a circular path, pulling it away from the center, is called:

What is the only planet in our solar system that spins in a backward (retrograde) direction?

What is the scientific term for the slow movement of the Earth's continental plates?

The movement of the Moon between the Sun and the Earth, casting a shadow on Earth, causes what event?

What is the largest glacier in the world, located in Antarctica?

What is the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere called?

The charged particles from solar winds that interact with Earth's atmosphere to create the Aurora Borealis are called:

What is the only sea in the world that has no coastline?

What is the scientific name for the ice layer just below the soil surface that remains frozen all year, often found in polar regions?

What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

How do scientists primarily measure the severity of an earthquake?

Which of the following is an example of a metamorphic rock?

What element makes up the majority of the Earth's core?

What is the deepest known part of the Earth's ocean floor?

What causes the ocean tides to rise and fall?

On which planet in our solar system is the sunset known to be blue?

What is the name of a scientist who studies rocks?

What is the layer of gas that surrounds Earth, other planets, or stars called?

The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves is called:

What is the chemical element that is derived from the Latin for "liquid silver" and is a liquid metal at room temperature?

What term is used for the smallest unit of a chemical element that retains the properties of that element?

What is the name of the magnetic field that surrounds and protects Earth from solar radiation?

In astronomy, what is a large, smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin, often larger than a cobble?

Which layer of the Earth is a rocky mantle located between the crust and the core?

What is the name of the invisible line around which a planet rotates?

How much of the air we breathe is made up of Nitrogen?

What is the name for the configuration of stars as seen from Earth, often thought of as forming a certain shape?

Which type of material is the most common fuel for producing nuclear energy in power plants?

What is the proper term for a scientist who studies weather and forecasts it?

What scientific principle states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system?

What is the chemical name for "fool's gold"?

When light passes from air to water and appears to bend, what is this phenomenon called?

What is the scientific name for the process where a gas turns directly into a solid without first becoming a liquid (like frost forming on a window)?

What is the term for the amount of matter packed into a certain space?

What is the unit used to measure electric power?

Which of the following is the only metal that is naturally a liquid at room temperature?

What color absorbs all other colors of light and reflects none?

What is the name for a magnet that is created by running an electrical current through a wire coiled around a metal core?

Which of these materials is a good conductor of heat and electricity?

When you push a shopping cart, the force that resists the cart's movement and slows it down is called:

Sound travels fastest through which state of matter?

What is the name for the movement of thermal energy (heat) through direct contact, such as a spoon heating up in hot soup?

What is the common name for the smallest building block of proteins?

What is the chemical formula for water?

When you rub a balloon on your hair and your hair stands up, you have created which type of electricity?

What type of energy is stored in an object because of its position or condition (like a ball held high in the air)?

What part of the atom is responsible for creating an electric current when it "hops" from one atom to another?

What type of energy is given off by a moving object?

A material that does NOT allow heat or electricity to flow through it easily is called an:

What is the name of the scale used to measure the spicy heat of chili peppers?

What is the main ingredient of glass?

The process of growing plants without soil, using nutrient-rich water instead, is called:

What chemical element is often used in balloons to make them float?

Which component of soil is a mixture of decayed plants, animals, and other organic matter?

What is the smallest living mammal in the world?

Which measurement tool is used to measure air pressure?

What common fruit contains a chemical called tryptophan that can make you feel happy and relaxed?

About how long does it take for a pineapple plant to grow one pineapple fruit?

What is the world's tallest type of grass?

What is the name of the tiny, protective folds that cover the eyes?

Which planet in our solar system has the strongest gravitational pull?

What is the process called when bacteria reproduce by simply splitting into two separate cells?

What is the name of the famous ancient Greek scientist credited with discovering the concept of density by testing a king's crown?

When talking about space and time, how many time zones is the Earth typically divided into?

Which metal is an alloy (a mixture of metals) made primarily of copper and zinc?

What is the term for an animal that only eats plants?

Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the "ozone layer" that protects us from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays?

What are the two main elements that water is composed of?

What is the process called when a liquid changes into a gas?

What is the term for the following definition? The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by wind, water, or temperature changes.

What is the term for the following definition? The movement of soil or rock from one place to another by wind, water, or ice.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of dropping or laying down sediments carried by wind or water.

What is the term for the following definition? The process by which particles settle to the bottom of a liquid.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of a liquid turning into vapor due to heat.

What is the term for the following definition? The process where water vapor cools and becomes liquid.

What is the term for the following definition? Any form of water that falls from clouds (rain, snow, sleet, or hail).

What is the term for the following definition? The process of water soaking into the ground.

What is the term for the following definition? Water that flows over the surface of the ground instead of soaking in.

What is the term for the following definition? Water found beneath Earth’s surface in soil and rock layers.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of water vapor escaping from plant leaves.

What is the term for the following definition? The combined process of evaporation and transpiration.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of a solid changing directly into a gas without becoming liquid.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of forming crystals from a solution or melt.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of turning sediments into rock.

What is the term for the following definition? The process through which plant or animal remains become preserved in rock.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of turning organic material, like wood, into stone over time.

What is the term for the following definition? The process by which organic material becomes carbon or coal.

What is the term for the following definition? A chemical reaction where a substance combines with oxygen.

What is the term for the following definition? The gradual destruction of materials, usually metal, through chemical reactions (like rusting).

What is the term for the following definition? The cutting down or clearing of forests.

What is the term for the following definition? The process by which fertile land becomes desert due to drought or poor farming.

What is the term for the following definition? When a substance or environment becomes more acidic.

What is the term for the following definition? The presence of harmful substances in the environment.

What is the term for the following definition? The breakdown of substances by living organisms, like bacteria.

What is the term for the following definition? The process of decaying or breaking down dead organisms.

What is the term for the following definition? The excessive growth of algae in water due to too many nutrients.

What is the term for the introduction of harmful materials into the environment?

What is the term for the careful use and protection of natural resources?

What is the term for using resources wisely so they are available for future generations?

What is the term for planting trees to replace those that have been cut down?

What is the term for turning waste materials into new products?

What is the term for using decayed organic matter to make natural fertilizer?

What is the term for the movement of carbon among the atmosphere, organisms, and the Earth?

What is the process where bacteria change nitrogen gas into a form plants can use?

What is the process that converts nitrates back into nitrogen gas?

What is the use of organisms to clean up pollution called?

What is the term for movements in the Earth's crust that cause earthquakes?

What is the process through which magma reaches the surface and forms volcanoes?

What is the process where one tectonic plate moves under another?

What is the term for the amount of water vapor in the air?

What is the term for the pressure of the air in the atmosphere?

What is the temperature at which air becomes saturated and dew forms called?

What is the process where raindrops freeze in layers as they fall through cold air called?

What is a rise in sea level caused by a strong storm or cyclone called?

What is a fast-moving band of air high in the atmosphere that affects weather called?

What is the creation of ozone gas in the upper atmosphere that protects us from UV rays called?

What is a seasonal wind bringing heavy rain called?

What is a storm system with rotating winds called?

What is the trapping of heat by gases in Earth's atmosphere called?

What is a rock formed from cooled lava or magma called?

What is a rock changed by heat and pressure called?

What is a rock formed by layers of sediments called?

_____ - Melted rock beneath the Earth's surface.

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_____ - A round hole or depression on a planet's surface.

_____ - A crack in the Earth's crust where movement occurs.

The point on the surface directly above an earthquake's focus.

_____ - Waves that travel through the Earth during an earthquake.

_____ - Movement in the Earth's mantle that drives plate motion.

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_____ - The transfer of pollen from one flower to another.

_____ - The joining of male and female cells to form a new organism.

_____ - The process of producing offspring.

_____ - The process by which plants make food using sunlight.

_____ - The loss of water vapor from plants through leaves.

_____ - The growth of a plant in response to a stimulus.

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_____ - The process where organisms use oxygen to release energy from food.

_____ - A long period of sleep to survive cold seasons.

_____ - Inactivity during hot or dry weather.

_____ - A major change in an animal's body form as it develops.

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_____ - The ability to regrow lost body parts.

_____ - A trait that helps an organism survive.

_____ - A change in a gene that can cause new traits.

_____ - Making an exact genetic copy of an organism.

_____ - Breeding two different species or varieties.

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_____ - Cell division that produces identical cells.

_____ - Cell division that produces reproductive cells.

_____ - The final step of cell division, where the cell splits.

_____ - Thread-like structure that carries genetic information.

A part of DNA that controls a trait. ________

The genetic makeup of an organism. ________

The physical appearance caused by genes. ________

The passing of traits from parents to offspring. ________

Differences between individuals in a species. ________

A change in DNA that may produce new traits. ________

The process of copying DNA before cell division. ________

The process of making RNA from DNA. ________

The process where cells make proteins from RNA. ________

When one gene masks the effect of another. ________

A gene whose effect is hidden when a dominant one is present. ________

The use of living things to make useful products. ________

Changing genes to create new traits. ________

Giving a weak germ to help the body build immunity. ________

The body’s ability to resist disease. ________

A protein that helps fight infections. ________

A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes

anything that occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people.

A Nonpoint Source is...

The contamination of Earth’s land, water, or Air.

Environmental Science is...

is a specific pollution water source that can be identified.

is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short period of time.

A Nonrenewable resource is....

using resources in ways that maintain the resource at a certain quality for a certain period of time.

An Ecological footprint is....

is the practice of managing the use of resources wisely so the resources last longer.

the top layer of dead leaves and grass

is a mixture of rock fragments, nutrients, water, air, and decaying animal and plant matter.

the rock that makes up Earth’s crust.

the process by which water, wind, or ice moves particles of rock or soil.

Nutrient Depletion is...

Fertilizer is...

the advance of desertlike conditions into areas that previously were fertile.

is a period when less rain than normal falls in an area.

the process of restoring an area of land to a more productive state.

A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle

The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

The movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations.

A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.

The upper layer of the mantle made of partially molten rock and where the convection currents occur that cause the tectonic plates to move

A location where two tectonic plates interact and they can be divergent, convergent or transform.

The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents

A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure

The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geologic processes

The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature change disintegrate, and decompose rocks.

A rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment

The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

The standard method used to divide Earth’s long natural history into manageable parts - eons, eras, periods, and epochs

Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies