Science Flashcards
3 types of consumers
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
7 types of biomes
Grasslands Deserts Scrublands Tundra Deciduous forests Coniferous forests Tropical Rain forests
What are some parts of the food chain?
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
What are the natural water cycles?
Water cycle
Carbon and oxygen cycle
Nitrogen cycle
How do animals adapt to environmental change?
Adapt
Migrate
Hibernate
What are six forms of water pollution?
Noise Air Water Land Thermal Radioactive
What are the five kinds of stars?
Giants Dwarfs Variables Novas Neutrons
What are some parts of the sun?
Core Radiative zone Convective zone Sunspots Photosphere Solar flare Corona
What are the names of the planets?
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
What are the phases of he moon?
New Crescent Quarter Gibbous Full
What are some other bodies in our solar system?
Asteroids Meteors Meteoroids Meteorites Comets
What are some names of US space missions?
Mercury
Gemini
Apollo
Shuttle
What are the states of matter ?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
What is the difference between an acid an a base?
An acid denotes a hydrogen atom and a base accepts a hydrogen atom.
What are two forms of energy?
Kinetic
Potential
What is Newton’s first law of motion?
An object at rest tends to remain at rest, and an object in motion tends to continue moving in a straight line at constant speed unless an outside force acts upon it.
What is Newton’s second law of motion?
Force equals mass times acceleration.
F=ma
What is Newton’s third law of motion?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is the first law of thermodynamics ?
That energy cannot be created or destroyed .
What is the second law of thermodynamics?
Heat will always flow from an area of higher temperature to an area of lower temperature.
What is the third law of thermodynamics?
It is impossible to reach the state of absolute zero temperature.
What are the three characteristics of light ?
Reflection
Refraction
Spectrum
How does heat flow?
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
What are the units use to measure electricity?
Ohms
Volts
Amperes
Watts
