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  • An animal that eats other animals
    Carnivore
  • Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen because its lighted half is facing the Sun and its dark side faces Earth.
    New Moon
  • 2nd planet from Sun; has a dense atmosphere & known to rain acid w/ high temp.'s, a surface w/ craters, fault like cracks, & volcanoes; sometimes called Earth's twin
    Venus
  • An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
    Decomposer
  • Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
    Erosion
  • 7th planet from Sun; is large & gaseous, has a distinct bluish-green color, & rotates on an axis nearly parallel to the plane of its orbit
    Uranus
  • A measure of the amount of matter in an object
    Mass
  • Smallest planet is closest to sun; does not have a true atmosphere; has extreme hot and cold temperatures
    Mercury
  • An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
    Habitat
  • A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
    Gas
  • Tiny, one celled organisms found in water that break down organic matter
    Bacteria
  • A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume
    Solid
  • Moon phase when all of the Moon's lighted half is visible
    Full Moon
  • An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another.
    Eclipse
  • A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
    Food Chain
  • Stored Energy
    Potential Energy
  • The amount of space something takes up
    Volume
  • the largest planet, the fifth planet from the sun; it has a large red spot.
    Jupiter
  • An organism that can make its own food.
    Producer
  • A gas that is brought into the body by the respiratory system.
    Oxygen
  • Energy from the sun
    Solar Energy
  • An animal that hunts other animals for food
    Predator
  • Anything that has mass and takes up space
    Matter
  • The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
    Water Cycle
  • Fourth planet from the sun is known as red planet because of oxidation
    Mars
  • Non-living factors including temperature, water, sunlight, wind, rocks and soil
    Abiotic Factor
  • Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
    Electrical Energy
  • Animal hunted or caught for food
    Prey
  • The name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
    Terrestrial Planets
  • The collection of planets and their moons in orbit around a sun, together with smaller bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
    Solar System
  • A state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.
    Liquid
  • Allows organisms to become almost invisible to predators
    Camouflage
  • An animal that eats both plants and animals
    Omnivore
  • The movement of an object around another object
    Revolution
  • A term that describes an organism associated with a water environment.
    Aquatic
  • The change from a gas to a liquid
    Condensation
  • A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
    Food Web
  • Process by which organisms use energy from sunlight to make their own food
    Photosynthesis
  • A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
    Gravity
  • Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
    Biotic Factor
  • sixth planet from sun with many rings
    Saturn
  • A living thing
    Organism
  • he change of a liquid to a gas
    Evaporation
  • The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution
    Orbit
  • 3rd planet from sun; has an atmosphere that protects life & surface temp.'s that allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, & gas
    Earth
  • Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth
    Solar Eclipse
  • A large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
    Gas Giant
  • Heat energy
    Thermal Energy
  • An eclipse where the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon and it is a full Moon (the moon is covered, has a shadow of dark red cast on it, or slightly dimmed)
    Lunar Eclipse
  • A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
    Scavenger
  • Energy of motion
    Kinetic Energy
  • An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
    Consumer
  • An instrument used to measure temperature
    Thermometer
  • A measure of the force of gravity on an object
    Weight
  • A consumer that eats only plants.
    Herbivore
  • An ability to cause a change or do work.
    Energy
  • A thin disc of small ice and rock particles surrounding a planet
    Ring
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