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  • Stored Energy
    Potential Energy
  • A state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.
    Liquid
  • A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
    Scavenger
  • A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume
    Solid
  • Energy of motion
    Kinetic Energy
  • Energy stored in chemical bonds
    Chemical Energy
  • 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
  • Fourth planet from the sun is known as red planet because of oxidation
    Mars
  • The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
    Water Cycle
  • The collection of planets and their moons in orbit around a sun, together with smaller bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
    Solar System
  • The change from a gas to a liquid
    Condensation
  • An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
    Habitat
  • An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
    Decomposer
  • 8th from the sun, no atmosphere, furthest out, high methane content, has the great dark spot
    Neptune
  • 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
  • Heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
    Radiation
  • The amount of space something takes up
    Volume
  • A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
    Food Web
  • A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
    Coral Reef
  • An organism that can make its own food.
    Producer
  • Anything that has mass and takes up space
    Matter
  • Plant food; type of sugar
    Glucose
  • A gas that is brought into the body by the respiratory system.
    Oxygen
  • Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
    Nuclear Energy
  • Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
    Erosion
  • Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
    Electrical Energy
  • An animal that hunts other animals for food
    Predator
  • he change of a liquid to a gas
    Evaporation
  • Energy from the sun
    Solar Energy
  • 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
  • 3rd planet from sun; has an atmosphere that protects life & surface temp.'s that allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, & gas
    Earth
  • A consumer that eats only plants.
    Herbivore
  • A measure of the amount of matter in an object
    Mass
  • sixth planet from sun with many rings
    Saturn
  • An instrument used to measure temperature
    Thermometer
  • A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
    Temperature
  • Allows organisms to become almost invisible to predators
    Camouflage
  • The rule stating energy cannot be created or destroyed
    Law of Conservation of Energy
  • Tiny, one celled organisms found in water that break down organic matter
    Bacteria
  • An animal that eats other animals
    Carnivore
  • A small, rocky object that orbits the sun; most asteroids are located in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
    Asteroid
  • A measure of the force of gravity on an object
    Weight
  • Animal hunted or caught for food
    Prey
  • A frozen mass of different types of ice and dust that orbit the Sun
    Comet
  • An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
    Consumer
  • Moon phase when all of the Moon's lighted half is visible
    Full Moon
  • Heat energy
    Thermal Energy
  • A living thing
    Organism
  • An animal that eats both plants and animals
    Omnivore
  • A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
    Gas
  • Smallest planet is closest to sun; does not have a true atmosphere; has extreme hot and cold temperatures
    Mercury
  • the largest planet, the fifth planet from the sun; it has a large red spot.
    Jupiter
  • 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
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