Smallest planet is closest to sun; does not have a true atmosphere; has extreme hot and cold temperatures
Mercury
An animal that eats other animals
Carnivore
A frozen mass of different types of ice and dust that orbit the Sun
Comet
A phase of the moon coming after a new moon and before a 1st quarter moon that is a lit up crescent on the right
Waxing Crescent
Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
Biotic Factor
One-half of the Moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing.
First Quarter
An ability to cause a change or do work.
Energy
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Decomposer
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 living thing
Organism
A phase of the moon that comes after a full moon and before a last quarter moon where all of the moon is lit up except for a small bit on the right side of the moon that we can see.
Waning Gibbous
Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth
Solar Eclipse
A state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.
Liquid
A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
Food Web
A phase of the moon that comes after a 1st quarter moon and before a full moon where almost all of the moon is lit up from the right to the left, except a small bit on the left.
Waxing Gibbous
A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
Gas
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
Half of the moon is covered; light is on the LEFT.
Last Quarter
sixth planet from sun with many rings
Saturn
8th from the sun, no atmosphere, furthest out, high methane content, has the great dark spot
Neptune
A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
Coral Reef
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Scavenger
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
Process by which organisms use energy from sunlight to make their own food
Photosynthesis
The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.
Waning Crescent
A small, rocky object that orbits the sun; most asteroids are located in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid
An animal that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
Food Chain
Fourth planet from the sun is known as red planet because of oxidation
Mars
Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
Erosion
The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Water Cycle
An organism that can make its own food.
Producer
A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume
Solid
An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
Habitat
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 force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
Gravity
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
A consumer that eats only plants.
Herbivore
Non-living factors including temperature, water, sunlight, wind, rocks and soil
Abiotic Factor
Moon phase when all of the Moon's lighted half is visible
Full Moon
the largest planet, the fifth planet from the sun; it has a large red spot.
Jupiter