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
Heat energy
Thermal Energy
Plant food; type of sugar
Glucose
A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
Gravity
Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
Electrical Energy
An animal that hunts other animals for food
Predator
A term that describes an organism associated with a water environment.
Aquatic
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution
Orbit
The movement of an object around another object
Revolution
Non-living factors including temperature, water, sunlight, wind, rocks and soil
Abiotic Factor
Half of the moon is covered; light is on the LEFT.
Last Quarter
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
Energy of motion
Kinetic Energy
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
Food Chain
Allows organisms to become almost invisible to predators
Camouflage
A frozen mass of different types of ice and dust that orbit the Sun
Comet
Animal hunted or caught for food
Prey
An animal that eats other animals
Carnivore
the largest planet, the fifth planet from the sun; it has a large red spot.
Jupiter
Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth
Solar Eclipse
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 structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
Coral Reef
A small, rocky object that orbits the sun; most asteroids are located in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid
Energy stored in chemical bonds
Chemical Energy
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
Nuclear Energy
The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Water Cycle
The change from a gas to a liquid
Condensation
Heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
Radiation
A thin disc of small ice and rock particles surrounding a planet
Ring
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Scavenger
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Decomposer
sixth planet from sun with many rings
Saturn
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
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
A state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.
Liquid
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
The name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Terrestrial Planets
A measure of the amount of matter in an object
Mass
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
An ability to cause a change or do work.
Energy
Process by which organisms use energy from sunlight to make their own food
Photosynthesis
A consumer that eats only plants.
Herbivore
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
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 amount of space something takes up
Volume
Energy from the sun
Solar Energy
A gas that is brought into the body by the respiratory system.
Oxygen
tides with minimum daily tidal range that occur during the first and third quarters of the moon
Neap Tides
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 environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
Habitat
Stored Energy
Potential Energy
A measure of the force of gravity on an object
Weight
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 relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Mutualism
Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
Biotic Factor
Severe tides that occur during Full and New Moons
Spring Tides
A large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
Gas Giant
An animal that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
Parasitism
A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
Temperature
3rd planet from sun; has an atmosphere that protects life & surface temp.'s that allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, & gas
Earth
Tiny, one celled organisms found in water that break down organic matter
Bacteria
Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
Erosion
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 state of matter with no definite shape or volume
Gas
The rule stating energy cannot be created or destroyed
Law of Conservation of Energy
A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume
Solid
An organism that can make its own food.
Producer
Smallest planet is closest to sun; does not have a true atmosphere; has extreme hot and cold temperatures
Mercury
8th from the sun, no atmosphere, furthest out, high methane content, has the great dark spot
Neptune
A living thing
Organism
Fourth planet from the sun is known as red planet because of oxidation
Mars
An instrument used to measure temperature
Thermometer
Anything that has mass and takes up space
Matter
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 community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
Food Web
A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited
Commensalism
he change of a liquid to a gas
Evaporation
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