An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
Habitat
An ability to cause a change or do work.
Energy
A state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.
Liquid
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
Moon phase when all of the Moon's lighted half is visible
Full Moon
An animal that eats other animals
Carnivore
A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
Gravity
Half of the moon is covered; light is on the LEFT.
Last Quarter
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
An animal that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
A small, rocky object that orbits the sun; most asteroids are located in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
Food Chain
A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
Food Web
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Scavenger
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 consumer that eats only plants.
Herbivore
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
A living thing
Organism
An organism that can make its own food.
Producer
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
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Decomposer
A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
Gas
A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume
Solid
The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Water Cycle
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
Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
Erosion
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