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23 Cards in this Set
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What is an herbivore?
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A living thing that mostly eats plants to survive
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Describe how weathering changes an igneous rock to sediment.
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Wind can chip pieces of it if it blows it around. Rain and sunlight can break it down too.
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What is habitat?
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The arrangement of food, water, shelter, and space suitable to an animal's needs.
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What is igneous rock?
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A type of rock that forms from melted rock that has cooled and crystalized
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What is weathering?
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The breaking up of rocks into sediments by such forces as wind, rain, and sunlight.
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Name 3 resources that can be found in our oceans.
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Gas, oil, food, jewelry
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What is an omnivore?
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A living thing that mostly eats plants and animals to survive.
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What is a renewable resource?
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A resource that can be replaced in a fairly short time.
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What is a producer?
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One that makes its own food
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Why are natural gas and oil examples of NON-RENEWABLE resources?
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Once we use them we can't replace them - they are used up. It's only a certain amount of it left.
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What is sediment?
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Bits of weathered rocks, minerals, and pieces of dead plants and animals
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What is a primary consumer
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A living thing that consumes plants
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What are nonrenewable resources?
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A resource that can't be replaced in nature
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What is the rock cycle?
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The continuous cycle of changes that rocks undergo.
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Why is it important for scientists to find alternative energy sources such as wave energy and solar energy?
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The resources we use now are nonrenewable resources. Solar and wave energy are renewable resources.
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What is a carnivore?
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A living thing that mostly eats meat to survive.
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What is adaptation?
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A change to a physical chacteristic that allows a living thing to survive in its environment.
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What is sedimentary rock?
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A type of rock that forms when sediments harden.
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What are natural resources?
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Any useful material or energy source found in nature.
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What is a secondary consumer?
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A living thing that consumes the animals that consumes plants
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Why is it important for scientists to find renewable resources for our energy production?
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If they don't find renewable resources, we are going to run out of energy resources.
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What is metamorphic rock?
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A type of rock that forms from sedimentary rocks that have changed by heat and pressure
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What is wave energy?
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Power that is harnested from the ocean waves
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