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10. Which of these is a freshwater ecosystem? A) Estuary B) Lake C) Savannah D) Salt Marsh Show Answer

11. B) Lake Back to Board

12. How are fungi, bacteria, and termites classified? Show Answer

13. They are Decomposers Back to Board

14. What is the physical space occupied by a population called? Show Answer

15. Habitat Back to Board

16. A large hawk eats a mouse. How would you classify the hawk in this case? Show Answer

17. The hawk is a predator. Back to Board

18. What is deforestation? Show Answer

19. Clearing a forest for lumber, food, or other products. Back to Board

20. What does the water cycle describe? Show Answer

21. How water flows through the environment. Back to Board

22. Why are bacteria and decomposers necessary for natural cycles? Show Answer

23. They convert nitrogen gas into a form organisms can use. Back to Board

24. Which natural cycle are photosynthesis and respiration part of? Show Answer

25. The Carbon Cycle Back to Board

26. What are the three stages of the water cycle? Show Answer

27. Evaporation, condensation, precipitation Back to Board

28. During what process do producers use energy from the Sun to make their own food? Show Answer

29. Photosynthesis Back to Board

30. Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all examples of what? Show Answer

31. Precipitation Back to Board

32. What is the amount of water vapor in the air called? Show Answer

33. Humidity Back to Board

34. Which type of cloud is shown below? Show Answer

35. Cirrus Back to Board

36. What are the three major climate zones on Earth? Show Answer

37. Tropical, temperate, and polar zones. Back to Board

38. When a warm air mass moves up and over a cold air mass, what type of front is formed? Show Answer

39. A warm front forms. Back to Board

40. The motion of an object can best be described as a change in ______. Show Answer

41. Position Back to Board

42. The forward motion of a shark is caused by which force? Show Answer

43. Thrust Back to Board

44. What is an inclined plane that is wrapped around a pole also known as? Show Answer

45. A screw Back to Board

46. What is the tendency of an object to remain at rest or in motion called? Show Answer

47. Inertia Back to Board

48. Which type of force allow you to stand up from a chair? A)Balanced B) Unbalanced C) Equal D) Opposite Show Answer

49. B) Unbalanced Back to Board

50. What is the process of breaking down rock called? Show Answer

51. Weathering Back to Board

52. What is a bend in a river or stream where the water changes directions called? Show Answer

53. A Meander Back to Board

54. How does land clearing affect soil erosion? Show Answer

55. Land clearing increases erosion. Back to Board

56. A floodplain is flat land near a river. During which process are floodplains formed? Show Answer

57. During deposition. Back to Board

58. What is the degree of change in elevation over a length of land called? Show Answer

59. Slope Back to Board

60. Show Question

61. When rivers erode soil from their banks, soil particles are carried downstream. When the river meets the ocean, the river water slows down and many soil particles settle to the bottom. Over time, this build-up of soil particles forms what landform? Show Answer 302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

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