3. Ecosystems

4. Plants & Animals

5. Food Chains

6. Energy

7. Vehicle Design

8. Forces

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10. 1-100 Soil, water, light, gravel, air, minerals

11. 1-100A 1 - 100 What are abiotic factors?

12. 1-200 The gas that plants release into the air.

13. 1-200A 1 - 100 What is oxygen?

14. 1-300 The study of how living and non-living things interact.

15. 1-300A 1 - 100 What is ecology?

16. 1-400 Anything harmful added to the environment such as fertilizer, acid rain, and road salt.

17. 1-400A 1 - 100 What is pollutants/pollution?

18. 1-500 The four things plants provide animals in any ecosystem.

19. 1-500A 1 - 100 What is food, shelter, oxygen, and protection?

20. 2-100 1 - 100 The word used to describe any plant.

21. 2-100A 1 - 100 What is a producer?

22. 2-200 Animals who eat the remains of dead plants and animals.

23. 2-200A 1 - 100 What are scavengers?

24. 2-300 The relationship in which each organism gets something helpful from the other.

25. 2-300A 1 - 100 What is interdependence?

26. 2-400 Animals responsible for decaying or breaking down parts of dead plants and animals.

27. 2-400A 1 - 100 What are decomposers?

28. 2-500 A synonym for a self- sustaining ecosystem such as our aquaria or terraria.

29. 2-500A 1 - 100 What is a balanced ecosystem?

30. 3-100 1 - 100 The term for what is passed along in the food chain.

31. 3-100A 1 - 100 What is energy?

32. 3-200 To provide the warmth for seeds to germinate and light to grow once they’ve sprouted.

33. 3-200A 1 - 100 What is the role of sunlight?

34. 3-300 Animals that eat plants and other animals.

35. 3-300A 1 - 100 What is a consumer?

36. 3-400 The energy flow from sun to plant to animal to another animal to decomposer.

37. 3-400A 1 - 100 What is food chain?

38. 3-500 A drawing to show energy loss as the food chain moves from plant to animal to animal to decomposer.

39. 3-500A 1 - 100 What is energy pyramid?

40. 4-100 1 - 100 Energy that is stored, ready for release.

41. 4-100A 1 - 100 What is potential energy?

42. 4-200 Kinetic energy

43. 4-200A 1 - 100 What is energy of motion?

44. 4-300 A slingshot pulled back, but not released.

45. 4-300A 1 - 100 What is an example of potential energy?

46. 4-400 For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

47. 4-400A 1 - 100 What is Newton’s Law?

48. 4-500 The energy change when a rubber band is wound tightly and then released to propel a car?

49. 4-500A 1 - 100 What is potential energy that changes to kinetic energy?

50. 5-100 1 - 100 The study of designs that minimize drag.

51. 5-100A 1 - 100 What is aerodynamics?

52. 5-200 The air flow so cars will move faster and burn less fuel, with less friction.

53. 5-200A 1 - 100 What is air resistance?

54. 5-300 The result of more weight being added to a paper clip used in a falling weight system.

55. 5-300A 1 - 100 What is more momentum gained by the vehicle?

56. 5-400 The effect of 20 turns on a rubber band to the distance traveled.

57. 5-400A 1 - 100 What is the vehicle will travel a greater distance?

58. 5-500 Plan, build, test, modify

59. 5-500A 1 - 100 What are the steps needed to design a vehicle to meet a challenge?

60. 6-100 1 - 100 When an object resists movement.

61. 6-100A 1 - 100 What is friction?

62. 6-200 An object at rest.

63. 6-200A 1 - 100 What is inertia?

64. 6-300 A teardrop rolling down your cheek.

65. 6-300A 1 - 100 What is an example of gravity?

66. 6-400 Connectors rubbing against the hubs (wheels) of your vehicle.

67. 6-400A 1 - 100 What is wasteful friction?

68. 6-500 Chains on tires during a snowstorm.

69. 6-500A 1 - 100 What is useful friction?