Across
- 2. _____planet that is sphere shaped orbits the sun but does not clear orbital path. Pluto is an example.
- 5. ________ planets are the first 4 planets from sun and include Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. They are smaller, mostly solid, orbit sun faster, warmer and have less moons and no rings.
- 6. Something traveling the same speed.
- 8. A medium sized star that appears the biggest and brightest from earth because it is the closest star to us and the only star in our solar system.
- 9. The force that causes the earth to orbit/revolve around the sun.
- 10. Anything living (plants, animals and insects)
- 13. A living thing that gets energy from the sun.
- 15. A group of stars that form an image if the stars are connected with imaginary lines.
- 17. The vibration rate or frequency of the sound and is described by how high or low the sound is.
- 18. Two people are playing "Tug of War" and the rope is not moving making the forces _____?
- 21. _________ planets are the last 4 planets from the sun and include (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune). They are bigger, have more moons, rings, colder, made of gas and orbit the sun longer.
- 22. A relationship between two organisms where they both benefit from interacting with each other.
- 24. A relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is uneffected after the interaction.
- 26. ______ surfaces reflect light.
- 27. _____ surfaces absorb light.
- 29. The process of how producers make energy from the sun.
- 31. _______/prey relationship exist when one consumer hunts, attacks and kills another consumer.
- 33. A consumer that eats BOTH plants/producers and animals/insects (consumers).
- 34. A species that is introduced either by accident or on purpose to ecosystem and disrupts it.
- 36. When light passes through a material and bends. Light shining through a prism or seeing a straw appear to bend or break in a glass of water are example of this.
- 37. If you divide the distance something travels by the time it travels you get its ____?
Down
- 1. A consumer that only eats plants/producers
- 3. Breaksdown dead matter and recycles it into nutrients that enrich the soil. Examples include bacteria, fungi and bacteria.
- 4. A dwarf planet that was in the planet club at one point.
- 6. A relationship between two or more organisms that are trying to get food from the same source.
- 7. The earth ________/revolves around the sun one time every year.
- 8. Sphere shaped, center of solar system, made of gas and gives off heat and light. The sun is an example.
- 11. Sphere/Nearly sphere shaped, orbit sun, and clear orbital path.
- 12. ______ surfaces absorb sound.
- 14. The earth ________/spins on its axis one time every 24 hours.
- 16. A food ___ show multiple intersecting food chains to show how energy flows through an ecosystem.
- 19. A consumer that only eats other consumers.
- 20. A relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed after the interaction.
- 23. ______ surfaces reflect sound
- 24. The only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter).
- 25. Sphere or irregular shape, solid and orbits a planet.
- 28. A food _____ shows one pathway that energy travels through an ecosystem from producers to top consumers.
- 30. Another name for the North Star.
- 32. A living thing that has to get energy from other living things.
- 35. The energy sound has and is described by how loud or quiet the sound is.