Science Test (4) This test helps the student understand science vocabulary terms as it relates to the world of evolution. Students will be well versed in these terms and can apply them in real life adventures. mstamps1 published on May 11, 2017 Stacked 1/50 Erosion The process by which soil and sediment are moved from one place to another. The process by which water and sediment are moved from one place to another. The process by which soil and sand are moved from one place to another. 2/50 Deposition The dropping of material by water, wind, or wind. The dropping of material by water, wind, or glaciers. The dropping of material by water, dirt, or glaciers 3/50 Constructive Process Processes that build up hard surfaces Processes that breakdown up earths surfaces Processes that build up earths surfaces 4/50 Destructive processes Processes that wear down earth surfaces Processes that destroys earths surfaces Processes that muddy up earths surfaces 5/50 Weathering The breaking down of grass and other rocks on earth surface by wind, water or plants The breaking down of rock and other materials on earth surface by wind, water or plants The building up of rock and other materials on earth surface by wind, water or plants 6/50 Igneous Rock that forms when melted rock heavens up softens Rock that forms when melted rock cools and gets old Rock that forms when melted rock cools and harden 7/50 metamorphic Rock that forms when other rock is chemically changed by cold and ice. Rock that forms when other rock is chemically changed by wind and air Rock that forms when other rock is chemically changed by heat and pressure 8/50 Sedimentary rock that forms from layers of soil and sediment that are pressed and squeezed together rock that forms from layers of grass and sediment that are pressed and squeezed together rock that forms from layers of soil and sediment that are hard to press 9/50 Dissolve to mix un-evenly into another substance to mix evenly into another substance to mix evenly into water 10/50 Filtration the use of a spoon to separate a mixture the use of knife to separate a mixture the use of a filter to separate a mixture 11/50 flotation allowing the parts of a mixture to separate due to different colors allowing the parts of a mixture to separate due to different densities allowing the parts of a mixture to separate due to different relationships 12/50 Sifting Using a screen or sieve to separate solids by differences in the size of their particles Using a spoon or sieve to separate solids by differences in the size of their particles Using a screen or shovel to separate solids by differences in the size of their particles 13/50 chemical change a change in which all of the new types of matter form a change in which one or two new types of matter form a change in which one or more new types of matter form 14/50 physical change a change in which no new substances form a change in which one new substances form a change in which no two substances form 15/50 compound A substance forned when three or more elements combine chemically A substance forned when two or more elements combine chemically A substance forned when four or more elements combine chemically 16/50 element a pure substance made of only one type of atom a pure substance made of two types of atom a pure substance made of ten atoms 17/50 mixture matter made of four or more substances that are physically mixed together but not chemically joined matter made of two or more substances that are physically mixed together but not chemically joined matter made of thee or more substances that are physically mixed together but not chemically joined 18/50 chemical potential energy energy stored in a substance such as food or fuel energy stored in a substance such as chicken and duck energy stored in a substance such as water and milk 19/50 gravitational potential energy potential energy that is due to an objects position potential energy that is due to an objects position on earth potential energy that is due to an objects position on the rector scale 20/50 elastic potential energy energy that is stored in an object by applying a lot of force energy that is stored in an object by applying a force energy that is stored in an object by applying little force 21/50 absortion the process by which some materials take in light energy and change heat to energy the process by which some materials take in light energy and change it to cold to energy the process by which some materials take in light energy and change it to rain to energy 22/50 reflection the bouncing of light off a surface the bouncing of light off a mirror the bouncing of light off the ground 23/50 refraction the bending of light when it lands on one material and falls into another the bending of light when it passes from one materials into another the bending of light when it passes from one material and ignores the other 24/50 producer an organism that makes its own food an organism that eats food an organism that eats other organisms for food 25/50 decomposers an organism that gets energy by breaking down plants an organism that gets energy by breaking down alive organisms an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms 26/50 primary consumer an animal that feeds on meat an animal that feeds on plants an animal that feeds on plants and animals 27/50 secondary consumer an animal that feed on primary consumers an animal that feeds on producing consumers an animal that feeds on secondary consumers 28/50 tertiary consumer an animals that feeds on secondary consumers animals that feeds on primary and secondary consumers animals that feed on primary consumers 29/50 adaptation a characteristic that helps an organism survive the environment a characteristic that hinders and organism survival in the environment a characteristics that doesn't help or hinder an organism survival in the environment 30/50 hygrometer a tool used to measure humidity a tool used to measure air a toolused to measure rain 31/50 anemometer a tool used to measure humidity a toolused to measure wind speed a tool used to measure rainfall 32/50 barometer a tool used to measure air speed a tool used to measure air temperature a tool used to measure air pressure 33/50 rotation to spin on its head to spin around in a circle to spin on its axis 34/50 revolution to move in a free path around an object to move in a fixed path around another object to move around an object 35/50 friction a force when two things run together a force when two things come together a force when two things stick together 36/50 conductor a material which heat or electricity flows through a material in which water or heat flows through a material in which electricity or water flows through 37/50 insulator material that electricity can't flow through material that heat don't flow through material that water don't flow through 38/50 inference an explanation of what you know based upon what you will see an explanation of what you observe based on what you already know an explanation of what to do and what to see 39/50 observation information lost from the senses information gathered with the sense information gained in the sense 40/50 conclusion a statement of what you didn't learn or investigate in an experiment a statement of what to learn and investigate in an experiment a statement of what you learned in an investigation or experiment 41/50 hydrosphere all of the air on earth all of the ground on earth all of the water on earth 42/50 atmosphere a blanket of dust and air that surrounds earth a blanket of air and heat that surrounds the earth a blanket of radiation and air that surrounds the earth 43/50 trophosphere the layer of air where sun the comes from the layer of air where clouds come from the layer of air where weather comes from 44/50 stratosphere the first lowest layer of air on earth the second lowest layer of air on earth the third lowest layer of air on earth 45/50 mesosphere the highest layer of air the lowest layer of air the middle layer of air 46/50 thermosphere the second lowest layer of air the second highest layer of air the second middle layer of air 47/50 exosphere the lowest layer of air the highest layer of air the middle layer of air 48/50 density the amount of matter in a amount of space the amount of time in a place the amount of matter in a amount in outer space 49/50 condensation the process of a gas going to a solid the process of a solid going to a liquid the process of gas going to a liquid 50/50 evaporation the change from liquid to gas the change from gas to solid the change from gas to liquid