Outdoor Ed Vocabulary Quiz

Rock formed by the cooling and hardening of magma/lava

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• weathering

Rock changed by heat and pressure

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• erosion

Rock that is transported, deposited in water, then compressed into a rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• weathering

Erosion occurs when rock is transported by forces such as wind and water.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process of breaking down rock by mechanical and chemical forces such as water, oxidation, and growing plants (roots)

• weathering

• erosion

• geology

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

an organism (usually a green plant) that produces its own food

• photosynthesis

• consumer

• producer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

an organism that obtains its energy by eating other organisms

• photosynthesis

• consumer

• producer

• The Blob

Match the following

• a behavior or characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive

• carnivore

• an animal that primarily eats plants

• herbivore

• the concept that everything in an ecosystem is related to everything else

• ecosystem

• an animal that primarily eats other animals

• adaptation

• an area with living and nonliving things that interact, all components are linked together

• interdependence

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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A diurnal animal sleeps primarily at night.

• True

• False

A nocturnal animal is awake primarily at night.

• True

• False