Interactions

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.  is the buildup of an electrical charge in or on the surface of an object

• static electricity

• naturally-occurring electricity

• human-harnessed electricity

• current electricity

a property of certain types of materials that allows them to attract or repel other objects that have this property.

• magnetism

• physical change

• inherited physical traits

• electricity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

happens when matter breaks down into two or more substances or when more than one substance is combined to form a new substance; it can not be reversed

• chemical change

• physical change

• inherited physical traits

• acquired physical traits

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What is an organism?

• Anything that is lifeless and dull.

• any living thing that carries out its life on its own. It grows and develops, uses energy by making its own food or consuming food, reproduces, wastes, and responds to its environment.

• an instrument use to make music on, somewhat like a piano.

• the fundamental biological unit

What breaks down dead organisms? 

• predators

• decomposers

• consumers

• scavengers

What is a biotic factor?

• living

• nonliving

• dead

• air

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the living and nonliving things in an environment and their interactions with each other are known as an ____.

• ecosystem

• egress

• ecology

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally grows is called a ________.

• ecology

• habitat

• estuary

• carnivore

What is an abiotic factor?

• living

• nonliving

• dead

• animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A student is studying three phases of the Moon. Type a word or phrase in each set of options to explain why the Moon appears to change. *Make sure to separate each word or phrase with a " , ". The lit portion of the Moon is becoming ( larger / smaller ) because the Moon is ( orbiting Earth / moving closer to Earth / orbiting the Sun / moving closer to the Sun ).

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1