Vocabulary Quiz
| 1. Rock formed from materials transported and deposited in water. |
| 2. The study of the structure of the Earth, its history, and the forces that affect it. |
| 3. The region where a plant or animal naturally lives. It must include food, water, shelter, and space suitable to the animal's or plant's needs. |
| 4. Organisms that obtain their energy by eating other organisms. |
| 5. A behavior or characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive. |
| 6. The process by which green plants utilize light energy, carbon dioxide, water, and nutrients to produce their own food. |
| 7. Awake and active during the night (e.g., owl, bobcat). |
| 8. The process of breaking down rock by mechanical and chemical forces such as water, ice, and growing plants. |
| 9. The theory that the Earth's crust is divided into plates that move. |
| 10. An environment of any size where living and nonliving things interact. All components are linked together through energy and nutrient flow. |
| 11. An animal that primarily eats plants. |
| 12. An organism that feeds on dead material, causing its breakdown into simpler forms. |
| 13. Rock formed by the cooling and hardening of molten material. |
| 14. The transport of rock by forces such as wind and running water. |
| 15. An animal that primarily eats meat. |
| 16. Awake and active during the day (e.g., lizard, hawk, squirrel). |
| 17. A plant that retains some of its leaves throughout the year. |
| 18. The concept that everything in an ecosystem is related to everything else. |
| 19. An organism (usually a green plant) that produces its own food. |
| 20. Type of rock formed when rocky material experiences intense heat and pressure in the crust of the earth. |