Scientific Investigations
Chemistry
Genetics
Weather
Vocabulary
100
Dividing mass by volume.
What is density.
100
Mass cannot be created nor destroyed.
What is Law of Conservation of Mass.
100
A trait that you have learned along the way.
What is an acquired trait.
100
Rain, sleet, and hail.
What is precipitation.
100
These orbit around the nucleus.
What is an electron.
200
The variable that you purposely change.
What is independent variable.
200
Elements in the same group share this?
What is valence electrons or similar properties.
200
Advantage of sexual reproduction.
What is it allows for the organisms to be genetically different.
200
As you travel up a mountain the pressure does what?
What is decreases.
200
Agricultural run-off increases this, which eventually causes lakes or ponds to disappear.
What is eutrophication.
300
When measuring volume, you measure the __________ of the curve of the liquid in the graduated cylinder.
What is the bottom of the curve
300
Which particle in an atom has no electric charge?
What is a neutron.
300
Breeding organisms for a specific trait.
What is selective breeding.
300
What protects Earth form UV rays.
What is the ozone.
300
small rivers enter large rivers
What is a tributary.
400
An "if...then..." statement made at the beginning of an experiment.
What is a hypothesis.
400
The smallest possible portion of copper that still retains the properties of copper is?
What is an atom.
400
A allele that is present in the absence of a dominant allele.
What is a recessive allele.
400
What percent of the Earth's atmosphere is made up of oxygen?
What is about 21%.
400
The total amount of dissolved salts in a given liquid is called what?
What is salinity.
500
On a graph the independent variable is always graphed on the _____ axis.
What is the X-axis.
500
What part of an atom are responsible for the bonding of different elements?
What is the outer electrons.
500
Result of meiosis?
What is half the number of chromosomes as the parent cells.
500
Causes the formation of winds.
What is an uneven heating of the earth.
500
What causes deep ocean currents to curve?
What is the Coriolis Effect.
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