NATURE OF SCIENCE
A _______________is what we SEE, HEAR, TASTE, SMELL, and FEEL using our 5 SENSES
What is an Observation
How do plants absorb Nutrients?
The Roots
What is the only star in our Solar system?
What is the sun?
What are the Three types of Rocks
IGNEOUS – made from MOLTEN ROCK/LAVA that has cooled and hardened from a VOLCANO
METAMORPHIC – made DEEP in Earth’s Crust with GREAT HEAT AND PRESSURE
SEDIMENTARY – made from PIECES OF OTHER ROCKS that settles to the bottom of LAKES, RIVERS, and OCEANS and form in LAYERS.
What are the three states of Matter
Solid, Liquid, Gas
The ___________ is the last step in the scientific method when you restate the hypothesis and state your findings
What is a Conclusion?
THE _________: Cleans the blood from the intestines and changes food so it can be stored for later
What is the Liver?
_____________ are CHUNKS of ROCK and METAL that REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN
What is an ASTEROID?
What is if difference of Erosion and Weathering?
WEATHERING BREAKS ROCKS!!! Water, Wind, Ice, Plants, and Temperature Changes
EROSION MOVES the rock pieces! WATER, WIND, ICE/GLACIERS, and GRAVITY!!
_________________– Changes its appearance, but stays the SAME SUBSTANCE
CAN be turned back into what it was
__________________ – Changes into a totally NEW SUBSTANCE , Cannot be changed into substance.
Physical
chemical
What is the difference between an experiment and a investigation
INVESTIGATION: Exploring and making observations
EXPERIMENT: when you are TESTING something, and there is a control group.
The skeletal system/ bones
What are the Planets in Order starting from the sun?
what is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What is Weather and Climate
Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time
Climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time.
Give an example of a force
Any answer with a push or pull.
Any factor that can change in a controlled experiment, observation, or model is called ____________________
A Variable
What are the steps of the life cycle of a bug going through incomplete metamorphosis
Egg, nymph, and adult
What do Rotation and revolution measure in space?
What is
ROTATE= DAY/NIGHT REVOLUTION= SEASONS/ YEAR
What are the physical properties of minerals, Name 4.
COLOR – First step to identifying a mineral!
HARDNESS – SCRATCHING or HITTING a mineral (1 is softest, 10 is hardest)
CLEAVAGE – HOW the mineral breaks, jagged or smooth or in thin sheets
LUSTER – How light REFLECTS off of a mineral (SHINY, DULL, GLASSY, WAXY, PEARLY, EARTHY)
STREAK TEST – Rubbing a mineral on a TILE PLATE leaves behind the mineral’s STREAK COLOR
What do Conductors DO?
Allow electricity flow through them, Like metals.
What are Independent and Dependent Variables?
An independent variable is the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable.
A dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment.
What does a food chain Always start with?
The Sun
What are the differences between the INNER and OUTER planets?
INNER PLANETS – CLOSE to the sun, SMALLER, made of ROCK, THIN atmosphere, few moons, no rings
OUTER PLANETS – FAR from the sun, LARGER, made of GASES, THICK atmosphere, MANY moons, have Rings!
Condensation, precipitation, run off, evaporation.
What are the different types of enegery
Heat, light ,sound, chemical, mechanical