Biology
Matter
Thinking Like a Scientist
Science Riddle
100

It is the most common element in the human body

Oxygen

100

What are the three states of matter?

What is solid, liquid, gas?

100

The number one lab safety rule is to NEVER use this sense unless explicitly instructed by the teacher.

What is taste?

100

I can fill an entire room easily, but I take up zero space. What am I? 

What is light?

200

Plants use sunlight to make their own food through this natural process.

What is Photosynthesis?

200

When you stir sugar into warm tea until it disappears completely, what type of mixture is it? 

What is homogeneous mixture?

200

This tool helps you measure the exact mass of an object in grams.

What is scale/balance?

200

What is a chemist's favorite phrase when they discover two helium atoms bonding?

What is HeHe?

300

These microscopic "building blocks" make up all living organisms.

What is cell?

300

What types of matter are pure substances like gold and oxygen?

What is element?

300

The single factor in an experiment that a scientist intentionally changes to test a hypothesis.

What is independent variable?

300

I am always pulling you down, but you cannot see me. Without me, you would float away endlessly. What am I?

What is gravity?

400

Food scraps like apple cores decompose naturally, meaning they are this type of material, unlike plastic.

What is biodegradable?

400

What type of matter is carbon dioxide?

What is compound?

400

A well-tested, broadly accepted explanation of the natural world based on a vast body of evidence, not just a simple guess.

What is scientific theory?

400

I expand when I freeze, and I float on the very liquid that made me. What am I?

What is ice?

500

I have a nucleus, but no brain. I have a wall, but no doors or windows. What am I?

What is Plant Cell?

500

What is made up of matter?

What is everything?
500

If your experiment goes completely wrong and spills everywhere, a true scientist doesn't count it as a failure. They write down what happened and call it valuable this.

What is data?

500

I am light as a feather, but even the strongest student in class can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?

What is breath? (Like breathing)

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