6th Grade TEKS
This state of matter has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container.
What is a liquid?
This plant cell organelle contains chlorophyll and is the primary site of photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
In the periodic table, elements in the same vertical column share similar chemical properties and are called this.
What is a group (or family)?
in biology, DNA replication occurs during this phase of the cell cycle, prior to mitosis.
What is Interphase (or S phase)?
In an experiment, the variable that is intentionally changed or manipulated by the scientist is called this.
What is the independent variable?
Thermal energy transferred through direct contact between solids is called this.
What is conduction?
The system responsible for carrying oxygen and nutrients through blood vessels to all body cells is called this.
What is the circulatory system?
This subatomic particle carries a neutral charge and is located inside the atomic nucleus.
What is a neutron?
In chemistry, a solution with a pH value of 3 is classified as this.
What is an acid (or acidic)?
A testable statement that predicts the outcome of an experiment is known as this.
What is a hypothesis?
An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion due to this property.
What is inertia?
This type of reproduction requires only one parent and produces offspring genetically identical to the parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
According to Newton's Second Law, if force remains constant and mass increases, acceleration does this.
What is decrease?
In physics, the rate at which work is done or energy is transformed is measured in Watts and called this.
What is power?
When measuring liquid volume in a graduated cylinder, you read the measurement at the bottom of this curved surface.
What is the meniscus?
Minerals are classified using this scale, which ranks hardness from 1 (talc) to 10 (diamond).
What is the Mohs Hardness Scale?
The turgor pressure in a plant cell decreases when the cell loses water, causing the plant to do this.
What is wilt?
Plate movement at a convergent boundary where two continental plates collide produces this major geological landform.
What are mountain ranges (or mountains)?
In chemistry, this type of chemical bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between nonmetal atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
Data collected in an experiment using numerical values and measurements is called this type of data.
What is quantitative data?
An organism that makes its own food using energy from sunlight is known as this type of organism.
What is an autotroph (or producer)?
A structural feature, such as a hawk's curved beak, that helps an organism survive in its environment is called this.
What is an adaptation?
High ocean tides that occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align in a straight line during full and new moons are called this.
What are spring tides?
In biology, the process by which messenger RNA is synthesized from a DNA template in the nucleus is called this.
What is transcription?
To ensure that observed results are due only to the independent variable, all other potential factors must be kept as these.
What are constants (or controlled variables)?