Scientific method
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is ask a question
This is the name of the planet we live on.
What is Earth?
This is the condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
What is weather?
This is the star at the center of our solar system.
What is the Sun?
This term means the solid parts of Earth, including rocks, soil, land, and Earth's layers.
What is the geosphere?
This is what a scientist does to find out if their hypothesis is correct.
What is an experiment?
This is the hard, outer layer of Earth that we live on.
What is the crust?
This is the average weather of a place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
This planet is the third planet from the Sun and the one we live on.
What is Earth?
This is the outermost layer of Earth where we live.
What is the crust?
These are the facts and numbers collected during an experiment.
What is data?
These are preserved remains or traces of plants and animals from the past.
What are fossils?
This instrument is used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This is the name of the natural object that orbits Earth.
What is the Moon?
This layer is located between Earth's crust and core.
What is the mantle?
This is what a scientist does after an experiment to explain what the results mean.
What is a conclusion?
This process happens when layers of sediment build up and become pressed together over time, forming rock.
What is sedimentation?
This is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is wind?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This layer is found at the center of Earth and is made mostly of iron and nickel.
What is the core?
A student tests whether plants grow better with sunlight or without sunlight. The amount of sunlight is the variable the student changes. What is it called?
What is the independent variable?
This theory explains that Earth’s outer layer is broken into large pieces that slowly move and interact with each other.
What is plate tectonics?
A place near the equator is usually warmer than a place near the North or South Pole because of differences in the amount of this energy received from the Sun.
What is solar energy?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun and keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth.
What is gravity?
These large pieces of Earth's crust move slowly and can cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains.
What are tectonic plates?