Science: History, Inquiry, Method, Results, Analysis
The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experimentation in order to formulate general laws
What is SCIENCE?
The branch of science that deals with the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
What is ASTRONOMY?
The smallest chemical unit of matter
What is the ATOM?
The smallest unit of life
What is a CELL?
Organs for taking oxygen from water
What are GILLS?
The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances
What is SPONTANEOUS GENERATION?
The preserved remains of a once-living organism
What is a FOSSIL?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is MATTER?
An organism that breaks down the dead remains of other organisms
What is a DECOMPOSER?
The production of visible light by living organisms
What is BIOLUMINESCENCE?
An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question
What is HYPOTHESIS?
The study of weather
What is METEOROLOGY?
In Physics, the study of motion
What is MECHANICS?
The study of living organisms
What is BIOLOGY?
The surface ocean layer extending down to 200m
What is the SUNLIGHT LAYER or EPIPELAGIC LAYER?
An aspect of an experiment that changes during the course of the experiment
What is the EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLE?
A force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air molecules
What is AIR PRESSURE?
A device that either multiplies or redirects a force
One of the main sources of food energy for most animals and are made up of simple sugars
What are CARBOHYDRATES?
An important group of marine bacteria that can photosynthesize at great rates and transform nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into molecules that other living things can use
What are CYANOBACTERIA or BLUE-GREEN ALGAE?
What is PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION?
The major layers of the Earth
What are INNER CORE, OUTER CORE, MANTLE, and CRUST?
Cooking an egg is an example of what type of change
What is a CHEMICAL CHANGE?
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of the sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
Example of Cartilaginous fish that move their tails from side to side, they have mouths located on their underside, they have rows of teeth and breathe using gills
What are SHARKS?