Science
This is our home galaxy
What is the Milky Way
This is to carefully examine date by separating it into parts and studying how results are connected.
What is analyze.
A type of rock that forms from cooled magma or lava.
What is igneous rock.
The amount of matter a substance or object has.
What is mass
The process of transferring the pollen from the male reproductive structure to the female reproductive structure to fertilize flowering plants.
What is pollination
A large object in space that is made of gas produces its own light.
What is a star.
This is a group in a scientific experiment that serves as a reference for comparison to the experimental group; a group that is untreated by the factor being tested.
What is control group.
The process by which rock, soil, and other weathered earth materials are moved from one place to another.
What is erosion
Anything that takes up space and has mass
What is matter.
A seed-like structure that produces a new plant (e.g., ferns or mosses).
What is a spore
A system of planets and other bodies that orbits a star.
What is solar system.
An explanation based on evidence that is not directly observed.
What is inference
The process by which rocks and other surfaces are broken down
What is weathering.
A change of a substance from one form to another without a change in its chemical properties.
What is a physical change.
The motion of one object around another object.
What is revolution.
Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments.
What is an observation
A property used to describe how easily a mineral breaks apart along smooth surfaces.
What is cleavage.
Process by which substances are changed into different substances with different properties.
What is chemical change.
An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals.
What is a carnivore
The turning of an object on its axis.
What is rotation.
An event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.
What is a variable
A property of a mineral that describes how it appears when it reflects light
An material used to reduced or prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound.
What is an insulator
All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment.
What is an ecosystem.