Vocabulary
A group of students is exploring the causes of changes in the physical structure of a forest ecosystem. Each student in the group makes a prediction of how changes will impact the ecosystem. The students have each...
formed a hypothesis
The appearances of an object mass, magnetism, physical state, relative density, solubility and the ability to conduct or insulate heat...
Physical property
True or False: All mixtures are also solutions
False. All solutions are mixtures, but not all mixtures are solutions.
The shape of a bird's beak is a body structure that the bird has at birth, this structure is a/an
A inherited trait
Students notice that an object changes position and motion when it is pushed or pulled. The students are making....
an observation
In a food web or food chain, all energy begins from...
The sun
How would you separate a mixture of sand and iron filings?
When danger approaches, a black bear mother will send a warning call to her cubs. The cubs will then climb a tree, this behavior is...
A learned behavior
Rock, gravel, sand, dirt is an example of...
Sediment
This will allow heat or electricity to pass through it easily.
Conductor
A beaker contains a mixture of sand, salt, gravel and iron filings. Which substances are not soluble in water? Which are?
ARE: Salt
Aquired trait example
See student responses for decision
The part of the mixture in which other substances are dissolved.
Solvent
Arrows in a food chain or food web represent....
The flow of energy. Arrows always show the direction of the energy as it is transferred from one organism to another.
When something, usually a solid is added to a liquid and it "disappears."
Solution
Tundra animals have adaptations such as thick coats that allow them to survive in the vast tundra. Musk ox have a thick fur coat...
to insulate from the cold tundra wind and water