Scientific Investication
This is the metric unit we use to measure LENGTH.
What are meters? (or mm, cm, or km)
This is a push or a pull.
What is a force?
This is anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
A gas that is taken in and used by the plant in photosynthesis
What is carbon dioxide?
I am an animal with no backbone (or other bones, either)
What is an invertebrate?
These things are kept the same to make the test fair.
What are constants?
A person sitting on a sled at the top of a hill has this kind of energy.
What is potential energy?
This is the smallest piece of an element that retains the properties of the element.
What is an atom?
The green material a plant must have in its leaves to make food through photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
An example of a nonvascular plant
What is moss?
This is the tool used to measure mass.
What is a balance scale?
A vibration is the rapid back and forth motion of matter which can result in _________.
What is a sound wave?
The smallest part of a compound that retains the properties of that compound. (Like water)
What is a molecule?
The female part of the flower that has the sticky stigma on top
What is the pistil?
This is the role an organism plays in its surroundings.
What is a niche?
This kind of data includes numbers.
What is quantitative data?
What are transverse waves?
A combination of two of more substances that can be physically separated into individual components
What is a mixture?
This leaf-like structure on the bottom of the flower protects the young bud.
What is the sepal?
Feather, fins, and sharp claws are all examples of
What are structural (physical) adaptations?
The variable that is changed on purpose (*if)
What is the independent variable?
The bending of light rays as they pass from one material to another (1) and the bouncing of light off a surface (2)
What is refraction (1) and reflection (2)?
The 3 main phases of matter
What are solids, liquids, and gases?
The larval form of a butterfly
What is a caterpillar?
This is all the living things in one area living together.
What is a community?