Nature of Science
Life Science
Earth & Space Science
Physical Science
Mixed Bag
100

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 VARIABLE?

100

A characteristic of an organism that increases its chances of survival in its environment.

What is ADAPTATION?

100
An irregulary shaped rocky or metallic object that orbits the Sun and is much smaller than a planet.

What is ASTEROID?

100
Forces that are unequal in size and may or may not be opposite in direction. 

What is UNBALANCED FORCES?

100

An object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun.

What is COMET?

200

An explanation based on evidence that is not directly observed.

What is a INFERENCE?

200

An organism that produces its own food.

What is PRODUCER?

200

The process by which water is changed from a gas (water vapor) to a liquid.

What is CONDENSATION?

200

Process by which substances are changed into different substances with different properties.

What is CHEMICAL CHANGE?
200

A species whose population is so small that it is in danger of extinction.

What is ENDANGERED SPECIES?

300

A term used to describe the certainty of data or results of an investigation or experiment.

What is VALID?

300

An animal that obtains nutrients only from plants

What is HERBIVORE?

300

The process by which rock, soil, and other weathered earth materials are moved from one place to another.

What is EROSION?

300
To force away or apart.

What is REPEL?

300

The amount of space an object or substance occupies.

What is VOLUME?

400

A statement that tells what an investigation showed, based on observations and data.

What is CONCLUSION?

400

A pre-adult insect undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.

What is NYMPH?

400
A type of rock that forms from cooled magma or lava.

What is IGNEOUS ROCK?

400

A force that opposes motion through direct contact.

What is FRICTION?

400

Anything that takes up space and has mass.

What is MATTER?

500
A group in an experiment that serves as a reference for comparison to the experimental group; group that is untreated by the factor being tested.

What is CONTROL GROUP?

500

An animal that has a backbone.

What is VERTEBRATE?

500

A climate zone near the equator characterized by warm temperatures.

What is TROPICAL ZONE?

500

To transmit heat, sound or electricity through a medium.

What is CONDUCT?

500

The process by which rocks and other surfaces are broken down.

What is WEATHERING?
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