6th Grade Science 1
6th Grade Science 2
7th Grade Science 1
7th Grade Science 2
General Science
100
The first AND smallest planet of the solar system.
What is Mercury?
100
The percentage of freshwater on Earth that is accessible to us for using and drinking.
What is (less than) 1%
100
Has a cell wall, chloroplast, one large vacuole and usually boxy or squared shape.
What is a plant cell?
100
The genetic code or information inside the body's cells that helps make people who they are.
What are genes?
100
A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation. Often described as an "if...then..." statement.
What is a hypothesis?
200
The largest planet of the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
200
The closest and the thinnest layer of the atmosphere.
What is troposphere?
200
Process where chloroplasts from plants convert radiant energy from the Sun into chemical energy. How plants make their food.
What is photosynthesis?
200
DNA building blocks, also known as nucleotides, which are represented by A, T, G, C.
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
200
The variable that is changed or manipulated on purpose.
What is independent variable?
300
Earth's seasons are caused by two things: one is its revolution around the sun, the other is Earth's ________________.
What is tilted axis?
300
Heat transfer in the form of rays. For example, energy from the sun.
What is radiation?
300
The acronym IPMAT stands for the phases of cell division found in meiosis and mitosis.
What is Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase?
300
Genes that show up more often, often represented in Mendelian Genetics as a CAPITAL letter.
What are dominant genes?
300
The variable that changes as a result of another change. This variable is measured.
What is dependent variable?
400
Small rock fragments that orbit in a belt shape, specifically in between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid?
400
The property of water that allows water to stick to other surfaces that is NOT water.
What is adhesion?
400
This process of cell division is involved in production of gametes (sperms or eggs) - in other words, sexual reproduction.
What is meiosis?
400
Interaction between organisms where both species are beneficial to each other.
What is mutualism?
400
Things that stay the same in an experiment. In any given experiment there should only be one IV, everything else should remain as ______________.
What are constants?
500
The name of the phase of the moon when the moon is thin and lit up on the right hand side.
What is waxing crescent?
500
The acronym MR CENT identifies 6 forms of energy. Those are...
What is mechanical, radiant, chemical, electrical, nuclear, and thermal energy?
500
Cells will only allow or select certain materials to get through the membrane easily, while others must use special pathways.
What is selective permeability?
500
Describes how some individuals within a population can survive and reproduce in their environment BETTER than others due to having variations of traits.
What is natural selection?
500
The group in an experiment that DOES NOT get tested; it does not receive the IV.
What is control group?