Physical Science
What is the smallest unit of matter?
what is atom
Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
troposphere?
What is the basic unit of life?
cell
A characteristic passed from parents to offspring is called what?
inherited trait
What is an educated guess that can be tested?
What is a hypothesis?
Which subatomic particle has a positive charge?
What is a proton?
What causes day and night?
What is Earth’s rotation?
What green pigment allows plants to make food?
What is chlorophyll?
A behavior learned through experience is called what?
learned behavior
What is the factor that you purposely change in an experiment?
What is the independent variable?
What type of change forms a new substance?
What is a chemical change?
What are the three main types of rocks?
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
What process do plants use to make food from sunlight?
What is photosynthesis?
Which allele always shows when present — dominant or recessive?
dominant
What is the factor you measure or observe?
What is the dependent variable?
What type of energy is stored energy?
potential energy
List the four main stages of the water cycle
What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection?
What type of organism breaks down dead material?
What is a decomposer?
If a child’s genotype is Hh, which trait shows?
dominant
What is the group that doesn’t receive the experiment’s treatment?
What is the control group?
What is the process of heat transfer through direct contact?
conduction
Name the layers of Earth from the inside out.
What are the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust?
What is a group of living and nonliving things interacting together?
ecosystem
What is the term for the physical appearance of a trait?
What is phenotype?
What do scientists do after collecting and analyzing data?
What is draw a conclusion?