Nature of Science
The Universe
Stars
What's the Matter
Chemistry 101
100
Process of investigations that resembles science and follows the scientific method
What is pseudoscience?
100
A collection of large and small bodies that orbit the sun
What is the solar system
100
A large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light.
What is a star?
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter
100
The smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still be the same substance.
What is an atom?
200
A testable idea or explanation that leads to a scientific investigation or experiment.
What is a hypothesis
200
Another name for the planets that are closest to the sun
What are terrestial planets
200
What is the biggest star located in the solar system.
The sun
200
What is used to descbribe the amount of matter in an object?
Matter
200
How are all of the elements classified?
What is on the periodic table of the elements?
300
A systematic study of the natural world
What is science
300
A large collection of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy
300
The actual brightness of a star.
What is luminosity?
300
If an object has a mass of 25g and a volume of 2.5ml, what is the density of this object?
What is 10g/ml
300
The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus is also known as what?
What is atomic mass?
400
The name for the obsevation and data on which a scientific can be supported.
What is emperical evidence
400
What unit of measurement is used to measure the distance between planets?
What are light years?
400
The color of the hottest stars
What is blue
400
When determining the density of an object, how can you tell if an object will float?
The object will float if its density is less than 1g/ml.
400
What are the subatomic particles that have a negative charge? (50 bonus points if you can tell where they are located)
What are electrons? (They are located in the electron cloud)
500
The factor of an experiment that can be changed or manipulated
What is independent variable
500
The galaxy in which Earth is located
What is the Milky Way Galaxy
500
What is the difference between absolute magintude and apparent magnitude?
Absolute magnitude is the actual brightnes of a star where it is located, and apparent magnitude is how bright a star appears from Earth.
500
What is a physical property and give at least 4 examples of physical properties.
A physical property is a property that can be observed and measured without changing the identity of the substances. Examples include: Melting point, boiling point, magnetic attraction, solubility, electrical conductivity, and malleability.
500
Calculate the number of protons and neutrons in the element Silver (Ag).
Protons=47 Neutrons=60
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