Earth Science
Life Science
Physical Science
Scientific Thinking
Environmental Science
100
Rocks that are formed when magma or lava cools and becomes solid.
What is igneous rock?
100
An organism that preys on other animals...
What is a predator?
100
The amount of matter in something
What is mass?
100
Examples: Increasing the height of a ramp will increase the distance a ball will roll. Increasing the height of a ramp will decrease the distance a ball will roll. Increasing the height of a ramp will have no effect on the distance a ball will roll.
What are predictions?
100
Surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives
What is its environment?
200
The length of time it takes the Earth to make one full rotation
What is 24 hours or one day?
200
Has fur or hair, is warm blooded, drinks its mother's milk and has live births
What is a mammal?
200
A change in matter from one form to another, without forming a new substance
What is a physical change?
200
****Daily Double**** Pierre wants to find out if a plant grows taller when given a new fertilizer called EverGrow. He plants seeds in pots and adds the proper amount of fertilizer according to the directions. What else should Pierre do to find out if EverGrow really does make plants grow taller?
What is growing seeds without fertilizer?
200
The Earth's most important energy source
What is the Sun?
300
The angle the Earth is tilted
What is 23.5 degrees?
300
The energy transferred through food webs all begin with...
What is the Sun?
300
A push or a pull
What is a force?
300
Metric unit used to measure mass
What is a gram?
300
nonliving parts of the environment
What is abiotic?
400
In the Northern Hemisphere, why do we have the least hours of daylight in the month of December?
What is the Earth tilts away from the Sun?
400
A chemical process in which plants trap light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars
What is photosynthesis?
400
The energy an object has because of its position or structure
What is potential or stored energy?
400
Tool used to measure mass
What is a balance?
400
the saving of natural resources
What is conservation?
500
Resources that are not replaceable within a human lifespan
What are nonrenewable resources?
500
Many of the same species living together in the same space
What is a population?
500
The energy an object has because of its position or structure
What is inertia?
500
Tool used to measure force
What is a spring scale?
500
Caused by burning coal and other fuels into the atmosphere combined with water vapor
What is acid rain?
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