EARTH/SPACE
A SPINNING MOTION AROUND AN AXIS.
WHAT IS ROTATION?
THE CHART WHERE ALL KNOWN ELEMENTS ARE ORGANIZED.
WHAT IS THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS?
A SERIES OF STEPS THAT SCIENTISTS USE TO PROBLEM SOLVE.
WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT.
WHAT IS MASS?
A SUBSTANCE WITH A pH LESS THAN 7.
WHAT IS AN ACID?
THESE PLANETS ARE SMALL, ROCKY, AND HAVE FEW MOONS.
WHAT ARE THE INNER PLANETS?
A POSITIVELY CHARGED SUBATOMIC PARTICLE.
WHAT IS A PROTON?
A DESCRIPTION, EQUATION, OR STATEMENT BASED ON REPEATED OBSERVATIONS AND EVIDENCE.
WHAT IS A SCIENTIFIC LAW?
A STATE OF MATTER WHERE ATOMS HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND MOVE FAR APART.
WHAT IS A GAS?
THE HEATED LAYER OF EARTH THAT CAUSES TECTONIC PLATES TO MOVE.
WHAT IS THE MANTLE?
THIS TYPE OF TIDE OCCURS DURING A FULL MOON OR A NEW MOON.
WHAT ARE SPRING TIDES?
TWO OR MORE ELEMENTS THAT ARE BONDED TOGETHER.
WHAT IS A COMPOUND?
AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP THAT IS CHANGED BY THE SCIENTIST.
WHAT IS THE INDEPENDENT OR TEST GROUP?
THE MATHEMATICAL FORMULA FOR FINDING THE DENSITY OF AN OBJECT.
WHAT IS DENSITY = MASS / VOLUME?
A TYPE OF ROCK THAT FORMS IN LAYERS OVER MANY YEARS.
WHAT IS SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
WHEN THE EARTH, MOON, AND SUN ARE ALIGNED SO THAT THE MOON BLOCKS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN.
WHAT IS A SOLAR ECLIPSE?
ELEMENTS ON THE PERIODIC TABLE ARE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THIS.
WHAT IS ATOMIC NUMBER?
THIS VARIABLE IS FOUND ON THE Y-AXIS OF DATA GRAPHS.
WHAT IS THE DEPENDENT, OUTCOME, OR RESPONDING VARIABLE?
A PURE SUBSTANCE MADE OF ONLY ONE TYPE OF ATOM.
WHAT IS AN ELEMENT?
THE PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION OF GENETIC CODE; WHAT A GENE “LOOKS LIKE”.
WHAT IS A PHENOTYPE?
THE LARGEST TYPE OF GALAXY.
WHAT IS AN ELLIPTICAL GALAXY?
THE CHEMICAL FORMULA FOR TABLE SALT.
WHAT IS NaCl?
ONE SCIENTIST DOES THE SAME EXPERIMENT AS ANOTHER IN ORDER TO VERIFY THAT THE DATA IS ACCURATE.
WHAT IS REPLICATION?
6CO2 + 6H2O + LIGHT ENERGY → C6H12O6 + 6O2
WHAT IS THE FORMULA FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
THIS CAUSES GRADUAL CHANGES IN A POPULATION TO PRODUCE A NEW SPECIES. OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ‘SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST”.
WHAT IS NATURAL SELECTION?