Physical Science
This force causes a ship's iron anchor to sink to the ocean floor when it is released overboard.
What is gravity?
A structure which consists ofm multiple atoms.
What is a molecule?
A very large cluster of stars (tens of millions to trillions of stars), bound together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
The amount of matter in an object, measured in grams (milligrams, kilograms, anything with grams at the end).
What is mass?
A fundamental substance that cannot be broken into simpler substances by chemical or physical processes.
What is an element?
The process by which plants, and some protists and bacteria use light energy, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
These change every day based on the alignment of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
What are tides?
The total set of forces acting on an object.
What is "Net Force?"
The law that states "matter cannot be created or destroyed."
What is "The Law of Conservation of Mass?"
A primitive kind of cell containing no nucleus or organelles.
What is prokaryote?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
The theory that convection in the mantle drives movement in the Earth's crust.
The region of Earth which does not experience seasons.
What is the Tropical Zone?
mass divided by volume =
What is density?
The organelle responsible for providing energy (ATP) through respiration.
What is a mitochondrion?
This is the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance.
What is temperature?
On Earth, the amount of energy possible based on mass and height.
What is Gravitational Potential Energy?
Not capable of being dissolved.
What is insoluble?
In sexual reproduction, this process of cell division creates cells with half the number of chromosomes.
What is meiosis?
A geological principle that states that layers of sedimentary rocks are formed on top of older layers.
What is superposition?
A rock that has changed from another rock because of heat, pressure, or a chemical reaction.
What is metamorphic rock?