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Scientifically Noted
She Blinded Me With Science Class
The Metric System
Name That Number
100

Felis catus

Cat


100

Scientific Notation deals with an easy way to write very large and very small these

Numbers

100

If you're working in Chemistry or the Life Sciences and you really want to feel like a "scientist", you might wear this article of clothing (that doctors sometimes also wear)

A white lab coat


100

The Metric System is designed to organize units of measurement around this number

10

100

11 isn't necessarily anything special in Science, but it's here in this category because it's an example of this type of number, which is important in everything from computer science to cryptology

(Double points if you can explain the meaning of it)

Prime number

200

Canis familiaris

Dog


200

Scientific notation involves writing a number so that it is stated as a number between 1 and this number

10

200

Science deals with asking questions about things in the Universe and forming these "educated guesses" about what's going on

Hypotheses

(singular: hypothesis)

200

The Metric System is based on the fact that we have a certain amount of this body part used for counting

fingers

200

3.14159..........

π 

(also known as)


300

Tadarida brasiliensis is a species of this type of animal - the name suggests that it's from Brazil, but it's also found in Mexico and hangs out a lot under Austin bridges

Bats


300

In Science, Scientific Notation is used in combination with this system of measurements

The Metric System

(also called SI, or Systeme Internationale, in French)

300

When something has been tested through experiments, we can move on from an educated guess to using this word starting with a "th"

Theory

300

This is the basic unit of volume in the Metric System, and 1 of these of plain water equals 1 kg in mass

(Double points if you can provide the British/French spelling)

Liter

(Litre)

300

These types of functions (equations) deal with numbers that are growing or decreasing rapidly over time - like viral or bacterial growth, or like the way money grows in certain types of savings accounts

Exponential functions


400

Dionaea muscipula isn't an animal, but it does eat animals on occasion - not to worry, it won't starve. It can do photosynthesis also

(Double points if you can name where it's native to [also known as endemic to a place])

Venus flytrap

(East coast of North America, around North Carolina)


400

642,000 could be restated in Scientific Notation as:

6.42 x 105

400

This phrase is just a name for the general process for figuring things out in science (or even in everyday life) using empirical observation (observation based on one's senses)

(Double Points: for naming all 5 senses)

The Scientific Method

400

This is the basic unit of length in the Metric System, based on the Greek word for "to measure"

Meter

400

This "imaginary" number is referred to as the square root of -1, but it's represented for convenience by this lowercase letter

i

500

These animals in the Family Theraphosidae are arachnids with 8 furry legs and are found on every continent on Earth except for Antarctica

Tarantulas


500

0.000007 could be restated in Scientific Notation as:

7.0 x 10-6

500

Name three branches of the Earth Sciences, which are different branches that deal with any kind of Earth-related phenomena

Can include:

[Geology, Meteorology, Climatology, Paleontology, Oceanography, Seismology, Vulcanology, Atmospheric Chemistry, Environmental Science]


500

The Metric System was invented in this country in the 1700s

France

500

1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55...............

Fibonacci's Sequence

(Fibonacci's Numbers)

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