Astronomy
Define Astronomy
What is the branch of science that deals with the physical science beyond Earth's atmosphere?
These are 3 types of graphs you can use to record data
What are Bar Graph, Double-Bar graph, Circle Graph, Line Graph or Infographic?
These are the 3 main layers of the Earth
What are the Core, Mantle and Crust?
This is an example the contradicts a conclusion.
What is a counter example?
This type of membrane only allows SOME things to pass through (like a net)
What is a semipermeable membrane?
Define gravity
What is a force of attraction of two objects due to their masses?
This type of science is motivated by curiosity
What is pure science?
The movement created by the shifting of the continental and oceanic crusts is called this.
What are plate tectonics?
This is an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or the answer to a question.
What is a hypothesis?
Muscle tissue has this function.
What is it provides either controlled or uncontrolled movement in the body?
The colors of the visible light spectrum in order of wavelength and frequency are acronymized as this.
What is ROY G BIV?
What are Red, Orange , Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet?
Explain a double-blind experiment
What are experiments in which neither the experimentors nor the participants know the objects' identities in setup?
The 3 basic types of rock that make up Earth's crust are these.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic?
Explain Operational Science.
What is using observable, repeatable experiments to try to discover truth?
These animals do not have a backbone
What is are invertebrates?
This is the "tail" of a comet, which gets larger as it gets closer to the sun
What is a coma?
All graphs should always contain this, which identifies different sets of data
What is a legend?
This is when the minerals in a rock chemically react to air or water, changing their chemical composition
What is chemical weathering?
In science it is important to keep accurate, legible records of your experiments so that others can ___________ them.
What is replicate?
Organisms that obtain their nourishment from dead organisms are this.
What are saprophytes?
This is the name for the percentage of incoming sunlight reflected from a surface - typically a planet or a moon
What is the albedo?
This is the part of an experiment that never changes.
What is the control?
This is the process of wearing or grinding something down by wind, water or other natural agents
What is erosion?
These are the 5 steps of the Scientific Method.
What are: Observe and Question, Background Research, Construct Hypothesis, Test Hypothesis with experiment, and Analyze results/Draw Conclusions?
These are the 3 main functions of a plant's stem
What are support and produce leaves, conduct water and nutrients to and from leaves and roots, and photosynthesis?