Scientific Method
Matter & Atoms
Periodic Table
Newton's Laws
Nick on the Rocks
100
A variable that does not change over the course of an experiment.
What is a controlled variable?
100
This is the only subatomic particle not found in the nucleus of an atom.
What is an electron?
100
This man is credited with creating the Periodic Table of the Elements.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
100
F=ma
What is Newton's 2nd Law?
100
This was once the location of the world's largest waterfall.
What is Dry Falls State Park?
200
A scientific prediction usually written in an "if, then, because" format.
What is a hypothesis?
200
These subatomic particles determine the identity of an atom.
What are protons?
200
This woman coined the phrase "radioactivity" and discovered two radioactive elements.
Who is Marie Curie?
200
An object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is Newton's 1st Law?
200
Washington is home to not one, but two of these "effects" that greatly affect our state's climate.
What is the rain shadow effect?
300
The variable that is the outcome, and is measured during the experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
300
These are atoms that have the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons.
What are isotopes?
300
This group of elements is found on the far left of the periodic table, and are known for being extremely reactive in water.
What are the alkali metals?
300
The maximum constant speed of a falling object.
What is terminal velocity?
300
A massive earthquake is long overdue at this tectonic plate boundary off the coast of Washington State.
What is the Cascadia Subduction Zone?
400
The variable that is changed during an experiment to attempt to show cause and effect.
What is the independent variable?
400
Pizza, chicken noodle soup, and soil are all examples of this type of chemical mixture.
What is a heterogeneous mixture?
400
Potassium has this symbol on the periodic table.
What is "K"?
400
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's 3rd Law?
400
This is the geologic term for the accumulation of eroded rock at the base of a cliff, or coulee as seen in this picture.
What is talus?
500
There are this many significant figures in the number 7070
What is 3?
500
This man discovered that atoms have a nucleus after conducting his famous gold foil experiment.
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
500
This element has the symbol Pb for its original latin name "plumbum"
What is lead?
500
The acceleration of gravity is equal to this value. (1 decimal place)
What is 9.8 m/s2?
500
This lava flow is known for its distinct amber crystals, and stretches from 300 miles inland to the Oregon coast.
What is the Ginkgo Flow?