Scientific Method
Natural Cycles
Water Cycle
100
using your senses and science tools to gather information
What is observation?
100
the smallest particle of matter
What is atom?
100
liquid water changes to a gas
What is evaporation?
200
an educated guess to answer the question
What is hypothesis?
200
a pure substance that can't be broken down it is the simplest form of matter
What is element?
200
water moving from the atmosphere to earth
What is precipitation?
300
the variable that stays the same in an experiment
What is control variable?
300
a cycle between "living", "land", and "chemical" matter
What is biogeochemical?
300
liquid water cools and forms clouds
What is condensation?
400
the variable that is changed in an experiment
What is independent variable?
400
two or more atoms joined together
What is molecule?
400
water evaporates from a plant's leaves
What is transpiration?
500
the variable that responds and is measured in an experiment
What is dependent variable?
500
two or more elements joined together
What is compound?
500
water moves over the land surface AND gathers in a body of water
What is runoff AND collection?
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