CONPTT and the Scientific Method
Properties of Water
The Water and Carbon Cycles
The Nitrogen Cycle
100
This type of data deals with things that are measurable, like someone's height.
What is quantitative data?
100
Water "sticks" to other water molecules because of this property of water.
What is cohesion?
100
What part of the water cycle is being described in the following statement: "Water condenses from gas to liquid in clouds."
What is condensation?
100
The atmosphere is made up of 78 percent _______.
What is nitrogen?
200
In an experiment, this kind of variable is one that you as the scientist can manipulate or change.
What is an independent variable?
200
Ice floats on top of water because of this property of water.
What is expansion upon freezing?
200
This stage of the water cycle happens as a result of the Sun's energy.
What is evaporation?
200
The process of converting nitrates back into nitrogen gas is called this.
What is denitrification?
300
Name the criteria described in the following statement: "It will occur over and over in the same exact setting."
What is consistent?
300
Water is ______ because it has a negative oxygen side and a positive hydrogen side.
What is polar?
300
Plants take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through this process found in the carbon cycle.
What is photosynthesis?
300
The process of converting ammonium into nitrate is called this.
What is nitrification?
400
Name the criteria described in the following statement: "An element in the world that is not caused by human activity."
What is natural?
400
Less dense things, like a paperclip or a flower petal, may rest on the surface of the water because of this property of water.
What is surface tension?
400
Consumers and decomposers release carbon by this process found in the carbon cycle.
What is cell respiration?
400
Living things cannot use the nitrogen gas in our atmosphere because of their strong _____ _______.
What is a chemical bond?
500
Name the criteria described in the following statement: "Scientific theories are changeable and correctable, even to the point of the theory being proven wrong."
What is tentative?
500
Coastal cities (like Jacksonville) experience greater temperature fluctuations compared to inland cities (like Lake City) because of this property of water.
What is high specific heat capacity OR temperature moderation?
500
Water enters the atmosphere through these two steps of the water cycle.
What is evaporation AND transpiration?
500
Nitrogen gas is converted into ammonia/ammonium through these two methods.
What is lightning AND nitrogen-fixing bacteria?