Nature of Science
Measurement
Matter
Properties and Changes
Energy
100
The factor being measured in an experiment.
What is the variable?
100
Measures solid volume.
What is cm3?
100
solid, liquid, gas, or plasma
What are the states (phases) of matter?
100
mass divided by volume
What is density?
100
The form of energy in fossil fuels
What is chemical energy?
200
The first step to designing an experiment
What is recognize a problem?
200
The best type of graph to represent percentages
What is a circle graph or pie chart?
200
has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
200
a plant making food out of water and carbon dioxide
What is a chemical change?
200
decreases the flow of heat to a cold can
What is an insulator?
300
Must be supported by observations and results from many investigations and are not absolute
What are scientific theories?
300
Unit of measure for mass
What is a kilogram?
300
the sum of the protons and neutrons
What is the mass number?
300
wind and water erosion
What is physical change?
300
The types of energy a blimp over the Super Bowl has
What are kinetic and potential?
400
drawing a conclusion based on what you observe
What is to infer?
400
the SI unit of measurement for temperature
What is Kelvin?
400
located on the far right of the Periodic table.
What are nonmetals?
400
Leaves changing color in the fall
What is a chemical change?
400
Kinetic energy plus the potential energy
What is thermal energy?
500
Used to evaluate the observations you make
What is critical thinking?
500
Unit of measure for liquid volume
What is the liter?
500
Shiny, good conductors, malleable
What are metals?
500
squeezing an orange to make orange juice
What is a physical change?
500
Type of energy used infrared lamps to keep food hot
What is radiation?
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