Scientific Tools
Vocabulary
Electricity & Magnetism
Rocks, Erosion & Weathering
Plants and Animals in their Habitats
100
This tool is used to measure the volume of liquids
What is a graduated cylinder?
100
A closed path for electricity to flow from one point to another.
What is a circuit?
100
The flow of electrons from one point to another.
What is electricity?
100
Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic
What are the three major types of rocks?
100
These are at the the bottom of the food chain and produce their own food.
What are plants?
200
Meters, Grams, Liters
What are the metric units of measurement for length, mass and volume?
200
The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
200
When one bulb goes OFF, other bulbs stay lit in this type of circuit.
What is a parallel circuit?
200
This is caused by rivers or streams or ocean waves.
What is erosion?
200
This is a process for which many plants rely on bees.
What is pollination?
300
This variable is measured during an experiment.
What is responding variable or dependent variable?
300
A tool that detects electric current.
What is a galvanometer?
300
The largest magnet we know!
What is Earth?
300
This has large grains and is made of quartz, feldspar, hornblende and mica.
What is granite?
300
This is transferred from one level of a food chain to the next higher level.
What is energy?
400
These variables do not change during an experiment.
What are control variables?
400
An organism that returns nutrients to the soil by breaking down dead plants and animals
What is a decomposer?
400
This creates current when giant magnets are moved by a turbine.
What is a generator?
400
Chemical weathering proceeds faster in this type of climate.
What is warm and humid (moist)?
400
Plants grow tall so they can get this natural resource and produce their food by photosynthesis.
What is sunlight?
500
Information collected or observations made during an experiment
What is data?
500
Sediment deposited at the mouth of a river where it meets the sea; usually a triangular shaped landform
What is delta?
500
Easiest way to store electricity
What is a battery?
500
These are the 4 main agents of weathering and erosion
What are wind, moving water, ice (glaciers) and rain?
500
Some plants and animals in this ecosystem are the saguaro cactus, sagebrush, jackrabbit and rattlesnake.
What is the desert?
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