SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Which tool is used in order to find the MASS of an object?
Which tool is MOST useful to observe the moons of Jupiter?
c) telescope
Which layer of Earth has the LEAST density?
A tool that can be used to see tiny things like bacteria
What is a microscope?
The name of the fault system that runs through California and where earthquakes occur
Which term BEST describes the factor in an experiment that the scientist changes or manipulates?
a) independent variable
Which material BEST conducts an electric current?
a metal like copper
Which type of rock forms from magma erupting from a volcano?
c) igneous
A consumer that eats only plants
What is a herbivore?
Sedimentary rocks are changed to sediments by
b) weathering and erosion
Which tool is BEST to use in order to find the volume of a liquid?
c) graduated cylinder
What object has the greatest effect on Earth's ocean tides?
b) the moon
In which layer of Earth are temperature and pressure the highest?
a) inner core
A force that pulls us to the center of the Earth
What is gravity?
Which of the following must occur for the sea floor to spread apart?
b) plate movement
How many independent variables should there be when testing a hypothesis?
a) one
Plants are types of living things that make food
What are producers
3 states of matter
Solid, liquid, and gas
This can sometimes occur when an earthquake occurs on the ocean floor
What is a tsunami?
Which layer of Earth is composed mostly of water and different types of rock crystals such as quartz?
Which term BEST describes data gathered from an experiment that is numerical (can be measured, such as length, width, height)?
b) quantitative data
This is the process where plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make food (sugars)
What is photosynthesis
How far does a tectonic plate likely move annually?
a) a few centimeters
We measure temperature using these units
Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin
Which of these BEST describes the composition of Earth's inner core?