Earth & Space
What is thermal energy?
The energy of heat!
What is biology?
What is the study of life? [bio - life]
The chemical reaction C02 + H20 + Sunlight talks about what reaction?
What is photosynthesis?
What step of the scientific method do not all scientists complete?
What is an experiment?
What is the layer of the Atmosphere closest to the Earth's surface?
What is Troposphere?
What are the three laws of motion? You can earn points for this one multiple times!
Law of Inertia - Objects resist change in motion
Law of Acceleration - Force - M x A
Law of Equal & Opposite - Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
What is geology?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What is the term used to describe cell division in cells that create genetically identical cells?
What is mitosis?
What is known as the tested variable in an experiment, and how many will you have?
What is Independent Variable and 1?
What is the force that keeps us grounded on the Earth's surface?
What are the two classifications of planets in our system?
Gas giants - outer planets
Terrestrial planets - inner planets
What is atmospheric science?
Where in the cell is DNA stored and protected?
What is the nucleus?
This variable is the one we measure during an experiment, and is sometimes called the outcome variable.
What is the dependent variable?
What is the Earth's inner core primarily made of?
Iron!
How does thermal energy move from the Sun to the Earth?
Radiation! It doesn't need a medium or material to transfer through.
What is the study of the properties and behavior of matter?
Who is chemistry?
What are the two types of cells that exist?
[3 Parts]
What is an IF, THEN, BECAUSE, statement?
What is wind?
What is the movement of high air pressure to low air pressure!
Conduction requires contact
Convection creates currents
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The study of volcanos is done by?
How do we classify living things?
What are traits or physical characteristics?
What is the difference between repetition and replication?
Replication - Someone else repeats!