The Nature of Science
Earth Science
Space Science
Physical Science
Life Science
100
This is the one variable that you change in an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
100

Rocks formed by heat and pressure.

What are metamorphic rocks?

100

This force attracts all objects toward each other.

What is gravity?

100

The name of the reaction in which energy is released.

What is exothermic?

100
Atoms to molecules to cells to tissues to organs to organ systems to this.
What are organisms?
200
Which variable do you watch and measure throughout an experiment?
What is the dependent variable?
200

This can occur with the movement of tectonic plates along fault lines.

What is an earthquake?

200
This is smaller than a galaxy but larger than a star.
What is a solar system?
200

What tool would you use to remove iron from sand?

What is a magnet?

200

What do plant cells have that animal cells do not have?

What are chloroplasts and cell walls?

300
This is when a scientist repeats his own experiment.
What is repetition?
300

This is the solid outer part of the Earth.

What is the crust?

300
This is the alignment of the Earth, Sun, and moon during a solar eclipse.
What is Earth - moon - Sun?
300
When a roller coaster reaches the top of a hill, it has its maximum of this type of energy.
What is potential?
300

Name two cell organelles

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400

Why would one scientist repeat another scientists experiment?

To ensure data is accurate

400

How long does it take for the moon to a full moon phase cycle?

What is 29 days?

400

This is caused by the moon's gravitational pull on Earth.

What are tides?

400

What is a measure of matter?

What is mass?

400

Name 2 organs from the digestive system

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500

This is not a controlled experiment, but is used when scientists study organisms in their natural surroundings.

What is an observational study?

500

It takes the Earth 365.25 days to travel around the Sun. What is the scientific name of this path?

What is orbit/revolution?

500

The name of the shape that a planet makes around the Sun

What is an ellipse/elliptical?

500
Water boiling is an example of this kind of change.
What is a physical change?
500

Failure of a species to adapt to a changing environment may lead to this.

What is extinction?

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