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

What is a Species

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offsping

100

What structure of the cell carries the genes?

What is chromosomes?

100
Mass divided by volume
What is density?
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

What is adaptation

What is ability to adapt to an ecosystem

200

New substances are produced.

What is a chemical change?

200
This is the bending of waves as they pass through a different medium.
What is refraction?
200
cell walls and chloroplasts
What is contained in a plant cell?
300

This is when a scientist repeats his own experiment.

What is repetition?

300

How can we define Evolution?

What is the gradual change over time

300

Newton's 2nd law?

What is F= MA?

300
When a roller coaster reaches the top of a hill, it has its maximum of this type of energy.
What is potential?
300
A tick living on a dog.
What is an example of parasitism?
400
This is when one scientist performs the experiment of another scientist.
What is replication?
400

What is a biome?

What is a large geographic area defined by its climate, vegetation, and animal life 

400

What is the highest point on a wave?

What is the crest?

400
One is a measure of the force of gravity, the other is a measure of matter.
What is weight and mass?
400
Thee passage of genetic instructions from one generation to another.
What is heredity?
500
This is not a controlled experiment, but is used when scientists study organisms in their natural surroundings.
What is an observational study?
500

Unlike weather, which can change daily, this is the average pattern of atmospheric conditions such as temperature.

What is climate?

500

What are the parts of a chemical equation?

What are reactants and products?

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?
M
e
n
u