The Nature of Science
The various conditions in an experiment.
What are variables?
The abbreviation ISS stands for.
What is the International Space Station?
the most common measure of temperature used globally.
What is the Celsius scale?
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
The name of the procedure scientists use when conducting experiments.
What is the Scientific Method?
This is the bouncing of light off an object.
What is reflection?
This is when a scientist repeats his own experiment.
What is repetition?
This is the upper layer of the earth.
What is the crust?
Any substance that can flow and take the shape of its container.
What is a fluid?
an organism that lives on or inside another living organism, like a tick living on a dog.
What is a parasite?
This is the blanket of gas that surrounds the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This is caused by the moon's gravitational pull.
What are tides?
the change in state from liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
This is not a controlled experiment, but is used when scientists study organisms in their natural surroundings. Hint: leads to a hypothisis.
What is an observational study?
The Earth is kept in orbit around the Sun by this force.
What are gravity?
the change in state from solid to gas, skipping the liquid phase.
What is sublimation?