Science Basics
This is the study of non-living things.
What is Physical Science?
All matter has mass and _____.
takes up space / has volume.
This is a property that metals have in common.
What is conductivity/conducting electricity?
Most countries of the world use the metric system. Name 2 that do not.
What is the United States, Liberia, Myanmar
This is the English unit for mass
What is a slug?
This is an observation made using the 5 senses.
What is a qualitative observation?
This is a classification for matter that cannot be separated into any other substance and always has exactly the same composition.
What is a pure substance? (Would also accept element)
This is the state of matter with a definite shape and definite volume.
What is a solid?
This is the numerical meaning for the prefix kilo-.
What is 1,000?
A mile is a Roman unit based on this many paces of a Roman legion.
What is 1000 paces?
This is any factor that changes in an experiment.
What is a variable?
This is the smallest chemical unit of an element.
What is an atom?
This is the state of matter with no definite shape and no definite volume.
What is a gas?
We would use this metric unit to measure the length of a house.
What is the meter (m)?
This physical property of matter means "to resist flowing" or a.k.a. oozy
What is viscosity?
This is defined as a well-supported, in-depth explanation of a broad range of phenomena.
What is a scientific theory?
This is the type of energy an object has due to its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
Baking a cake is an example of causing this type of change.
What is a chemical change?
All metric prefixes indicate a change of this many times.
What is 10 times?
Rust is an example of this chemical property.
What is reactivity? (the ability of matter to combine chemically with other substances to form new substances.)
What is a quantitative observation (numbers and measurements.)
In a sugar water solution, this is the solute.
What is sugar? (The substance in a solution that gets dissolved.)
This is what happens when companies or manufacturing facilities cause heat release in nearby streams or lakes.
What is thermal pollution, death to marine life? (water cannot hold as much oxygen)
This is the mnemonic device used to remember metric unit conversions.
What is King Henry died by drinking chocolate milk?
This was the definition of the Anglo-Saxon unit "ynce" or "inch".
What is the length of 3 barleycorns?