Science Skills
Physical Science
Earth Science
Life Science
Mystery Questions
100
One of the beginning steps of the scientific method, also known as an educated guess.
What is a hypothesis
100
Anything that makes matter move or change. Also can be described as the ability to do work.
What is energy
100
The center layer of the earth
What is the core
100
The smallest unit of life, or the smallest part of your body
What is a cell
100
Energy of motion
What is kinetic energy
200
The information that you collect in an experiment is called this.
What is data
200
The change in speed over time.
What is acceleration
200
When rocks break down or wear away.
What is erosion
200
The traits and characteristics you get from your parents are passed down through this
What is DNA or genes
200
The variable in your experiment that you change
What is an independent variable
300
When you ignore part of your experiment or leave out information based on your personal opinion.
What is bias
300
The smallest unit of matter that cannot be broken down further
What is an atom
300
A planet made of mostly gas, also called a gas giant
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and/or Neptune
300
The type of biome that has a lot of rain and has warm temperatures
What is a rain forest
300
The amount of mass per volume
What is density
400
The type of graph or chart you would show to represent percentages.
What is a pie chart
400
The force that all objects exert on each other
What is gravity
400
When two plates of the earth slide past each other.
What is a transform plate boundary
400
The idea that populations of organisms change over time
What is evolution
400
The interaction between organisms where one organism eats the other
What is predation
500
A tall skinny measuring device used in a lab to measure liquids
What is a graduated cylinder
500
When energy travels from one place to another- for example light or sound travels in this form
What is a wave
500
The continual cycling of heat in the earth's mantle, where hot molten rock rises and then cools and sinks
What is convection currents
500
The part of a plant cell that allows photosynthesis to happen
What is a chloroplast
500
The path that an object takes when it revolves around another object
What is an orbit
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