Scientific Methods
This is the first step of the scientific method, where you identify a problem or phenomenon to investigate.
What is asking a question?
This is the theory that Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.
What is continental drift?
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
This table organizes all known elements by atomic number and properties.
What is the periodic table?
These are the basic structural and functional units of all living organisms.
What are cells?
This step involves making a testable prediction that can be examined through experimentation.
What is forming a hypothesis?
These are large, rotating tropical storm systems that form over warm ocean waters.
What are hurricanes?
This is the rate at which velocity changes over time.
What is acceleration?
This type of bond involves the sharing of electrons between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This process allows plants to convert sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
These are variables in an experiment that must remain the same to ensure a fair test.
What are controlled variables (or constants)?
This is the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
This type of energy is stored due to an object's position or condition.
What is potential energy?
The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is, with this number being neutral.
What is 7?
DNA is found in this part of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
After analyzing the data collected from an experiment, this step involves determining if the hypothesis was supported or not.
What is drawing a conclusion?
This type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
The unit used to measure electric current.
What is the ampere (amp)?
These substances speed up chemical reactions without being used up.
What are catalysts?
Organisms that make their own food using sunlight or chemicals.
What are producers or autotrophs?
This type of variable is the one that is measured or observed in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
This is when the moon is shrinking between a full moon and half moon.
What is wanning gibbous?
Light bends when it passes from one medium to another due to this phenomenon.
What is refraction?
A chemical reaction that absorbs heat from its surroundings.
What is an endothermic reaction?
This system in the human body is responsible for transporting blood, oxygen, and nutrients.
What is the circulatory system?