Nature of Science
This is the process of carefully watching, recording, and analyzing what is happening in an experiment.
What is an observation?
This term describes the path Earth takes as it moves around the Sun.
What is an orbit?
This process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
This force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
What is gravity?
This is an educated guess or prediction that can be tested through experimentation.
What is a hypothesis?
This is the layer of gases that surrounds our planet and is crucial for life.
What is an atmosphere?
This is the organ system responsible for transporting blood throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
This term describes the amount of matter in an object, commonly measured in grams or kilograms.
What is mass?
This is the variable in an experiment that is changed or controlled to test the effects on the dependent variable.
What is the independent variable?
This celestial body is known as Earth's natural satellite.
What is the moon?
These are the basic units of life that make up all organisms
What are cells?
This state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape, conforming to the shape of its container.
What is a liquid?
This is a step-by-step method used by scientists to conduct experiments and make discoveries.
What is the scientific method?
These natural formations on Earth’s surface can be caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
What are mountains?
This is the term for a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.
What is species?
This is the term for the ability to do work or cause change.
What is energy?
This is a rule that describes a pattern in nature.
What is Scientific law?
This is the process by which water vapor in the air turns into liquid water.
What is condensation?
This is the process by which living organisms maintain a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
This principle states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.
What is the law of conservation of energy?