GSE.S5.E1
GSE.S5.P1
GSE.S5.P2 & GSE.S5.P3
GSE.S5.L1 & GSE.S5.L2
GSE.S5.L3 & GSE.S5.L4
100

Which key term from Science unit 1 matches the following definition?

A sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. 

Earthquake 

100

A change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition

Physical Change 

100

A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.

Electricity 

100

An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

Organism 

100

Please name the parts of a plant cell. 

Membrane, Wall, Cytoplasm, Nucleus and Chloroplasts 

200

Examples of this include deltas, sand dunes, etc. 

Deposition 

200

Also known as a chemical reaction, this term is a process where one or more substances are altered into one or more new and different substances. In other words, a chemical change is a chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of atoms.

Chemical Change 

200

A physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, resulting in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.

Magnetism 

200

An animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Vertebrate 

200

Please name the parts of an animal cell. 

Membrane, Cytoplasm and Nucleus 

300

A planar or gently curved fracture in the rocks of Earth's crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause relative displacement of the rocks on the opposite side of the fracture. 

Fault 

300

The action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research.

Investigation 

300

A stationary electric charge, typically produced by friction, which causes sparks or crackling or the attraction of dust or hair.

Static Electricity 

300

An animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusk, annelid, coelenterate, etc. The invertebrates constitute an artificial division of the animal kingdom, comprising 95 percent of animal species and about 30 different phyla.

Invertebrate 

300

Examples of these could include Probiotics, Rotifiers, Salmonella and Lactobacillus. 

Micro-organisms 

400

A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.

Volcano 

400

The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

Evaluation 

400

Examples of objects that involve this type of electricity include a wind-up phone charger or a gravity-powered light. 

Human-Harnessed Electricity

400

An example of this type of trait would be your eye color. 

Inherited Traits 

400

Examples of these types of microorganisms would include lactic acid bacteria and yeasts. 

Beneficial Micro-organisms 

500

This term matches both of the following definitions. 

The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

The gradual destruction or diminution of something.

Erosion 

500

This key term could match both of the following definitions. 

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact. 

The act of performing a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something.

Experiment


500

State the two key terms that match the following definitions. There are two different terms, one for each definition. 

Definition #1- A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it. 

Definition #2- A piece of iron (or an ore, alloy, or other material) that has its component atoms so ordered that the material exhibits properties of magnetism, such as attracting other iron-containing objects or aligning itself in an external magnetic field. 

Definition #1- Electromagnet

Definition #2- Magnet 

500

A characteristic or trait that produces a phenotype that is a result of an environmental influence. These traits are not coded in the DNA of an individual. 

Acquired Trait 

500

Examples of these types of micro-organisms would include Salmonella and E. Coli. 

Harmful Micro-Organisms 

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