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Arrows in a food web represent this.
What is the transfer or flow of energy?
100
This is the layer that cover Earth's surface.
What is the crust?
100
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
You would need to do this to count the number of stars in the sky.
What is estimate?
100
Sharpening a pencil and tearing paper change the appearance of the objects. What type of change is this?
What is a physical change?
200
In a food web based on our backyard, this would happen to the number of mice if the number of hawks increased.
What is the number of mice would decrease?
200
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource: wood, coal, or water?
What is coal?
200
This is what happens when light strikes a smooth, shiny surface like a mirror.
What is the light is reflected?
200
You would need to make one of these to check the accuracy of you data during an experiment.
What is a data table?
200
When looking at an air hose in an aquarium, why does the air hose look broken?
What is the light is refracted?
300
This part of a plant is responsible for transporting water from the roots to the leaves.
What is the stem?
300
Biomes are all over the world. This biome is found around Earth's North and South Poles.
What is the tundra?
300
When a person is plucking at the strings of their guitar, this is causing some of the strings to make higher-pitched sounds than others.
What is those strings vibrate faster than others?
300
Marta is planning an experiment about plants. She says, "Plants grow better in sunlight." This statement is an example of what?
What is a hypothesis?
300
Manufacturers often put rubber handles on metal pots for this reason.
What is rubber does not conduct heat as well as metal does?
400
Animals have different structures to help them survive. This animal has forest floor colored fur and strong hind legs that help it survive.
What is a rabbit?
400
Looking at a volcano, a glacier, and a canyon - which is a process that builds up Earth's landforms?
What is a volcano?
400
A wire is wrapped around a piece of iron. When both ends of the wire are connected to a battery, the paper clips are attracted to the coiled metal. What is causing the papers clips to be attracted to the metal?
What is that electricity is making the iron rod magnetic?
400
A scientist is studying the affects of different brands of fertilizer on a plant. In this experiment, what is the fertilizer considered?
What is the variable?
400
Two students wanted to find out which of their toy trucks would go farthest. They decided to let each truck roll down a ramp and then measure how far it rolled on the ground. What condition must be held constant if they want a fair test?
What is the incline of the ramp?
500
A leaf provides these for a caterpillar. (There are two answers for this question.)
What are food and shelter?
500
Earth has four seasons. What is the cause of Earth's changing seasons?
What is Earth's tilt on its axis as it revolves around the sun?
500
A group of students observe cars stopping on a rough gravel road. Then they observe other cars stopping on a smooth, paved roadway. What will they conclude about the cars stopping in relation to friction?
What is the gravel road has greater friction?
500
This is the first step in the design process.
What is define a problem?
500
A pot of water is sitting on the stove. The burner is turned on under the pot. The heat being added to the pot is affecting this.
What is the amount of thermal energy?
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