Physical Science
A metric unit of mass
What is... Grams
A visual, 2x2 grid tool used in genetics to predict the potential genotypes and phenotypes of offspring from two parents.
What is... Punnett Square
The layer of air that surrounds Earth
What is... Atmosphere
The first step of the scientific method.
What is... Observation
Mr. Salladino's Alma Mater
What is... Vanderbilt
The energy an object has based on its position.
What is... Potential Energy
The part of the cell that is responsible for controlling the cell's activities and containing the genetic material
What is... Nucleus
The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the earth.
What is... the Water Cycle
The variable in an experiment that is being changed
What is... Independent variable
The grandfather of the periodic table
Who is... Dmitri Mendeleev
The process where matter changes state from a Solid to a Gas.
What is... Sublimation
The type of organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients into the environment.
What is... Decomposer
The scientific theory that Earth's solid outer shell (the lithosphere) is broken into several large and small moving pieces
What is... Tectonic Plates
Factors in an experiment that are kept the same across the board.
What is... Controlled Variable
What is... brown
What the atomic number on the periodic table represents
What is... Number of Protons & Electrons
The part of a cell where respiration and energy production occur.
What is... Mitochondria
A rock type formed through the cooling and solidification of molten rock—magma below the surface or lava above it.
A. the method of formation of rocks.
A prediction that can be tested by experiments
The world's largest ocean.
What is... Pacific Ocean
The bending of light as it passes at an angle from one medium to another
What is... Refraction
The basic unit of life.
What is... The Cell
The name given to the supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago.
What is... Pangaea
This phenomenon leads to the warming of Earth's surface due to trapped atmospheric gases.
What is... the greenhouse effect
How you spell Mrs. K's actual last name.
bonus 50 points if you know her married last name
What is... Kakolewski (Koslowsky)