Scientific Investigations
Biomes
Universe
Weather
Energy and Electricity
100
A ______ is the first factor that you mean or deliberately change in an experiment; cause.
What is independent variable?
100
Largest biome.
What is marine biome?
100
One revolution of Earth around the sun is equal to one ____.
What is a year?
100
Water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
100
Electricity flows easily through ______.
What are conductors?
200
The _______ the result by changing a variable in an experiment; effect--what happens after a variable is applied.
What is dependent variable?
200
Biome near the equator with warm temperatures, wet weather, and lush plant growth.
What is tropical rain forest?
200
Closest star to Earth.
What is the sun?
200
A ____ measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
Batteries have stored ________.
What is chemical energy?
300
A _____ is a prediction that can be tested; educated guess.
What is hypothesis?
300
Hot, dry biome with very little rain.
What is desert biome?
300
Region between Mars and Jupiter, full of asteroids.
What is the asteroid belt?
300
Boundaries between low and high pressure air masses; causes storms and severe weather.
What is a front?
300
Energy in motion; sometimes called mechanical energy.
What is kinetic energy?
400
A _____ is a standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment; does not change or have variable applied.
What is control?
400
Consists primarily of conifer trees, has a cold climate, & is the largest terrestrial biome.
What is taiga.
400
Region from which comets come from.
What is the oort cloud?
400
_____ causes sunny clear weather. _____ causes high humidity and precipitation.
What is high pressure and low pressure?
400
Direct cause of air movement between areas of high and low pressure.
What is solar energy?
500
A ______ is a set of guidelines or procedures used to make sure your experiment is valid and not bias.
What is protocol?
500
Biome covered in shrubs, prone to droughts and fires, long, hot, dry summers.
What is chaparral?
500
Region that defines the edge of our solar system.
What is the heliopause?
500
Driving force of all weather on Earth.
What is the Sun?
500
Electricity can only flow through a ________ circuit.
What is closed?
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