Scientific Method
This "fancy word" describes a scientist's educated guess or prediction about how something works in nature.
What is a hypothesis?
This state of matter has particles that are tightly packed together.
What is a solid?
This SI unit is commonly used to measure small objects like a paper clip.
What is a gram?
This is the force that pushes against an object moving through air, slowing it down.
What is drag?
These two forces oppose each other: one pulls down, and one pushes up.
What are weight and lift?
These are the clues scientists gather from experiments or observations in nature to understand how things work.
What is evidence?
This state of matter has particles that are far apart and move freely in all directions.
What is a gas?
This SI unit is used to measure the weight of larger objects like bags of flour.
What is a kilogram?
A parachute slowing down a skydiver, air pushing against a car, and wind resistance on a cyclist are all examples of this force.
What is drag?
These two forces also oppose each other: one moves an object forward, the other tries to slow it down.
What are thrust and drag?
These written materials, such as books, journals, and documents, are used by some Indigenous communities to record and share their understanding of nature.
What are written texts?
These are the three main states of matter, including examples like ice, water, and steam.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
These are the units we use in science to make consistent and accurate measurements.
What are SI units?
This force moves an object forward, but it must be stronger than drag for the object to keep moving.
What is thrust?
This is the upward force that pushes objects up in a fluid like water.
What is buoyancy?
This type of knowledge is passed down orally from elders and includes practical skills, spiritual beliefs, and ecological wisdom.
What is traditional knowledge?
This is the fundamental building block of matter.
What is an atom?
This property tells us how easily a substance can be squeezed into a smaller volume.
What is compressibility?
This upward force helps an object rise off the ground and stay in the air.
What is lift?
This property measures how much mass is in a given volume and determines whether something sinks or floats.
What is density?
Indigenous cultures use these, such as art, symbols, and drawings, to represent and communicate their understanding of natural phenomena.
What are visual representations?
This property measures how much matter is packed into a certain volume.
What is density?
There are this many millilitres in a litre.
What is 1,000?
These are the four main forces that act on a flying object.
What are lift, weight, thrust, and drag?
1. These resources can be replaced or used again, such as sunlight, wind, or water.
2. These resources take millions of years to form and can't be replaced easily, like coal or oil.
1. What are renewable resources?
2. What are non-renewable resources?