Life Science
Earth Science
Space Science
Physical Science
Scientific tools
100
Something that an animal does automatically
What is instinct?
100
The process by which rocks change into different kinds of rocks
What is a the rock cycle?
100
It is the center of our solar system
What is the sun?
100
Physical properties
What are size, shape, color, texture, weight, smell, flexibility, temperature?
100
You measure temperature with this tool.
What is a thermometer?
200
Structure or behavior that helps an organism survive
What is adaptation?
200
Water, soil, rocks, air
What are the four basic materials of the earth?
200
It produces our 24 hour day/night cycle.
What is the rotation of the Earth on its axis?
200
A liquid changes to a solid
What is freezing?
200
This tool is used to measure the amount of rain?
What is a rain gauge?
300
In a food web, all animals' food begins with this
What is the sun?
300
This is an ingredient of a rock.
What is a mineral?
300
It takes this long for the Earth to orbit the sun
What is 365 days?
300
A liquid changes to a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
This tool is used to measure the mass (weight) of an object
What is a scale?
400
They grow, change, and reproduce.
What are characteristics of living things?
400
Water changes to vapor in the air and reappears as a liquid when it's cooled.
What is the water cycle?
400
The moon goes around the earth and the earth goes around the sun.
What is orbit?
400
This makes it harder to push a heavy object across a rough surface than a smooth surface.
What is friction?
400
This tool is used to measure the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane?
500
A harmless animal adapts to look like one that predators find dangerous.
What is mimicry?
500
The carrying away of weathered earth materials by water, wind, or ice.
What is erosion?
500
It takes about this long for the moon to look the same again
What is a month?
500
Electricity does not pass through this material easily
What is an insulator?
500
This tool is used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer?
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