Scientific Terms
Electricity
Branches of Science
Waves
Earth Science
100
the variable that is affected by the change of another variable
What is the dependent variable?
100
material through which an electric current can flow
What is a conductor?
100
The study of living organisms.
What is biology?
100
the distance from one wave crest to the next
What is wavelength
100
a sudden release of energy inside the Earth that sends out waves, shaking the ground
What is an earthquake?
200
A testable idea
What is a hypothesis?
200
material that will not carry an electric current
What is an insulator?
200
the study of a regions atmosphere and weather
What is Meteorology?
200
the response of a body when a forcing frequency matches its natural frequency
What is resonance?
200
A huge mass of loosened soil and rock material pulled down a slope by gravity
What is a landslide?
300
the variable that is changed in each experiment
What is the independent variable?
300
a measure of how much a substance opposes the flow of electricity
What is resistance?
300
the branch of science someone studying cancer falls under
What is biology?
300
when the crests of two waves combine to create a larger wave
What is constructive inerference?
300
the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
400
the variable that is kept the same in an experiment`
What is a constant?
400
the flow of electric charge
What is electric current?
400
the branch under which someone developing a nuclear weapon would fall
What is chemistry?
400
when the crests of two waves combine and cancel each other out
What is destructive interference?
400
rock that forms when melted lava cools and hardens
What is igneous rock?
500
the search for understanding of the natural world using inquiry or experimentation
What is science
500
has two or more paths for electric current to flow through
What is a parallel circuit?
500
the branch of science that studies earth's physical structure and history
What is geology?
500
the part of a standing wave that appears not to move
What is a node?
500
the process in which liquid changes into gas
What is evaporation?
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