Our Sun and Other Stars
Earth's place in the Universe
Evidence of Natural Selection
Characteristics of living things
Engineering and Technology
Gravity
Matter
Patterns of Motion
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This type of galaxy consists of stars, dust, and gas gathered in spiral arms that spread out from a central concentrations of stars knows as the bulge. From above, this galaxy looks like a pinwheel.
What is a spiral Galaxy
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Because of this, the Earth experiences seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis
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A characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment.
What is an adaptation
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Behaviors or responses to stimuli which are related to survival.
What are instincts
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When designing a new or improved technology, engineers follow the ____________.
What is the Engineering Design Process.
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Gravity on Earth pulls all things where?
What is toward the center of the Earth.
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Physical and Chemical ___________ can identify substances.
What are properties.
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This is a push or a pull
What is a force.
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This type of galaxy looks like the central portion of a spiral galaxy without the arms. These galaxies are old galaxies and no longer create new stars.
What is an elliptical galaxy.
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When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, it receives more direct rays of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. During this time, the Northern Hemisphere experiences summer and the Southern Hemisphere experiences what season?
What is Winter.
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This means that the organism no long exist on Earth.
What is extinct.
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Traits that are passed down from parents to their offspring.
What are inherited traits.
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The first step of the Engineering Design Process
What is Define the Problem.
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Gravity is always a __________.
What is a pull.
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Water turning from a liquid to a gas is an example of a _________ change.
What is a physical change.
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A force that slows things down.
What is friction.
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This type of galaxy does not have a distinct regular shape. They are among the youngest galaxies. The are full of dust and gas which means they have a lot of star formation occurring.
What is an irregular galaxy.
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This is when the moon's shadow is seen on Earth.
What is a Solar Eclipse.
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A preserved part or trace of an animal or plant that lived in the past.
What is a fossil.
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These are characteristics that appear during a person's lifetime.
What are acquired traits.
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This is a measurable aspect of a design - things the design must do in order to be successful.
What are criteria.
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The amount of matter an object has.
What is mass.
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When substances are combined and a gas is produced.
What is a chemical change
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When forces cancel each other out. We say the forces are ___________.
What are balanced.
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The force that holds the galaxies together.
What is gravity
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This is the reason that the moon appears to be producing light.
What is the moon is reflecting light from the Sun.
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Finding shells and fish fossils on top of a mountain means that the environment at one time used to be what?
What is an ocean or body of water.
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Hunting is an example of this in lion cubs.
What is a learned behavior.
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___________ are limitations on the design such as, available funds, resources or time.
What are constraints.
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The measurement of the gravitational pull on an object's mass.
What is weight.
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When substances are combined and no new substance is formed is called a ____________.
What is a mixture.
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When an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction, we say the forces are ___________.
What is unbalanced.
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A huge ball of gas that produces its own energy, mostly through nuclear reactions in its core.
What is a star.
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During this phase the sun illuminates the side of the moon that is facing away from the Earth.
What is a New Moon
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These develop over time and help animals survive. They are passed down from generation to generation.
What is an adaptation.
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__________are located on the chromosomes of DNA, these are the instructions, which determines the inherited traits of offspring.
What are genes.
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A testable functioning model of a design.
What is a prototype.
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The force of attraction is ________ unless one of the objects is very large.
What is weak.
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The 2 types of changes matter can undergo.
What is Physical and Chemical.
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An object in motion stays in motion until an unbalanced force acts upon it. An object at rest (not moving) stays at rest until an unbalanced force acts upon it. This is Newton's ____ Law of Motion
What is 1st Law of Motion.
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This motion of the Earth causes different constellations to be visible during different seasons of the year.
What is the Earth orbiting the Sun.
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These space rocks are all related.
Give the names in order
1. A space rock that is bigger than a dust grain but smaller than an asteroid.
2. A streak of light when this space rock enters Earth's atmosphere and starts burning up.
3. A piece of space rock that lands on Earth if it doesn't burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
1. Meteoroid
2. Meteor
3. Meteorite
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The moths that survived the pollution on the trees were dark. This adaptation happened because these were passed down from generation to generation.
What is traits for dark moths.
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Differences in traits, such as nose shape or eye color, in a family are called.
What are variations of traits.
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The term iteration in the design process means this.
What is to redesign as needed.
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Waves in the ocean are the result of this.
What is gravitational pull of the moon.
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Substance A and B are combined. Substance A has a mass of 4 grams. Substance B has a mass of 10 grams. Substance C has a mass of 12 grams. What probably happened to the 2 missing grams?
What is it escaped as a gas.
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Average Speed = Total Distance ÷ _____________
What is total time.