LIFE SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
SPACE SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC SKILLS & TOOLS / CHEMISTRY BASICS
100

This part of the cell controls the cell’s activities.

Nucleus

100

Anything that has mass and takes up space is called this.

Matter

100

This layer of Earth is where we live.

Crust

100

The star at the center of our solar system.

the Sun

100

A tool used to look at very small objects.

microscope

200

Plants make their own food using sunlight in this process.

Photosynthesis

200

This is a push or a pull on an object.

Force

200

Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface is called this

Magma

200

Earth takes this long to rotate once on its axis.

24 hours

200

Substances made of only one kind of atom are called these.

elements

300

This system in the human body is responsible for breathing.

Respiratory system

300

Changing a substance from solid to liquid is called this.

Melting

300

This type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma.

Igneous 

300

This force keeps planets in orbit around the sun.

Gravity 

300

A substance with a pH less than 7 is this.

acid

400

An organism that makes its own food is called this.

Producer/autotroph

A producer is something that makes its own food.

400

This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
It can only change form or move from one place to another.

400

The movement of Earth’s plates causes these natural events

earthquakes/volcanoes

400

A rock that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere is called this.

meteor

400

A prediction based on prior knowledge is called this.

Hypothesis 
500

This molecule carries genetic information in living things.

DNA

500

The speed of an object in a specific direction is called this.

Velocity 

500

This cycle describes how water moves through Earth and the atmosphere.

water cycle

500

This is the name of our galaxy.

Milky Way

500

The periodic table is organized by increasing this number.

Atomic Number 

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