SOL Science Review #1

Scientific Investigations

100

The variable the experimenter manipulates in an experiment 

What is INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?

200

What variable remains the same in an experiment? 

What is CONSTANT?

300

What tool is used to determine the mass of an object?

What is BALANCE?

400

What is the variable being measured in an experiment?

What is DEPENDENT VARIABLE?

500

What is used to make an observation?

What is 5 SENSES?

Force & Motion

100

The energy of motion

What is KINETIC ENERGY?

200

The higher an object is, the more __________ energy it has.

What is POTENTIAL?

300

Which has more potential energy - a skier on the top of a slope, or the skier half way down the slope?

What is SKIER ON TOP OF SLOPE?

400

True or false: A moving object always has kinetic energy. 

What is TRUE?

500

Force is any _____ or _____.

What is PUSH or PULL?

Electricity

100

A circuit with only one path

What is SERIES CIRCUIT?

200

If the circuit is _______ (closed or open), electricity cannot flow.

What is OPEN?

300

A circuit with more than one path

What is PARALLEL CIRCUIT?

400

Rubbing a balloon on someone's hair creates ________ ________. 

What is static electricity? 

500

If I turn off the lights, and others remain on, what type of circuit is in the room?

What is PARALLEL?

Plants

100

What is released during photosynthesis?

What is OXYGEN?

200

What is the male part of the flower that produces pollen?

What is ANTHER?

300

What is the female part of the flower called where pollen sticks?

What is STIGMA?

400

Name a plant that produces with spores, not seeds.

What is MOSS/FERNS?

500

What part of the plant attracts pollinators like bees?

What is FLOWER?

Ecosystems

100

Provide an example of a behavioral adaption. 

Answers will vary (migration, hibernation, camouflage)

200

I see a group of geese crossing the street. Am I looking at a population or a community?

What is POPULATION?

300

Provide an example of a structural adaptation. 

Answers will vary

400

A plant eater

What is HERBIVORE?

500

Plants that produce their own food

What is PRODUCER?