🦖 DINOSAUR DETECTIVES
What scientist studies dinosaurs and fossils?
Paleontologist
What scientist studies weather?
Meteorologist
Name one living thing you found during the scavenger hunt.
Plant or Animal
What is chemistry?
The study of matter and how it changes.
What is the name of the galaxy where our Solar System is located?
The Milky Way
What does a carnivore eat?
Meat
What is weather?
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
Name one nonliving thing you found outside.
Rock, water, soil, etc.
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas.
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What is a fossil?
The preserved remains or evidence of ancient life
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather changes daily. Climate is the usual weather over many years
What is a habitat?
A place where a plant or animal lives.
What are the tiny building blocks of matter called?
Atoms
What force keeps the planets orbiting the Sun?
Gravity
What does extinct mean?
No longer Living
Name TWO tools meteorologists use
Name two things every living thing needs.
When two or more atoms join together, what do they form?
A molecule
What scientist studies space?
A. Paleontologist
B. Meteorologist
C. Astronomer
D. Chemist
Astronomer
What is the leading theory for why dinosaurs disappeared?
A giant asteroid hit Ea
What natural disaster includes flooding?
Tsunami
Hurricane
Why do scientists make observations instead of guessing?
To collect evidence and make accurate conclusions.
Which one is a chemical change?
A. Ice melting
B. Tearing paper
C. Frying an egg
D. Breaking a pencil
Frying an egg
You are planning a trip through our Solar System.
Match the place with the correct description:
Descriptions: