Biology
What is soil made up of?
minerals, dead organic material, air, water, and living things
What is the force that keeps everything "glued" to the ground?
gravity
What is the tool that you can hold in your hand that allows you to look more closely at objects?
Hand Lens or Magnifying Glass
What is a hard chunk of opaque mineral called?
rock or stone
How many milliliters in a liter?
1,000
What leaf-type is an oak leaf?
lobed
What is the invisible area around a magnet called within which the force of magnetism works?
magnetic field
What tool helps you determine the weight of an object?
a scale
What are minerals that are geometric in shape and often translucent or transparent called?
crystals
How many centimeters in a meter?
100
What are the parts of a leaf?
petiole, vein, blade, tip
What is the type of energy we use everyday with things like computers, phones, flashlights, etc.?
electricity
What tool that sits on a desk or bench allows you to look even closer at an object than a hand lens can?
Microscope
What are the layers of soil?
humus, topsoil, subsoil, bedrock
How many meters in a kilometer?
1,000
What is it called when an animal goes into deep sleep during the winter?
hibernation
What is a slanted surface that gravity can pull an object down called?
slope
What tool helps us find out the temperature of an object, person, or the air?
thermometer
What is the core of the earth made of?
Molten metals such as iron and nickel.
If it was 30 degrees Fahrenheit in the daytime and it dropped 40 degrees by nighttime, what is the temperature at night?
-10 degrees
What is a living thing that eats both meat and vegetation called?
omnivore
What is the difference between gravity and magnetism?
magnetism both attracts and repels depending on the poles of the magnetic object/s
gravity always attracts objects with less mass to objects with more mass
How should we treat science tools in indoor and outdoor classrooms?
In the manner specified by Mr. Thurman which is: correctly, safely, and respectfully!
What are the huge plates just under the surface of the Earth that shift changing the features of the planet?
Tectonic Plates
If you threw a ball 5 meters, how many centimeters did the ball go?
500 cm