A property of a mineral that describes how easily it can be scratched.
Hardness
100
An animal that obtains nutrients only from plants.
Herbivore
100
Anything that takes up space and has mass.
Matter
100
A substance that an organism needs to survive and grow.
Nutrients
100
The female reproductive structure of a flowering plant.
Pistil
200
Half of Earth
Hemisphere
200
A trait or characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring.
Inherited trait
200
Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments.
Observations
200
The continuous movement of water through the environment by evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
Water Cycle
200
To force away or apart.
Repel
300
* Double Jeopardy *
A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
300
Multiple sets of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation.
Trials
300
The amount of space an object or substance occupies.
Volume
300
A large object in space that is made of gas and produces its own light.
Star
300
A material used to reduce or prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound.
Insulator
400
A pre-adult insect undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.
Nymph
400
The male reproductive structure of a flowering plant.
Stamen
400
** Double Jeopardy**
A climate zone located between the tropics and the polar circles generally characterized by moderate temperatures rather than extremely hot or cold temperatures.
Temperate Zone
400
What type of data is recorded with only numbers?
Quantitative
400
A stage in the life cycle of an insect that occurs between larva and adult.
Pupa
500
A type of energy an object has due to its motion or position.
Mechanical Energy
500
A group of the same kind of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can reproduce.
Species
500
The female reproductive organ that produces and contains egg cells.
Ovary
500
The relative frequency (high or low) of a sound as perceived by a listener.
Pitch
500
A term used to describe a question that can be answered
through an experiment or observation.