Forces & Motion
A push or a pull on an object.
What is a force?
The condition of the air outside at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
A living thing.
What is an organism?
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
What are traits?
This should always be worn to protect your eyes during experiments.
This force pulls objects toward Earth.
What is gravity?
The average weather in a place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
An animal that only eats plants.
What is a herbivore?
A trait that can be seen, like eye color.
What is a physical trait?
You should never do this in the science lab unless the teacher says it is safe.
What is eat or drink?
The speed of an object and the direction it is moving.
What is velocity?
This tool measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
An animal that only eats other animals.
What is a carnivore?
The young of plants or animals.
What is offspring?
If a spill happens, you should do this right away.
What is tell the teacher?
This happens when two objects hit each other.
What is a collision?
Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
A diagram that shows how energy moves from one organism to another.
What is a food chain?
Traits that help an organism survive in its environment.
What are adaptations?
Long hair should be kept this way during experiments.
What is tied back?
A force that slows objects down when they rub together.
What is friction?
A scientist who studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?
All the living and nonliving things interacting in one area.
What is an ecosystem?
Traits that are learned through experience, not inherited.
What are learned behaviors?
This should be followed carefully during every experiment.
What are directions/ procedures?