Scientific Method
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Objective/Question
How do particles move in a solid?
vibrate
What describes the removal of heat causing a gas to turn into a liquid?
condensation
What is the name for when the sun rays are directly at the equator?
Equinox
What is the biggest factor determining climate?
latitude
Which step in the scientific method includes a list of material needed?
Procedure
What state of matter has particles that flow around one another?
liquid
What is the difference between temperature and thermal energy?
Temperature is the average kinetic energy
Thermal energy is the total kinetic and potential energy
What is the name for when the suns rays are directly on the tropic of Cancer?
Summer Solstice
Citities often have warmer temps than the country because of....
Asphalt, concrete, and metal
If your hypothesis was proven wrong, what should your next step be?
Make a new hypothesis/test again
Which state of matter has particles that will bounce off of one another and float freely?
gas
What is sublimation?
Solid going straight to gas
If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, what is happening on the southern hemisphere?
summer
What are the smallest of the ice masses?
Glaciers
What is an independent variable?
The things we change in the experiment to compare to
If you heat up the particles in any state of matter, how do the particles act?
they speed up/move faster
What are the two types of vaporization?
Evaporation and Boiling
The Earth is tilted on its axis at what degree?
23.5
Ice sheets can be found
at the poles
What is the dependent variable and what is it dependent on?
The variable that changes based on the independent variable
What causes a break in the bonds of particles?
Thermal Energy
Where does the energy transfer occur in evaporation?
on the surface below the boiling point
Why is it always cold at the poles?
The suns rays hit at an angle
What is the process of making clean drinking water?
Desalination