ASTRONOMY
CHEMISTRY
ENVIRONMENTAL
WEATHER
SCIENCE SKILLS
100
Heliocentric
What is the name of Galileo's discovery of the way our planet revolves around the Sun?
100
pH 7
What is the pH number of a neutral substance?
100
A group of the same species living in a given area
What is a population?
100
The layer of the atmosphere where our weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
100
a "constant" in an experiment, or procedure or material that is kept the same
What is another name for a control?
200
The tilt of the Earth
What is the reason for the seasons?
200
Examples are pH paper, litmus paper, and red cabbage juice
What is an indicator?
200
A living thing that helps break down the nutrients of a no longer living organism
What is a decomposer?
200
The curving of the wind because of the Earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
200
Communicating Results (of an experiment)
What is the last step of the Scientific Method?
300
Because of gravity and inertia
What is the reason that our Earth and the moon stay in orbit?
300
This substance dissolves another substance.
What is a solvent?
300
Small aquatic organisms that indicate water quality depending on their population size and where they are found
What are macro invertebrates?
300
An area of weak winds near the Earth's equator
What are the doldrums?
300
Asking a scientific question.
What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
400
A new star that begins to form after nuclear fusion has begun
What is a Protostar?
400
This is the mathematical balancing of chemical equations.
What is stoichiometry?
400
The process of new members joining a population of organisms for better food or survival
What is immigration?
400
This type of cloud forms in layers and often indicates the coming of rain
What is a stratus cloud?
400
A numbered list of what to do during an experiment
What is the "Procedure"?
500
Full, Waning and Waxing Gibbous, First and Last Quarter, and "New"
What are moon phases?
500
heating a solution so that the molecules move quickly and move apart
What is a way to dissolve a solute quicker?
500
An experiment we performed to better understand food chains and predator-prey relationships
What are Owl Pellets?
500
A particle of dirt, smoke, or pollution that water vapor can condense onto to form clouds
What is condensation nuclei?
500
Part of a Lab Report that explains what the experimenter thinks will happen during the experiment
What is a Hypothesis?
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