Cells
Changing Lands
Landforms
Speed
Energy
Energy transfer
weather
Nature of science
Body Systems
Water Cycle
Our World
100

What is the basic unit of life?

Cell

100

What process moves soil and rock from one area to another?

Erosion

100

A landform surrounded on three sides by water is a:

peninsula 

100

What is speed?

How fast an object changes position

100

What is the Law of conservation of energy?

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

100

A pot of boiling water is an example of this:

Convection

100

the study of weather is:

Meteorology

100

An educated guess or prediction

Hypothesis

100

The stomach is part of this:

Digestive system

100

When water changes into a gas

Evaporation
100

All living things make up this sphere

Biosphere

200

What part of the cell controls what enters and exits?

Cell membrane

200

Loose soil and rock settling out in a new location is called?

Deposition

200

Sediment deposited at the mouth of a river forms this landform:

Delta

200

How do we calculate speed?

Speed=distance/time

200

A bowling ball striking pins is an example of:

Energy transfer

200

warming your hands by a fire is an example of:

radiation

200

Winds curling off of the equator due to the spinning of the earth is the:

Coriolis effect

200

What do you change in an experiment that effects the outcome?

independent variable

200

What system moves oxygen and nutrients throughout the body?

Circulatory system

200

What is condensation

When water vapor changes back into liquid water

200

This part of the atmosphere is the hottest

Thermosphere

300

What process do plant cells use to convert sunlight to energy?

photosynthesis 

300

Name a natural agent of erosion.

Wind, water, gravity, waves, etc. 

300

A large slow moving sheet of ice

Glacier

300

Speed and direction is what?

velocity

300

A roller coaster at the top of a hill is demonstrating:

Potential Energy

300

What is conduction?

Heat transfer by direct contact between objects

300

warm ocean current that moves from the Gulf of Mexico northward in the Atlantic ocean

Gulf Stream

300

what variable(s) stay the same and kept constant

control variable

300

The kidneys produce urine in this system.

Excretory

300

Ice is an example of

Freezing

300

We live in this part of the atmosphere

Troposphere

400

What is the jelly-like substance inside a cell that holds everything in place?

Cytoplasm

400

A frost wedge is an example of what?

Mechanical weathering

400

A large flat landform that is higher that the land around it 

Plateau

400

If a car travels 100 miles in 2 hours what is its speed?

50m/h

400

A bicycle in motion is an example of 

mechanical kinetic energy

400

The sun gives us a sunburn through:

radiation

400

High pressure usually causes this type of weather 

calm, dry and fair weather

400

A system of acquiring knowledge through observation, experimentation, and analysis

The scientific method

400

The nervous system consists of these 3 parts

Brain
Spinal cord
Nerves

400

When rain, snow, or sleet fall from the clouds it is

Precipitation

400

Rocks, dirt, and sand make up this sphere

Geosphere

500

What are the parts of the cell called?

organelles 

500

Acid rain can cause this.

Chemical weathering

500

A deep cut area between two mountains is called a:

Valley

500

What does decelerate mean?

To slow down

500

A ball falling to the ground is an example of 

Gravitational kinetic energy

500

Heat always moves from:

Hot to cold

500

Thunderstorms occur where these weather system meet 

When a warm front and cold front meet 

500

Why and how does science change?

New information is found through observation, experimentation, etc.

500

The lungs are the main organ of this system

Respiratory

500

When water falls to the earth it becomes part of the 

Hydrosphere

500

A polar bear in the Arctic would be an example of what spheres? 

Biosphere and Cryosphere

600

Name two things that plant cells have that animal cells do not.

Chloroplasts, Cell Wall

600

A boulder breaking apart into smaller pieces is an example of:

weathering

600

These landforms are made by wind depositing sand 

Sand Dunes

600

Which object is accelerating?

A bike sitting at a stop sign

A car slowing to turn left

A jet taking off

A train using its brakes

A jet taking off

600

Lifting a weight into the air is doing what to the energy?

Increasing the potential energy

600

A sea breeze is caused by this type of heat transfer:

convection

600

What is a stationary front?

When two fronts meet but neither is strong enough to move the other

600

What scientist was the first to name cells?

Robert Hook

600

All of your body systems and individual cells are trying to keep your body in this

Homeostasis

600

Explain the water cycle from liquid water on

Evaporation -> Condensation -> Precipitation
600

Describe what the Exosphere is

It is the final layer of the atmosphere before entering outer space

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