Scientific Investigation/Force and Motion 1
Stored energy is often referred to as this?
Potential energy
Energy of Motion is often referred to as this:
Kinetic Energy
Heat transfer by hot fluid rising is called.
Convection
Water sticks to itself because of it is a polar molecule. This property of water is called ___________.
Cohesion
A community made up of living and nonliving things that interact with one another is called a:
Ecosystem
Give one example of a fossil fuel
Coal, oil, natural gas, petroleum, etc..
The variable that the scientist changes in an experiment is called the ____________ Variable.
Independent
These wavelength or type of waves from the sun are believed to cause skin cancer.
Ultraviolet
Because so many substances will dissolve in water we say that water is the "universal __________"
Universal solvent
Non living factors in an ecosystem are called.
Abiotic Factors
Energy Sources like solar, wind, and geothermal are considered this, because they cannot be used up?
Renewable
Radiant energy from the sun allows plants to produce energy through this process?
Photosynthesis
The severity of severe storms like Tornadoes and Hurricanes is increased by this:
Thermal energy/warm air.
97% of Earth's water is what?
Saltwater
A body of water where freshwater meets with saltwater and usually surrounded by land on three sides is called:
An Estuary
After asking a question and before performing a scientific experiment you need to develop a(n) ______________.
Hypothesis
Batteries used in flashlight convert this type of potential energy into electrical energy?
Chemical energy
Plants give off moisture through this process which helps to cool them off, similar to how our bodies cool off by sweating.
Evapotranspiration
Percentage of water that is freshwater and is available to us is less than _______%
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The largest Estuary in the continental United States is the ___________________.
Chesapeake Bay
Tommy sees a deer limping across the road and thinks the deer must have been hit by a car. He is making a(n) _____________ about the deer.
Inference
1,300 millimeters equals how many decimeters?
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The two main types of heat transfer that affect cloud formation and weather on Earth.
Radiation and Convection
The air we breath is made up of mostly this gaseous element?
Nitrogen: 78%
The water quality measurement of suspended solids in water is _____________.
Turbidity