Scientific Investigation
Force, Motion and Energy
Matter
Life Processes and Living Systems
Earth/Space Systems and Cycles
100
A tall, cylinder shaped measuring device used to measure volume which has milliliter markings on its side.
What is a graduated cylinder?
100
The invisible force that attracts objects containing metals such as iron, nickel, and cobalt.
What is magnetism?
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
100
Parts or behaviors that make a living thing better able to survive in the environment.
What are adaptations?
100
It is formed when a solid object is blocking light from the sun or another source.
What is a shadow?
200
All of the information gathered during an experiment.
What is data?
200
An instrument that detects the earth's north pole.
What is a compass?
200
Characteristics that make objects different from each other. Can be observed with the five senses or with scientific tools.
What are physical properties?
200
A behavior that is inborn in an organism that is needed in order to survive.
What is instinct?
200
A long period with little or no rain.
What is a drought?
300
Data gathered using the five senses.
What are observations?
300
A wheel with a rope wrapped around it used to lift heavy objects.
What is a pulley?
300
Happens when water is heated and changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
Organisms that make their own food.
What are producers?
300
An instrument used to indicate wind direction.
What is a weather vane?
400
A summary statement based on the results of an investigation.
What is a conclusion?
400
Two or more simple machines put together.
What is a compound machine?
400
The change in water when it is cooled from the gas state to a liquid state.
What is condensation?
400
All of the populations that live together in the same place.
What is a community?
400
The motion of one object circling around another object.
What is a revolution?
500
The number of pints in a gallon?
What is 8?
500
The action of two unlike poles pushing away from each other.
What is repel?
500
When one substance completely and evenly mixes into a liquid.
What is dissolves?
500
An area of shallow, muddy water that does not grow trees.
What is a marsh?
500
Falling and rising water levels caused by the gravitational pull between the Earth and the moon.
What are tides?
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