Earth Space
Nature of Science
Mixed
Mixed
100
Our home planet; Only planet with liquid water and oxygen
What is Earth
100
Mrs. Hall's class started to grow black bean plants in class. They wanted to find out if the type of soil they used would affect the growth of the plants. How can they achieve accurate and reliable results.
A. Vary the amount of water for each plant
B. Move the plants in different places in the class
C. Average the height of each plant for each soil type
D. Estimate the results and share them with other classes.
What is
C. Average the height of each plant for each soil type
100
The _______ is the variable in an experiment that does not change, or get manipulated
What is a control group
100
Name our galaxy
What is the Milky Way
200
First four planets in our solar system
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
200
Mr. Couch and Ms. Goree's classes were having a trash pickup competition on the beach. Both classes had their own garbage containers for their trash. How could the classes determine who picked up the most trash on the beach?
A. Record the different types of trash they picked up
B. Make a note of the students who participated and placed trash in the containers
C. Estimate the number by looking at the containers
D. Count and document the pieces of trash in each container.
What is
D. Count and document the pieces of trash in each container.
200
Fabian and Jamier were trying to determine if the amount of fertilizer would affect the growth of their plants. They tried different amounts of fertilizer in three of their plants, but left one plant without fertilizer. The one without fertilizer would be considered the ________ group.
What is the control group
200
A _______ consist of gas, dust, billions of stars, and the objects that orbit the stars.
What is a galaxy
300
True or False: Nathan said "Out of Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, and Mercury. Uranus has the longest year because of how far it is from the Sun."
What is True
300
Ms. Screen's class decided to test parachutes. Ms. Screen provided different types and sizes of parachutes and told her students to drop them from different places around the class. Once they were done they recorded their results. Choose the correct explanation that describes what happened.
A. Ms. Screen's class did not do an experiment because there was no control group, and they only tested the parachutes once.
B. Ms. Screen's class did do an experiment because they recorded results and tested parachutes.
c. Ms. Screen's class did not do an experiment because there were no tools or measurements.
What is
A. Ms. Screen's class did not do an experiment because there was no control group, and they only tested the parachutes once.
300
Demonstrate, Compare, Show, Test
Choose the word that would work best for an experiment.
What is test
300
The brightest objects in our galaxy
What are stars
400
Object that orbits the Sun
What is a planet
400
A student has planted five separate bean plants in five separate, identical containers on the same counter. The student makes a chart showing five different water amounts for the plants and waters the plants according to the chart.
Plant 1 0ml of water per week
Plant 2 10ml of water per week
Plant 3 100ml of water per week
Plant 4 10ml per day
Plant 5 100ml per day
After several weeks some of the plants live, and some die. Choose a correct conclusion
Responses
- A. The differing amounts of water caused some of the plants to live and some to die.
- B. The differing amounts of sunlight caused some of the plants to live and some to die.
- C. The differing amounts of soil caused some of the plants to live and some to die.
- D. The differing temperatures caused some of the plants to live and some to die.
What is
A. The differing amounts of water caused some of the plants to live and some to die.
400
TRUE OR FALSE: Ibens said "Science investigations look different depending on the discoveries you're trying to make."
What is True
400
Kenyon knows that some of the star patterns he sees at night can be seen from different places on Earth only during certain times of the year. Which of the following explains why these star patterns are not seen all year long from everywhere on Earth?
- A. Earth's revolution
- B. Earth's rotation
- C. The Sun's revolution
- D. The Sun's rotation
What is
A. Earth's Revolution
500
True or False: Alyssa said "The closer a planet is to the Sun, the more thermal energy it receives, so Mars will receive more heat energy than Neptune."
What is True
500
Marc and Kairo were trying to determine if the amount of fertilizer would affect the growth of their plants. They planted three plants with fertilizer. However, Marc and Kairo are missing a ________ . This would show them whether fertilizer helped their plants group
What is a control group
500
A student is observing their class's bearded dragons. Which observation is an opinion? *HINT Investigations and experiments should be based on evidence*
- A. The bearded dragons are grayish brown.
- B. The bearded dragons make a cute couple.
- C. One bearded dragon is standing in its food bowl.
- D. Both bearded dragons have tails.
What is
B. The bearded dragons make a cute couple.
500
Rory has made some observations about stars. His notes are shown in the table below.
Not all of Rory's notes are correct. Which notes are correct?
- A. A and D
- B. A and B
- C. B and C
- D. C and D
What is
B. A and B