Being A Scientist
The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experimentation, aiming to understand and explain natural phenomena.
What is science?
The flow of electric charges
What is electric current?
The basic units of life and structure of all living things
What are cells?
True or false: Earth's surface is always changing
What is true?
Where the majority of Earth's oxygen is found
What is the ocean?
According to the National Oceanic Service, we can thank plant-based marine organisms for all that fresh air. More than half of the world’s oxygen is produced by plankton, seaweed, and other photosynthesizers.
The scientific method
What is observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion?
A material in which electrical current and heat can flow through easily
What is a conductor?
Rod shaped organelle that is referred to as the powerhouse of the cell
What is the mitochondria?
The carrying away of sediment by moving water, wind or ice
What is erosion?
True or false: Water can exist in three states at the same time
What is true?
This is known as the triple boil—or triple point—and it is the temperature and pressure at which materials exist as a gas, a liquid, and a solid all at the same time.
The person who discovered gravity
Who is Isaac Newton?
A circuit with the electric current passing through more than on path
What is a parallel circuit?
microorganism that decomposes dead organisms and helps with food digestion, but can also make you sick
What is bacteria?
The cause of earthquakes and creation of volcanos and mountains
What is movement of plate tectonics?
A gas that has the ability to work against gravity
What is helium?
When helium is cooled to near-absolute zero temperatures (-460 degrees Fahrenheit or -273 degrees Celsius), it becomes a superfluid, which means it can flow without friction.
Famous scientist that had a popular educational tv show in the 90s.
Who is Bill Nye The Science Guy?
A temporary magnet made with electricity
What is an electromagnet?
A characteristic passed down from parents to offspring, such as eye color or height
What is an inherited trait?
A landform created by deposition
What is a... (delta, beach or sand dune)?
The first food eaten in space by an American astronaut
What is applesauce?
Three types of science
What is... (psychology, astronomy, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, biology, etc.)?
Three states of matter
What are solids, liquids and gases?
The 5 categories of vertebrates
What are amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, and fish?
Machine that measures the strength of earthquakes
What is a seismograph?
Largest land mammal
What is a whale?
Jewish born theoretical Physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Completely changing the matter into new matter. It can not be reversed
What is a chemical change?
A plant with tubes to transport water and nutrients from the roots to all other parts of the plant
What is a vascular plant?
Structure to help prevent or control flooding
What is a levee or dam?
Something that looks light, but can weight up to one million pounds
What is a cloud?