Food
Science Vocab
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6th grade
Summer
100

This cheesy food is usually cut into triangle slices and can have toppings like pepperoni, mushrooms, or pineapple.

Pizza

100

The term for an organism that is living or was once-living

Biotic

100

What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit and Celsius?

Fahrenheit: 32 degrees

Celsius: 0 degrees

100

The numbers between 5 and 8

6, 7

100

True or False: your body produces sweat on a hot day to cool yourself down and maintain homeostasis

True

200

This spicy rolled tortilla chip snack is known for flavors like Fuego and Blue Heat.

Takis

200

The symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Commensalism

200

How many bones are in the human body?

206 

200

Ms. K is 23 years old. Ms. K is officially an ____.

Unc

200

This process describes what happens when a solid popsicle absorbs thermal energy from the sun and changes into a liquid.

Melting

300

This sweet candy is made mostly from sugar and is often chewed in long, colorful strips or ropes.

Licorice

300

The type of rock that is formed when hot magma or lava cools down

Igneous

300

True or false: lightning is hotter than the Sun

True

300

Word to describe something cool (I think)

Ex: "Ms. K, your outfit is so _____"

Tuff

300

This common beach material is actually formed by the weathering and erosion of rocks over thousands of years.

Sand

400

This crunchy-and-chewy candy has a gummy center covered in tiny, tangy small candies

Nerds Gummy Clusters

400

Membrane-bound cell organelle that makes energy for eukaryotic cells, also known as the "powerhouse of the cell"

Mitochondria

400

True or false: almond milk uses more water to produce than dairy milk

False

400

The not-very-elaborate, yet still elite method of digital communication during instructional hours

Microsoft Outlook
400

This phenomenon occurs when Earth's tilt causes the Northern Hemisphere to lean toward the Sun, resulting in the longest daylight hours of the year.

Summer Solstice

500

This food fact explains why sour candy tastes sour: it contains these types of substances, like citric acid or malic acid.

Acids

500

The kind of tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a line, where the highest high tides and lowest low tides occur

Spring Tide

500

How many members are in the k-pop group BTS? Bonus points if you sing a BTS song :)

7

500

Colorful, textured geometric objects that contain either a polyvinyl alcohol glue compound or 100% maltose

Needoh

500

Imagine you are on vacation at Universal Studios! This type of stored energy is the greatest when a roller coaster car is completely stopped at the very top of the highest hill, before it is about to start moving again. (3 words)

Gravitational Potential Energy