Matter (PS1)
Motion & Forces (PS2)
Energy & Waves (PS3 & PS4)
Earth Science (ESS1, ESS2, ESS3)
Life Science & Practices (LS4 & Science Skills)
100

It stays the same – Law of Conservation of Mass

What happens to the total mass during a chemical reaction?

100

 (An object in motion stays in motion... unless acted on by a force)

What does Newton's First Law state?

100

 (Kinetic energy)


What kind of energy does a moving car have?

100

 (Earth's rotation)


What causes day and night?

100

 A trait that helps an organism survive

What is an adaptation?

200

Name a physical change.

What is boiling water? 

200

 (Friction)

What do we call a force that slows objects down?

200

Name one method of heat transfer.  

What is (Conduction, convection, or radiation)? 

200

 (Movement of tectonic plates)

What causes earthquakes?

200

Evidence of past life and evolution

What do fossils tell us?

300

 (Atom)

What is the smallest unit of an element?

300

 (Change in motion/acceleration)

What does unbalanced force cause?

300

(It is conserved / changes form but isn't lost)

What happens to energy in a closed system?

300

Because of how sunlight hits the Moon as it orbits Earth

Why does the Moon have phases?

300

(Differences in traits among individuals)

What is variation in a population?

400

(Compound)

What do you call a substance made of two or more elements bonded together?

400

 (Speed = Distance ÷ Time)

What’s the formula for speed?

400

 (Wavelength)


What is the distance between two wave crests called?

400

 (Weathering)

What is the process that breaks down rocks?

400

 (A trait that helps an organism survive)

What is an adaptation?

500

 (Left side)

which part of the Periodic Table contains metals?

500

(Tendency of an object to resist a change in motion)

What is inertia?

500

 (Digital)

What is the type of signal that is made of 1s and 0s?

500

Name a renewable resource. (Wind, solar, water, etc.)

What is (Wind, solar, water, etc.)

500
  •  Why do scientists repeat investigations? 

What is to verify accuracy and reliability?