History of Science
Scientific Inquiry
Simple Machines-I
Simple Machines-II
History of Life
Foundations of Geology
Wild Card
100

An ancient form of paper made from a plant

What is papyrus?

100

Process used by scientists to draw reliable conclusions

What is the Scientific Method?

100

A push or pull exerted on an object

What is a force?

100

Straight line from one side of a circle to the other that passes through the center of the circle

What is a diameter?
100

Scientific pursuits related to living organisms

What is Life Science?

100

Most sedimentary rock laid down by this.

What is by water?

100

The conversion of organic material into rock is

What is Petrifaction?

200

An endeavor dedicated to getting facts to generate laws about the world

What is Science?

200

An educated guess that attempts to explain something

What is an hypothesis?

200

The fixed point in a lever

What is a fulcrum?

200

An inclined plane wrapped around an axle

What is a screw?

200

Study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics

What is archaeology?

200

A rock in the desert is constantly hit by bits of sand carried by wind. Sometimes tiny bits of the rock break off.  This is ____________ weathering.

What is physical weathering?

200

The process by which an organism's remains are converted to a filmy residue that leaves a flattened "drawing" of the organism in rock.

What is carbonization?

300

Idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed

What is spontaneous generation?

300

This thing is NOT a means by which something can be proven

What is science?

300

Amount by which a force or motion is magnified in a simple machine

What is mechanical advantage?

300

An ax is an example of this type of simple machine

What is a wedge?

300

Objects made by people, such as tools, etc

What is artifacts?

300

This is needed to form stalagmites and stalactites.

What is groundwater?

300

What is the mechanical advantage of a screw that has a pitch of .02 inches and a diameter of .5 inches?

MA=7.85

400

Polish scientist who proposed the heliocentric system

Who is Copernicus?

400

In the absence of this, all objects fall at the same rate

What is air?

400

A wheelbarrow is an example of this type of lever

What is a second-class lever?

400

The distance or perimeter around a circle

What is a circumference?

400

Study of earth's history as revealed in the rocks of the earth

What is geology?

400

This is formed because the river deposits many of the sediments it carries there.

What is a delta?

400

 Suppose a wheel has a diameter of 64 inches, while its axle has a diameter of 8 inches.  What is the mechanical advantage of this wheel and axle?

MA=8

500

One of the greatest scientists of all time who made laws about motion and gravity

Who is Sir Isaac Newton?

500

A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data

What is a theory?

500

Two levers in one is what kind of lever? Scissors are an example

What is a compound lever?

500

A block and tackle pulley system has a mechanical advantage of 4.  How many pulleys does it use?

What is 4?

500

Study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of extinct organisms

What is paleontology?

500

The Great Unconformity is a most striking example of what kind of unconformity?

What is an angular unconformity?

500

With a screwdriver with a diameter of 1 inch and a screw that has a pitch of .02 inches and a diameter of .5 inches.  What is the Mechanical Advantage?

MA=15.7