Chapter 1

Vocab Part 1

100

A scientific test to discover or prove some fact or statement

Experiment

200

The rebirth of true learning

Renaissance

300

The nine steps scientists use in their work

Scientific Method

400

A system of writing numbers less than 0.1 and greater than 100 as a multiple of a power of 10

Scientific Notation

500

How far a material will stretch without breaking

Tensile Strength

Vocab Part 2

100

A building block of all matter

Atom

200

A proven scientific fact

Law

300

Those digits in a number that have true value

Significant Figures

400

The name given by Leeuwenhoek to the microorganisms he viewed through the microscope

Animalcules

500

Capable of being broken down by bacterial action

Biodegradable

Name the Scientist

100

E = MC²

Einstein

200

Who invented the microscope

Leeuwenhoek

300

Discovered Pitchblende (Radium / Radiation)

Marie Curie

400

Developed a theory of atomic structure

Niels Bohr

500

The most significant researcher in the field of medicine. Invented the vaccine to prevent Polio 

Dr. Jonas Salk

Numbers

100

Write this numeral in scientific notation:

785

Correct answer: 7.85 x 10²

200

How many significant digits are in this number:

18100

Correct answer: 

3

300

Write the scientific notation in numerals:

1.67 x 10³

Correct answer: 1670

400

Round these numbers to two significant figures:

5,304 AND 9,761 (Each right answer is worth 200 points)

Correct answers: 5,300 and 9,800

500

Write this number to two significant figures in scientific notation: 

8,421,032.92

Correct answer: 8.4 x 10⁶

Types of Science

100

The theory developed by Charles Darwin, not believed by Christians.

Theory of Evolution

200

The production of multiples of plant or animal organisms exactly alike

Cloning

300

List the sciences that are dealt with when we refer to "Life Science" - 100 points for each right answer

Correct answers: animals, plants, or humans and their biological functions to live

400

List the sciences that are dealt with when we refer to "Physical Science" - 100 points for each right answer

Correct answers include: physics, chemistry, space, astronomy

500

List the sciences that are dealt with when we refer to "Earth Science" - 100 points for each right answer

Correct answers include: sciences that deal with the planet we live on and it's origin, structure, composition, and physical qualities such as geology and geography