Think Like A Scientist
Observation requires the use of these five senses.
What are hearing, touch, taste, smell, and sight?
These are the three classroom rules.
What are show respect, solve problems, make good decisions?
This type of rock is made by volcanic activity.
What is igneous?
This type of crust is only 3-5 miles thick.
What is Oceanic?
This word is derived from the Greek word for "uncuttable."
What is atom?
The first week, we learned about two types of data. This type of data includes measurements, values and amounts that can be expressed in numbers, such as six seven.
What is quantitative?
These are the two things the "candle" I ate was made out of.
What are daikon and almond?
Name one of the three solutes we used in our crystal growing lab.
What is NaCl (sodium chloride, salt), MgSO₄ ⋅ 7H₂O (magnesium sulfate, epsom salts) or C6H12O6 (sugar)
This is the maximum thickness of Continental crust, found in places like the Himalayas.
What is 25 miles?
This is the number of meters in a kilometer.
What is 1,000?
This type of data describes the characteristics or qualities of something.
What is qualitative?
Slim Jim Morrison is this kind of snake.
What is a Rosy Boa?
In order for metamorphic or sedimentary rocks to become igneous, first they must do this.
What is melt?
What is the mantle?
This term describes a fluid, usually liquid, that dissolves another substance.
What is solvent?
This is a scientific prediction of what we think will happen in an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
Name any three species of fish in the class tank.
What are guppies, yoyo loaches, pladdies, siamese algae eaters, bumblee gobies, gouramis, hillstream loach, catfish, minnows, or swordtail/pladdy hybrids?
Marble has lots of cool wavy patterns, indicating that it is this type of rock transformed inside the Earth.
What is metamorphic?
These are the two metals that make up the core.
What are iron and nickel?
In the metric system, this is the unit of volume.
What is a liter?
CLEVR is an acronym for:
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
This species of bird is built out of legos on the front desk.
What is a kingfisher?
These ingredients of rocks are solids formed by the natural processes of Earth.
What are minerals?
Although the inner core is incredibly hot, the metals are solid because of the immense ____________.
What is pressure?
One centimeter equals _____ milimeters.
What is 10?