Scientific Method
Physical Sciences
Life Sciences
Products of Science
Science Fun Facts
100

Using the 5 senses to notice things about the world.

What is Observation

100

The study of forces, matter, and their interactions.  Does not involve chemicals.

Physics

100

The study of the human body

Anatomy

100

Name at least 1 field of science that contributed to the development of smart phones.

Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, other?

100

How long does it take for light from the sun to travel across space and reach the Earth?

a. instantaneously

b. 1 second

c. 48 seconds

d. 8.3 minutes

Answer: D 8.3 minutes


200

A study that will test your prediction

What is Experiment

200

The study of chemical interactions between matter

Chemistry

200

A type of Biology focused on microscopic life

Cell biology

200

This product of science used our knowledge of light to allow people to communicate with each other over long distances (Not "telephone")

Radio

200

What percentage of genes are shared between humans and bananas?

a. 0%

b. 20%

c. 60%

d. 100%

c. 60%

300

This step of the scientific method comes after making an observation, but before formulating a hypothesis.

Question

300

The study of space, large bodies of matter, and how they interact with each other.

astronomy

300

The type of biology focused on underwater organisms

Marine Biology

300

This product of science utilized our knowledge of energy to turn explosions into movement.

Combustion engine/car/plane/train

300

What percentage of colors are humans able to see?

a. less than 1%

b. 1%

c. 10%

d. 50%

a. less than 1% (0.0035%)

400

"If the sky is grey, then it is going to rain" is an example of a(n)...

Hypothesis

400

The study of the weather and its patterns

Meteorology

400

The type of biologist that studies how organisms change over many generations

Marine Biologist
400

This product of science uses our knowledge of how heat causes certain substances to expand, and uses that information to measure the temperature of things.

Thermometer

400

How many bacteria typically live in one gram of soil?

a. up to one million bacteria

b. up to one hundred million bacteria

c. up to 5 hundred million bacteria

d. up to one billion bacteria

d. up to one billion bacteria

500

This step of the scientific method helps us figure out what the results of an experiment mean:

After we know what our results mean, we can:

Data Analysis; Form a Conclusion

500

The study of the rocks and minerals that make up the Earth

Geology

500

The type of scientist that studies epidemics

epidemiologist
500

This product of science utilizes supercomputers that orbit the earth to send information to and from devices on the surface of the earth.

The internet

500

Rank the following categories in terms of number from smallest number to largest number:

Connections in the human brain; Humans on planet earth; Stars in the Milky Way galaxy; Atoms in one human cell

~100 trillion atoms in a cell

~100 trillion connections in the brain

100-400 billion stars in the Milky Way

8 billion humans on earth