Modules 1-3
What invention helped Egyptian doctors easily document information, transport it to other scholars, and store it for future generations?
a) Horse and carriage, b) clay tablets, c) papyrus
Papyrus
The study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms
Paleontology
Physical Change
A change in which the atoms or molecules in a substance stay the same.
Cell type that does not have a nucleus
a) animal cell, b) plant cell, c) bacterial cell
c) bacterial cell
How do you spell my last name
Stehr
True or False, A scientific law can be overthrown
True, the result of new information and ideas can overthrow the law
Tests whether the document agrees with itself
a) Internal test, b) External test, c) Bibliographic test
a) Internal test
a) temperature, b) pressure, c) humidity, d) wind direction, e) radiation
e) Radiation
Which criterion of life do viruses not meet?
a) able to reproduce, b) able to sense and respond to stimuli, c) able to grow, d) contain hereditary information, like DNA
a) able to reproduce
This swimmer has won MANY gold metals in the olympics
Michael Phelps
Galileo built an instrument out of a tube with 2 lenses, based on the descriptions he had heard of a military device. This allowed him to collect a lot more data about the heavens. What did he build? Was he the inventor of this device?
A telescope, no
A galaxy is an organized system of millions or billions of ______, gas, solar systems, and dust that are held together by _______ attraction.
Stars, gravitational
The three particles atoms are made out of
Protons, Electrons, Neutrons
The third criterion of life is that all living things can _____ changes in their surroundings and _____ to those changes
1) sense, 2) react
Iron Man is also known as?
Tony Stark
A description of a natural phenomenon or principle that is supported by a significant amount of evidence and often includes mathematical terms
Scientific Law
An albedo is the amount of ______, or radiation reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or ______.
Light, moon
Newton's second law:
When an object is acted on by one or more outside _____, the _____ force is equal to the _____ of the object times the resulting ______
1) force, 2) total, 3) mass, 4) acceleration
The production of visible light by living organisms
Bioluminescence
Name of the instrument families
Percussion, strings, brass, woodwind
An explanation of the natural world that has been thoroughly tested and is supported by a significant amount of evidence
Scientific law
What rock is most common in the grand Canyon?
Sedimentary Rock
2 simple machines that make up a screw
inclined plane and wheel and axel
Explain the factors of a tundra ecosystem
- almost freezing year round
- contains little vegetation; mostly shrubs, grass
- animals like reindeer, polar bears, foxes, caribou
- is good for keeping historical artifacts
What is the name of my dog
Grizzly