Science
Science 2.0
Potpourri
The End of Two Empires
Core Concepts 1.2
100

An educated guess that can be tested by experimentation.

What is a hypothesis?  

100

A collection of structures, cycles, and processes that relate to and interact with each other. 

What is a system? 

100

The capital of Wisconsin

What is Madison? 

100

The Aztec thought the invading Spanish were the return of this god.

Who is Quetzalcoatl? 

100

A place's exact position on Earth in terms of latitude and longitude.

What is absolute location? 

200

A way of learning more about the natural world. 

What is science? 

200

The study of living things and how they interact.

What is life science? 

200

The capital of the Inca empire. 

What is Cuzco?  

200

He conquered the Aztec.

Who is Hernan Cortes? 

200

The location of a place relative to another place.

What is relative location? 

300

An attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in the natural world.

What is a scientific theory? 

300

The study of matter and energy. 

What is physical science? 

300

Juan Ponce de Leon was searching for this fictional site when he came to what is now Florida.

What is the Fountain of Youth? 

300

This disease killed many of the Aztec, who had no immunity to it.

What is smallpox? 

300

Refers to the mix of human and non-human features at a given location.

What is place? 

400

A rule that describes a pattern in nature. 

What is a scientific law? 

400

The study of Earth systems in space. 

What is Earth science? 

400

One rotation of the Earth takes approximately this long. 

What is 24 hours? 

400

He conquered the Inca.

Who is Francisco Pizarro? 

400

Explores how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.

What is movement? 

500

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Name the three main branches of science. 

What are life science, physical science, and earth science? 

500

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The practical use of science to solve a problem. 

What is technology? 

500

Cortes and the Spanish had this Native American woman to act as a translator and guide. 

Who is Dona Maria? 

500

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Name the last emperor of the Inca and Aztec (in order).

Who are Atahualpa and Moctezuma? 

500

An area with at least one unifying physical feature.

What is region?