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Which plant part develops into a fruit?
Flower
What is this type of statement in the scientific method? If plants are watered every day, then they will grow faster than plants watered once a week.
Hypothesis
Jane Goodall spent years with the chimpanzees of Gombe. Sitting quietly for hours, she watched the animals closely and took notes about their behavior. What part of of the scientific method was Jane Goodall doing?
Making an observation
Andre wants to see which brand of popcorn pops the most kernels. He tests three popular brands of popcorn. All three bags had the same weight. Each bag was cooked for 3 minutes in the same microwave. After popping, Andre counts the number of kernels that did not pop in each bag. What is the independent variable?
Brand of Popcorn
Fill in the blanks: Matter is anything that has _____ and takes up ________.
Mass and Space
A word that means two or more populations living together in the same habitat:
Community
During pollination, pollen is transferred from stamen to a -
Stigma
Daily Double! Explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative observations.
Quantitative observations use numbers, qualitative uses the senses.
Granite is a hard material and forms from cooling magma. Granite is a type of —
Igneous Rock
A statement that uses "if" and "then" is called a(n) _______.
Hypothesis
What word describes the number of vibrations per second?
Frequency
Lobster pots are used by fishermen to catch lobsters in shallow water. In which area of the ocean would commercial fishermen most likely place their lobster pots?
Continental Shelf
After exercising for 30 minutes, Person A and Person B have their heart rates measured.
What is the dependent variable?
Fill in the blank. Sound travels fastest through _____ forms of matter.
solid
Gold, silver, iron, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, helium.
What do all of these have in common?
They are all elements.
How many Hydrogen atoms are in Water (H2O)?
2
Matter will change from a gas to liquid to solid when temperature ______.
decreased
An experiment is being done to determine how light affects the growth of small zinnia plants.One plant is placed in full sunlight, the second in a shaded area, the third in an unlit closet.
What is the dependent variable?
Plant growth
Plants use _____ energy for photosynthesis.
Radiant
To change from one state of matter to another, you must add or take away what?
Heat
DAILY TRIPLE! When a pond or a lake fills up with sediment it is called -
Deposition
What is it called when 2 equal forces act in opposite directions the result is that forms are equal and there is no change?
Zero Net Force
The class is doing an experiment with Mentos and Diet Coke.They place 1, then 3, then 5 minty Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke. Then they measure the amount of soda that is left in the bottle and the height of each spout.
What is the independent variable?
the number of Mentos
The conveyor belt moves the groceries by transforming electrical energy into what type of energy?
mechanical energy
A student rubbed a plastic comb with a piece of wool cloth and then placed the comb near a stream of water. The water bent toward the comb as shown because of -
static electricity