Melita Science P1 END of YEAR TEST

Scientific Method

100

What is the last step and answers the topic question of an experiment?

CONCLUSION

200

YOUR educated guess 

HYPOTHESIS

300

**DOUBLE POINTS**

What type of variable do we call the thing(s) we use otr do THE SAME

CONTROL (Control Variable)

400

What part of an experiment so we place into charts, tables and graphs?

RESULTS 

(or Outcomes)

500

If human error occurs, the lab/experiment is ______________.

INCONCLUSIVE

Matter

100

Define MATTER

"Anything that has..."

MASS AND VOLUME (takes up space)

200

The state of matter found in stars and lightning:

PLASMA

300

Name TWO types of MIXTURES

(CAN be separated)

SOLUTIONS AND SUSPENSIONS

400

***DOUBLE POINTS***

The state of matter with a definite volume, no definite shape and weak attraction of its atoms is____________.

LIQUID

500

Fog, breath on a mirror and a "sweaty glass of lemonade" are examples of _________.

CONDENSATION

Weather

100

A front is ___________________.

A large mass of moving air 

(that brings a change of temperature then weather)

200

Name the 4 main factors we measure to forecast weather:

Temperature, Humidity, Air Pressure, Fronts

300

A large red, capital "L" on a map is what symbol AND what weather does it stand for?

LOW PRESSURE

AND

CLOUDY and/or Stormy (precipitation)

400

***TRIPLE POINTS***

NAme the scientist that forecasts weather:

METEOROLOGIST

500

The moisture in the air is called what AND what scale is used to measure it?

HUMIDITY

AND

0<--->100 %

Geology

100

All rocks are made of _________.

MINERALS

200

Name the layer of the earth that the TECTONIC PLATES are within (part of):

LITHOSPHERE

300

The Earth is made of many metallic elements.  What layer is made of solid Iron and Nickel?

INNER CORE (only inner)

400

Why is the Inner Core solid while it is SOOOOO hot it should melt?

________ and ________

HEAT and PRESSURE

500

What type of rocks are created by melting and cooling?

IGNEOUS

OR

Volcanic

{Note - Magma (melted rock) or Lava cool to form rock}

Measurement

100

MASS is measured in what unit?

GRAMS

200

***DOUBLE POINTS***

VOLUME can be found in what two ways (methods)?

LxWxH (Formula)   {Note - Used for CUBES}

AND

DISPLACEMENT METHOD    {Note - Used for Irregularly-shaped objects}

300

What is the formula for density?

D = M/V   

OR

Density = Mass divided by Volume

400

For something to be BUOYANT in WATER, It must have a density __________.

LESS THAN/Lower than 1

{Note - because water's density is 1.  Anything greater will sink}

500

What tool did we "use" this year that when "saw" a meniscus?

Tool/Instrument

GRADUATED CYLINDER