Middle School Science

The Nature of Science

100

This is the one variable that you change in an experiment.

What is an independent variable?

200

Which variable do you watch and measure throughout an experiment?

What is the dependent variable?

300

This is the SI base unit for length.

What is a meter?

400

This is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid.

What is DNA?

500

About what percent of Earth's surface is covered by water?

Between 66-72%

Earth Science

100

The hydrologic cycle describes the circulation of Earth's what?

What is water?

200

This can occur with the movement of tectonic plates along fault lines.

What is an earthquake?

300

These are the 2 main forces causing metamorphic rock to from.

What is heat and pressure?

400

A weather forecast of 100% relative humidity suggests an increased possibility of this.

What is precipitation? 

500

Unlike weather, which can change daily, this is the average pattern of atmospheric conditions such as temperature.

What is climate?

Misc.

100

This is the total angular distance in degrees of a sphere.

What is 360 degrees?

200

This is how many pairs of legs a spider has.

What is 4?

300

This is how many milliliters are in a liter.

What is 1000 ml?

400

How old is Mr. Maples?

What is 27 years old?

500

This is what magma is called when it reaches Earth's surface.

What is lava?

Physical Science

100

These make up the periodic table.

What are elements?

200

This is what you call an organism that has a backbone.

What is a vertebrate? 

300

When a roller coaster reaches the top of a hill, it has its maximum of this type of energy.

What is potential?

400

One is a measure of the force of gravity, the other is a measure of matter.

What is weight and mass?

500

Water boiling is an example of this kind of change.

What is a physical change?

Life Science

100

This is considered to be the basic unit of life.

What is a cell?

200

This is the ultimate energy source for nearly all life on Earth.

What is the sun?

300

A tick living on a dog.

What is an example of parasitism?

400

This type of predator takes the top spot in a food web.

What is an apex predator?

500

Failure of a species to adapt to a changing environment may lead to this.

What is extinction?