Nature of Science
the total surroundings influence each living organism including physical, biological and other factors
What is the environment?
A characteristic of a species that enables the species to survive in its environment
What is an adaptation?
When a substance combines with another to form a new substance.
What is a chemical change?
Precipitation, Surface Runoff, Evaporation and Condensation
What is the water cycle?
A natural satellite of Earth that causes tides to change every 12 hours.
What is the moon?
Plate Tectonics, Big Bang, Climate Change, Impact and Evolution
What are theories ?
A series of changes that occur over time within an ecosystem.
What is succession?
when two or more elements or compounds physically interact.
What is a mixture?
#1 source of energy transfer in the universe
What is radiation?
What seasons could it be in the Northern Hemisphere when neither the northern or southern hemispheres are tilted towards the sun?
What are Spring or Fall?
The application of tools, materials, processes and systems to solve problems and extend human capabilities
What is technology?
The smallest unit that can perform all life processes.
What is a cell?
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass?
The action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport it away to another location.
What is Erosion?
sometimes have a tail, commonly called a "dirty snowball"
What is a comet?
The study of the Earth– how it works and its 4.5 billion-year history.
What is Geology?
An organism that makes it own food from its environment.
What is a producer?
The amount of space an object takes up
What is volume?
marshes, swamps, bogs and fens
What are wetlands?
An invisible force exerted on all objects that have mass
What is gravity?
A systematic approach to investigate, problem solve and understand the processes/ systems and matter within our Universe.
What is the scientific method?
A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
What is a dominant trait?
0-6.9 is Acidic, 7 is Neutral and 8-14 is Basic
What is the pH scale?
Red planet that once had a thick atmosphere and water on its surface
What is Mars?
1% Trace, 21% Oxygen and 78% Nitrogen
What is Earth's Atmosphere?