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Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method? Identify the problem Making observations Making a law Making a hypothesis
Making a law
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The energy of position.
What is potential energy?
100
A resource that can be replenished.
What is a renewable resource?
100
An organism's particular role in its habitat.
What is niche?
100
A group of parts that works together to perform a function or produce a result.
What is a system?
200
What is the goal of technology? To understand how the natural world functions To study the natural world To answer scientific questions To improve the way people live
What is To improve the way people live
200
The energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
200
Intense heat from the Earth's interior that warms the magma beneath Earth's surface.
What is geothermal?
200
An area where biotic and abiotic factors interact with each other.
What is an ecosystem?
200
A push or a pull.
What is a force?
300
Which of the following statements best describes the characteristics of a hypothesis? It is always true. It is a possible answer to a scientific question. It is a fact. It is a scientific inquiry that cannot be tested.
What is "It is a possible answer to a scientific question."
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Helps reduce the transfer of heat. Example: Plastic handles on cookware.
What is an insulator?
300
This is high in the atmosphere and protects the Earth from receiving too much radiation from the sun.
What is ozone layer?
300
The species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem.
What is keystone species?
300
Force x distance =
What is Work?
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If a student wanted to design an experiment that uses sound scientific principles, which of the following should not be done? Start with a hypothesis. Record data in a table. Test more than one variable at a time. Compare results with others.
What is Test more than one variable at a time.
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The method of heat transfer in a fluid or gas.
What is convection?
400
Pollution that does not have a single source.
What is non-point source pollution?
400
The series of changes that occurs in a community over time.
What is succession?
400
Any relationship in which two species live closely together in a way that benefits at least one of the species.
What is symbiosis?
500
Explain what each of the following tools is used for: Balance/scale Graduated cylinder
What is Mass, volume
500
Transfer of thermal energy by direct contact of molecules.
What is conduction?
500
Measurement of how much fossil fuel a person or household uses in everyday activities.
What is carbon footprint?
500
Any type of human activity that destroys natural environments and reduces biodiversity.
What is habitat destruction?
500
A symbiotic relationship between two species that benefits one species but harms the other.
What is parasitism?