Earth & Space
This "Red Planet" is the fourth from the sun.
What is Mars?
The measure of the pull of gravity on an object.
What is Weight?
The center of an atom, containing protons and neutrons.
What is the Nucleus?
A simple machine consisting of a beam and a fulcrum.
What is a Lever?
An educated guess or a testable explanation.
What is a Hypothesis?
This type of rock is formed from the cooling of magma or lava.
What is Igneous?
Energy that is stored due to an object's position.
What is Potential Energy?
The scale used to measure how acidic or basic a liquid is.
What is the pH Scale?
This term describes the strength or "push" of electricity in a circuit.
What is Voltage?
The variable in an experiment that you purposely change.
What is the Independent Variable?
The name for the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
What is a Transform Boundary?
Newton’s First Law is often called the Law of ______.
What is Inertia?
A bond where atoms share electrons rather than transferring them.
What is a Covalent Bond?
The property of a material to resist being scratched.
What is Hardness?
Data that is descriptive and based on observations rather than numbers.
What is Qualitative Data?
These giant clouds of gas and dust are known as "star nurseries."
What is a Nebula?
The change in frequency of a wave as its source moves toward or away from you.
What is the Doppler Effect?
The term for a reaction that releases energy in the form of heat.
What is an Exothermic Reaction?
A bridge type characterized by triangles used to spread out weight.
What is a Truss Bridge?
In a graph, the horizontal axis is typically called this.
What is the X-axis?
The process by which stars produce energy by joining hydrogen atoms.
What is Nuclear Fusion?
The speed of an object in a specific direction.
What is Velocity?
Columns on the Periodic Table are called this; they share similar properties.
What are Groups (or Families)?
This part of a robot acts as its "brain," processing sensor data.
What is a Microcontroller?
The process of using clues and evidence to reach a logical conclusion.
What is an Inference?