Scientific Method & Measurement
The number of milligrams in a gram.
1,000
The difference between flora and fauna.
Flora is a type of plant.
Fauna is a type of animal.
An example of a chemical change. ns
answers may vary
a new substance if formed
The mathematical formula used to explain Newton's 2nd Law of Motion.
F=ma
The system that contains all of the water on Earth.
hydrosphere
The SI (Metric) unit for measuring temperature.
Celcius and Kalvin
The type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
commensalism.
The chemical symbol of copper.
Cu
The force that stops a box from sliding when pushed across the floor.
Friction
Which planet is the 4th from the Sun?
Mars
When using this scientific tool to measure the volume of a liquid you should read the bottom of the meniscus.
Graduated Cylinder
Name any two levels of the classification of animals.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
The smallest subatomic particle in an atom that has a negative charge.
electron
The speed of a car traveling 180 miles in 2 hours.
90 mph
One example of evidence that this supercontinent existed is that the contents fit together like puzzle pieces.
Pangea
The type of observation made when measuring.
quantitative observation.
What the letters DNA stand for.
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
The number of protons in an Oxygen atom.
8
Name the 6 simple machines.
lever, screw, wheel and axel, inclined plane, pulley, wedge
The type of plate boundary created when 2 plates move towards each other. Often a mountain is formed.
convergent
The 5 main steps in the Scientific Method.
Question, Hypothesis, Experiment (Collect Data), Conclusion, Share Results
The part of the cell that is known as the "power plant." It turns food into energy for the cell.
mitochondria
A phase change happens when molecules move faster and become further apart.
Possible answers:
Melting, Boiling, Sublimation, Evaporation
An object will remain at rest until acted upon by this force.
An unbalanced force
The moon phase that occurs after a Full Moon.
waning gibbous