Science Basics
A way of learning about the natural world
What is science?
A naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
What is a mineral?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is matter?
The total distance an object travels divided by the total time it takes the object to travel the distance
What is speed?
What are cells?
A possible answer to a scientific question
What is a hypothesis?
A relative scale used to rank the hardness of minerals
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
The study of matter and how matter changes
What is chemistry?
The ability to do work or cause change
What is energy?
A rigid layer that surrounds the cells of plants
What is the cell wall?
The basic SI unit for this value is is the cubic meter, also measured in mL
What is volume?
A type of rock that is formed by the cooling of magma or lava
What is igneous rock?
The process of going from a gas to a solid (ex: frost)
What is deposition?
Speed at a given moment in time
What is instantaneous speed?
An organelle that converts energy stored in food to energy the cell can use to live and function
What is the mitochondria?
The approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions
What is a extimate?
The process in which dissolved minerals crystalize (harden) and glue particles of sediment together
What is cementation?
What is a physical property?
The type of energy that fuels plants and animals
What is chemical energy?
Small grain-shaped organelles that produce proteins
What are ribosomes?
A representation of a simple or complex object or process
What is a model?
The series of processes that occur on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
What is the rock cycle?
A mixture in which all of the seperate components (parts) can be seen
What is a heterogeneous mixture?
The total kinetic and potential energy of the particles of an object
What is thermal energy?
A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function
What is tissue?