Scientific Method
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is asking a question?
What is the outer layer of the Earth called?
What is the crust?
What is matter?
What is anything that has mass and takes up space?
What is a property that can be observed without changing the substance?
What is a physical property?
What is potential energy?
What is energy stored due to an object's position?
What do we call a proposed explanation for a scientific problem?
What is a hypothesis?
Name one factor that can affect climate.
What is latitude?
What is the process of changing a solid to a liquid called?
What is melting?
What is the term for the ability of a substance to be drawn into thin wires?
What is ductility?
What is kinetic energy?
What is energy of motion?
How do scientists test their hypotheses?
What is through experiments?
What do we call the process of breaking down rocks?
What is weathering?
What do we call a change in matter that does not change its chemical composition?
What is a physical change?
Define density.
What is mass per unit volume?
Name one type of renewable energy.
What is solar energy, wind energy, or hydroelectric energy?
What is the difference between a dependent and independent variable?
What is the dependent variable changes based on the independent variable?
What is the primary source of energy for Earth's weather?
What is the sun?
What is the law of conservation of mass?
What is mass cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction?
What property describes how a substance reacts with another substance?
What is a chemical property?
How do magnets create force?
What is through magnetic fields that attract or repel other magnets or magnetic materials?
Why is it important to repeat an experiment?
What is to verify the results?
Describe the water cycle.
What is the continuous movement of water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
How are atoms and molecules different?
What is atoms are the basic units of matter, while molecules are made up of two or more atoms?
How can you determine if a substance is a solid, liquid, or gas?
What is by observing its shape and volume?
What is friction?
What is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact?