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Safety, Variables, and Controls
Waves
Seasons and Phases of the Moon
Galaxies and light- years
Earth sructure and Plate tectonics
100
This tool would be used to measure the weight (in newtons) of an object.
What is a spring scale?
100
This is the highest point of a wave.
What is the crest?
100
When one heavenly body's shadow covers another.,
What is an eclipse?
100
The Universe is organized into groups of millions or billions or stars called these.
What is a galaxy?
100
This is the order of the Earth's layers from inner most to outer most.
What is the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust?
200
This tool is used to look at microscopic objects that would be very difficult to study with just your eye.
What is a microscope?
200
Light waves are an example of this type of wave.
What is a transverse wave?
200
This type of tide occurs during the low high tides and high low tides.
What is a neap tide?
200
The force pulling together the matter to form a star is called this.
What is gravity?
200
This term best describes the currents in the magma that cause the plates to move.
What is Convection?
300
these do not change during an experiment.
What is a control.
300
Sound waves are an example of this type of waves.
What is a longitudinal wave.
300
this type of tide occurs during the highest high and lowest low tides.
What is a spring tide?
300
The distance between stars is typically measured in this unit.
What is a light-year.
300
The movement of the Earth's plates is caused by these currents
What is a convection current?
400
These variables are what you measure at the end of an experiment.
What is a dependent variable?
400
This is the distance between two crests of a wave.
What is the wavelength?
400
The earth is at the farthest point away from the sun in it's orbit during this season.
What is summer?
400
This factor is the most important in determining how a star will die.
What is the stars mass.
400
This is the plate boundary that forms a mountain.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
500
These two safety tools are used whenever you work with chemicals or objects that could be harmful.
What is safety goggles and gloves?
500
This is the lowest point of a wave.
What is the trough.
500
This is the part of a shadow that forms a total eclipse.
What is the umbra?
500
This is the first stage in the life cycle of a star?
What is a stellar nebula?
500
This is the plate boundary that forms a fault line.
What is a transform plate boundary?