Nature of Science
a testable statement that makes a prediction
What is a hypothesis?
This can be measured with a triangle. It is the amount of mass per unit of volume.
What is density?
An object that revolves around another object
What is a sattelite?
The process wherein an organism survives due to its favourable trait
What is natural selection?
This type of matter is made of two or more substances physically combined.
What is a mixture?
This is the variable that is tested and changed by the scientist
What is independent variable
This scale is used to measure acids and bases
the PH Scale
These are large gaseous objects that produce their own energy
What are stars?
This describes how organisms change over time.
what is evolution?
What are the two neutral substances on the pH scale?
What is salt and water?
This is known as the outcome variable
What is Dependent Variable
This substance produces hydrogen ions in a solution and taste sour
What are acids?
This is the order of the moon phases.
What is new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, last quarter?
This term refers to differences within a species that help towards that species survival.
What is genetic variation?
This is typically used to study things you cannot normally study in nature
What is a model?
Scientists use this as a virtual way to study real life processes
What are simulations?
This change occurs when an entirely new substance is formed.
What are chemical changes?
These tides are known to have the highest high tides and the lowest low tides.
What are spring tides?
The smallest unit of a living thig is...
What are the three parts of an atom?
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons
This is the correct order of the scientific method
Ask a question, form hypothesis, plan for materials and procedures, collect data, form conclusion
This wave travels fastest in a vaccuum and slowest in a solid
Light waves
These are the two factors that influence gravity
What is mass and distance?
This is the hierarchy of living things (in order from smallest to biggest)
Cell, tissue, organs, organ systems, organism
These are the colors of stars from coolest to hottest
red, red-orange, yellow, white, blue