Engineering Design
The step-by-step process for answering a scientific question
The Scientific method
Any living thing is called...
The movement of energy from one living thing to another in an ecosystem is called a...
Food chain
The average weather for a specific place over a long period of time
Climate
True or false. Penguins have knees
True
An educated guess for what could happen (or a possible answer)
A Hypothesis
The stages any organism goes through as it grows and changes, eventually leading to reproduction and death
Life cycle
Multiple food chains existing and intersecting within an ecosystem creates a...
food web
A device we use to measure the temperature outside
What is the name of the deepest part of the ocean
The Mariana Trench
A clue that helps you figure out if something is true
Evidence
A bear eating lots of food, then sleeping in a cave during the winter is an example of...
Hibernation
An organism that eats both plants and meat is called a...
Omnivore
Name three natural disasters
Thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane, blizzard, volcano eruption, flooding, hail, earthquakes etc
How many bones are in a human body?
206
The process of thinking about lots of ideas for something. Also used for coming up with solutions for problems
Brainstorming
An organism changing something about itself to help it survive in an environment is called
Adaptation/Adapting to
If a cheetah hunts down a gazelle, the cheetah is the predator and the gazelle is the _______
Prey
A type of biome that is typically very dry and produces little amounts of rain
Desert biome
Which planet in the solar system rains diamonds
Neptune
"If I flip this light switch, then then the lights will turn on", this is an example of what scientific relationship?
Cause and effect
When animals reproduce, their offspring inherits _____ from its parents such as the hair color, height, and eye color
traits
Anything that can make its own food in an ecosystem (mostly plants)
Producer
A device we use to measure air pressure, and helps us predict the weather
Barometer
What animal can regrow any of its limbs? (including arms, legs, eyes, brain, and even its entire head!)
Axolotl