Earth and Space
Life Science
Physical Science
Nature of Science
Miscellaneous
100

This process turns water vapor in liquid water.

What is condensation?

100

The process of photosynthesis- or turning light into food- occurs in this plant structure.

What is the leaf?

100

A book is sitting on a table. This is the force that is opposite and equal to the table pushing the book.

What is gravity?

100

The part of the experiment that the scientist changes is called this.

What is the variable?

100

A puddle disappears on a hot day. This explains why.

What is evaporation?

200

The Earth rotates on its axis once every this often, causing day and night.

What is 24 hours?

200

The spine of a human and this part of a plant both provide structure and support.

What is the stem?

200

As a roller coaster is about to go over the TOP of a hill, it has a lot of this type of energy (stored energy).

What is potential energy?

200

This is the tool one would use to measure the volume of a liquid.

What is a graduated cylinder?

200

A flashlight battery changes this type of energy into electrical energy.

What is chemical energy?

300

It is currently a full moon. This is the moon phase you will see in about two weeks.

What is a new moon?

300

This is the word used to describe a physical trait or behavior that helps an animal survive.

What is an adaptation?

300

When water molecules have the most energy, it means the water is in this state.

What is gas?

300

Scientists repeat experiments mainly for this reason.

What is check reliability or accuracy?

300

Fossils can often be found in this type of rock.

What is sedimentary?

400

Polar, temperate, and tropical are types of this.

What are climate zones?

400
Some traits are learned, while others are due to this, which means the organism was born with it (got it from its parents).

What is inheritance?

400

A scientist scratches a mineral with a copper penny, then an iron nail. She is performing a test for this property.

What is hardness?

400

The main difference between an observational investigation and an experimental investigation is that the observational investigation does not have these.

What are controlled variables (or just variables)?

400

Scientists should generally keep these - what they think about the topic - out of their investigations.

What are opinions?

500

A beach loses sand after several rough storms. This is an example of this phenomenon.

What is erosion?

500

If the producers in a food chain disappeared, these are the organisms that would be affected first.

What are primary consumers or herbivores?

500

These two words describe a circuit in which electricity is NOT currently flowing.

What is an open circuit?
500

After analyzing the data in an experiment, scientists should always take this last step.

What is communicate results?

500

Your mass is the same on Earth and on the moon, but due to gravity, this changes.

What is weight?