Something that can be changed and might affect the outcome of an experiment.
What is a variable?
100
The breaking down of landforms.
What are destructive forces?
100
Evidence that an organism once existed in an area; can be a part of the organism's body or a trace fossil which is a mark or print left by the organism.
What is a fossil?
100
The spinning of a planet or object on its axis.
What is rotation?
100
An educated guess; usually an if, then statement.
What is a hypothesis?
200
Measurements or observations that can be recorded in a chart or graph.
What is data?
200
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by the action of wind, rain, and temperature change.
What is weathering?
200
Resources that cannot be replaced in a short period of time, such as oil, natural gas, coal and minerals.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
200
One complete trip of a planet to travel around the sun; It takes Earth 365ΒΌ days.
What is revolution?
200
Any motion of an object, sequence or process that repeats itself.
What is a cycle?
300
A test or experiment in which all variables are kept the same except the variable being tested.
What is a fair test?
300
The building up of landforms.
What are constructive forces?
300
Energy resources used instead of fossil fuels (ex: solar energy, wind).
What is alternative energy?
300
The outermost layer of the sun that can be seen during a Solar Eclipse.
What is the corona?
300
A group of things or parts that work together for a common purpose.
What is a system?
400
In an experiment, a group that is kept under normal or ideal conditions while others are changed.
What is a controlled variable?
400
Movement of earth materials by water, wind, and ice (or other natural forces)
What is erosion?
400
A fossil fuel that forms from decomposed plant materials.
What is coal?
400
The revolution causes the Earth to experience the ______.
What is the four seasons?
400
An area on the Earth with similar climate, plants, and animals; often called ecosystems. (ex: tropical rainforest, tundra)
What is a biome?
500
In an experiment that is a fair test; the variable that a scientist changes.
What is the independent variable?
500
The process by which eroded materials settle in another place.
What is deposition?
500
A type of rock with layers formed by gravity pressing fragments of other rocks and minerals together as they settle on land or under the ocean over a long period of time.
What is a sedimentary rock?
500
The passing of one object through the shadow of another. This happens when the Moon passes between the Earth and Sun or the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun.
What is an eclipse?
500
The average of weather patterns over many years for a particular region.