Science-y Jeopardy

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100

The first step of the Scientific Method is

Observation

or

Question

200

The process by which a liquid changes to a gas (vapor)

Evaporation 

300

The process in which water evaporates inside the leaves of a plant is called

transpiration 

400

Energy cannot be created or destroyed 

Law of Energy Conservation

500

A separation process that purifies liquids by selectively boiling a mixture to vaporize the most volatile component, then cooling the vapor to condense it back into a pure liquid, leaving a less volatile substance behind.

Distillation 

Science

100

What disease was shown to be cured by eating citrus fruits?

scurvy

200

The effect where the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions

Parallax

300

A testable, proposed explanation for an observation or phenomenon, acting as a starting point for scientific investigation

hypothesis 

400

Results that were unexpected or opposite of what common sense or normal outcomes would have

Counterintuitive 

500

Name a failed experiment by Mr. Kautz :)

1.) cotton ball paper experiment

2.) small pebbles in jar, ice experiment 

3.) flour, water, blow dryer experiment

Energy & Things

100

True or False: Only certain things in nature contain charges

False

Everything we see in nature contains fundamental electric charges 

200

The accumulation of electric charge on the surface of an object

static electricity

300

Materials that allow electric current to flow through them easily

Conductors

400

a material that strongly resists the flow of electric current

Insulators

500

A Leyden jar stores

electrical charge 

Space & Things

100

The third planet from the Sun

Earth

200

How long does it take for the Earth too orbit the Sun?

365 days

300

The shape of each planet's orbit around the sun

ellipse 

400

The sixth planet from the sun?

Saturn

500

In order to be classified as a planet:

1.) It must be big enough to have enough gravity to force it into a spherical shape

2.) It must be big enough that its gravity has cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the sun

And....

3.) it must orbit a star

Miscellaneous

100

The temperature at which water boils using the Fahrenheit scale?

212⁰

200

The temperature at which water boils using the Celsius scale is?

100^o

300

The hardest substance in the human body is

Enamel 

400

The substance that lies beneath the enamel

Dentin

500

In the 1700s paper was made from?

rag strips made of cotton and linen