Scientific Method
States Of Matter
Phase Changes
Earth-Sun Relationships
Climate
100

What is the first step of the scientific method?

Objective/Question

100

How do particles move in a solid?

vibrate

100

What describes the removal of heat causing a gas to turn into a liquid?

condensation

100

What is the name for when the sun rays are directly at the equator?

Equinox

100

What is the biggest factor determining climate?

latitude

200

Which step in the scientific method includes a list of material needed?

Procedure

200

What state of matter has particles that flow around one another?

liquid

200

What is the difference between temperature and thermal energy?

Temperature is the average kinetic energy

Thermal energy is the total kinetic and potential energy

200

What is the name for when the suns rays are directly on the tropic of Cancer?

Summer Solstice 

200

Citities often have warmer temps than the country because of....

Asphalt, concrete, and metal

300

If your hypothesis was proven wrong, what should your next step be?

Make a new hypothesis/test again

300

Which state of matter has particles that will bounce off of one another and float freely?

gas

300

What is sublimation?

Solid going straight to gas

300

If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, what is happening on the southern hemisphere?

summer

300

What are the smallest of the ice masses?

Glaciers

400

What is an independent variable?

The things we change in the experiment to compare to

400

If you heat up the particles in any state of matter, how do the particles act?

they speed up/move faster

400

What are the two types of vaporization?

Evaporation and Boiling

400

The Earth is tilted on its axis at what degree?

23.5

400

Ice sheets can be found

at the poles

500

What is the dependent variable and what is it dependent on?

The variable that changes based on the independent variable

500

What causes a break in the bonds of particles?

Thermal Energy

500

Where does the energy transfer occur in evaporation?

on the surface below the boiling point

500

Why is it always cold at the poles?

The suns rays hit at an angle 

500

What is the process of making clean drinking water?

Desalination