Vocabulary
Using your senses to do an experiment
What is an observation
A systematic approach to understanding a problem or question
What is the Scientific Method
The study of things beyond Earth
What is Astronomy
one million
What is kilo
Mass/volume is the formula for _________
Density
The factor being tested
What is a variable
Summing up the results of an experiment
What is a conclusion
The study of Earth's oceans
What is oceanography
Convert 4,500 grams to kilograms
What is 4.5
This tool measures mass in grams
What is the triple beam balance
Amount of matter something has
What is mass
Curved surface of a liquid; jused to measure liquids from the bottom of its bubble
What is meniscus
The study of weather, clouds, climate
What is meteorology
A millimeter is __________ of a meter
1/1000th
This tool measures the volume of a liquid
What is a graduated cylinder
Consistently getting the same measurement
What is precision
Gravity acting on mass
What is weight
The study of rocks & minerals
What is geology
Moving down the staircase moves the decimal to the _____ (direction)
What is right
This is found by subtracting the original volume of a liquid from the final volume of a liquid (ex. to find the volume of a rock placed in water)
What is volume displacement
prediction made before conducting an experiment
What is a hypothesis
A prediction made after the experiment is performed
What is inference
The study of Earth's conditions on the environment
What is environmental science
Name the prefixes from largest to smallest (not including giga, nano, mega, micro)
What is kilo, hecto, decka, (meter, liter, gram), deci, centi, milli
This tool is used to find the length, width, and height of an object
What is a metric ruler