I am the thing being tested in an experiment. What am I called?
What is: a variable (the independent variable)
100
I need to know how cold it is going to be at 2:00 in the morning. What should I use?
What is: a thermometer
100
Jane returned from a camping trip and claimed that she saw a Sasquatch (Yeti). As a science student, what would you do?
What is: ask for evidence to support the claim
100
If I want to study wildlife habitats, what should I study to be?
What is: a biologist or zoologist
100
In the water cycle: run off, collection, evaporation...what then?
What is: condensation
200
What category are these animals classified as: mammals, fish, reptiles, birds?
What are: vertebrates
200
I am a meteorologist and I need to know if a high or low pressure system is moving into the state. What should I use?
What is: a barometer
200
You notice that some pans hold heat longer than others. What question should you ask in order to set up a scientific investigation?
What is: ask how long do different surfaces hold heat?
200
I enjoy experimenting with better ways to give pet animals medicine. What should I be?
What is: a veteranarian
200
It is getting colder. What then do some birds and butterflies do to survive?
What is: migrate
300
I could be a crab, or lobster or sponge or mollusk, or maybe an octopus. What am I?
What is: an invertebrate
300
I am a sailor and I need to know how fast the wind is blowing and in what direction. What should I use?
What is: an anemometer and a wind vane
300
I am conducting an experiment where I am measuring a task over different times. What graph should I make?
What is: a line graph
300
I am concerned about people polluting the earth's environment and want to study ways to keep our air and water clean. What should I be?
What is: an environmental scientist
300
A student notices something in the environment that he would like to investigate so he asks a question and researches more about it...what then does he need to do?
What is: write a hypothesis
400
Snakes, turtles, geckos, lizards are all what?
What is: vertebrate (450 points); reptile (400 points)
400
If I wanted to determine if there have been changes in the earth's atmosphere over the past thousand years, and I was in Antarctica, what would I use?
What is: an ice core
400
I am investigating the number of people with heart disease in different regions of the country. What graph should I use?
What is: a bar graph
400
I love to build bridges and water towers, making sure they are safe and strong for the community. What should I be?
What is: an engineer
400
A dog uses his nose to create a force on a ball. The ball begins rolling toward the wall. If it hits the wall, what happens then?
What is: a new force will cause it to change directions
500
I am a 6-legged member of the animal kingdom. I have an exoskeleton. What 2 ways can I be classified?
What is: invertebrate; insect
500
A scientist wanted to research the climate patterns in an area over the past 20 years. What would the scientist most likely use?
What are: tree rings
500
After conducting an experiment 1 time, Shelly finds her hypothesis to be false. What should she do?
What is: conduct the experiment again (at least 5 times) to see if she gets the same results.
500
I am passionate about the stars and planets; I am curious to know more about the sun and galaxies. What should I be?
What is: an astronomer
500
Two magnets are collecting iron shavings; one at the north end, and the other with the north end. What happens then to the iron shavings?
What is: the iron shavings will repel and move toward the opposite ends of each magnet.