Science Inquiry
An item used to pick up small, solid objects, often when hot
What are tongs?
The unit of force
What is a Newton?
Non-living factors in the environment, such as wind and water temperature
What are biotic factors?
Separation technique where a liquid is poured off a solid
What is decanting?
The event produced by a full rotation of the Earth
What is a day?
Variable which is changed deliberately in an experiment
What is an independent variable?
Type of force which opposes weight on a stationary object
What is reaction force?
An organism which breaks down organic substances to inorganic substances
What is a decomposer?
A substance which is dissolved in another
What is solute?
The sixth planet from the Sun
What is Saturn?
Part of a scientific report where a detailed scientific guess about the results of an experiment is proposed and explained
What is a prediction?
Force which opposes the motion of an object in contact with another
What is friction?
Invasive species which entered Tasmania in water in the hull of boats
What is the Northern Pacific Sea Star?
Solid substance left behind when a mixture is passed through filter paper
What is residue?
Renewable resource relying on the energy of falling water
What is hydroelectricity?
What are oxidising substances?
A simple machine which multiples force, such as a nutcracker
What is a second class lever?
Invertebrates with radial symmetry and a tough, often spiny skin
What are echinoderms?
Substance which is collected when two liquids of different boiling points are separated
What is distillate?
Fossil fuel which precedes coal (is created before coal is made)
What is peat?
Piece of equipment which holds glassware steady at a height (e.g. round bottom flask)
Clamp
A simple machine which transfers movement from one spinning wheel to another
What are gears?
Invertebrates with round bodies and no internal segmentation
What are nematodes?
Separation technique which separates substances of different densities
What is centrifugation?
Device which harnesses wave power when it moves up and down on the ocean surface
What is a pelamis?