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STEM in our lives
Acronyms
Scientific Method
Scientific Breakthroughs of 2016
100
What are smaller, atoms or electrons?
What is "electrons"
100
_________ connects the entire world, and is now accessible through computers, phones, iPads, e-readers and TVs, even when not connected to a router.
What is the "internet"
100
YSI, the group you are now a part of!
What is the "Youth Science Institute"
100
Scientists around the world (except in the US) use this measurement system when recording scientific data.
What is the "metric system"
100
The tail of a 99-million-year-old ______, complete with feathers, bones and soft tissue, was found preserved in amber in Myanmar in December.
What is a "dinosaur"
200
What natural process created the Grand Canyon?
What is "erosion"
200
Advil became an 'over-the-counter' drug in 1984, no longer requiring a __________ to obtain it.
What is a "prescription"
200
The EPA was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress
What is the "Environmental Protection Agency"
200
An experiment tests a ___________, which is an expectation about how a particular process or phenomenon works.
What is a "hypothesis"
200
NASA’s Juno spacecraft made record-breaking close contact with the planet _______ this year.
What is "Jupiter"
300
Rocks are classified into these three categories based on how they are formed
What is "igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic"
300
Biologists developed the germ theory of disease, and research has shown that doing this regularly can prevent the spread of infection.
What is "washing your hands"
300
NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research
What is "National Aeronautics and Space Administration"
300
What are the 5 steps of the scientific method from first to last? A.research, problem, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion B.research, problem, experimentation, conclusion, hypothesis C.research, hypothesis, conclusion, problem, experimentation
What is "A. research, problem, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion"
300
In October, reproductive experts hailed a breakthrough as scientists successfully developed living ______ from lab-created eggs.
What is "mice"
400
How long does it take for light from the sun to reach Earth? A. It happens almost instantaneously B. 8 seconds C. 8 minutes D. 8 Hours
What is "C. 8 minutes"
400
Due to their relatively low cost, ease of manufacture, versatility, and imperviousness to water, __________ are used in an expansive range of products, from paper clips to space ships.
What is "plastics"
400
DNA contains our genetic makeup, which we inherit from our mothers and fathers.
What is "Deoxyribonucleic Acid"
400
When completing an experiment, you are testing your hypothesis by looking at independent, controlled, and dependent variables. What is the controlled variable? A: the variable that you purposely manipulate B: the variable that is being observed C: the variable that is not changed
What is "C: the variable that is not changed"
400
Researchers discovered a new type of fish, the cavefish, that is able to travel not just by swimming, but, by _______.
What is "walking"
500
What is the most common element in Earth's atmosphere?
What is "Nitrogen"
500
The Haber - Bosch process innovated an efficient way to convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia in the early 1900s, making the first readily available ___________ for farmers.
What is "fertilizer"
500
In 2014, blue LED lights were determined to be worth a Nobel Prize in Physics because of their energy saving capabilities.
What is "light emitting diode"
500
After completing the scientific method and writing up their findings, researchers must have this process completed by others in their field before their work may be published
What is "Peer Review"
500
NASA scientists discovered that Earth has a second ______
What is "moon"