Unit 1

Question 1

The non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment. Examples- water, air, sunlight.

Answer 1

Abiotic

Question 2

Collected information, the results of an experiment or other investigation.

Answer 2

Data

Question 3

An idea that can be tested by experiment or observation.

Answer 3

Hypothesis

Question 4

Causes a change in another.

Answer 4

Manipulated Variable (Independent Variable)

Question 5

Changes in response to the independent variable.

Answer 5

Responding Variable (Dependent Variable)

Question 6

It’s a way of learning about the natural world.

Answer 6

Science

Question 7

Efforts to understand and explain the natural world through observation and experiment.

Answer 7

Science Inquiry

Question 8

When a fact is so important in understanding. Always holds ture.

Answer 8

Scientific Law

Question 9

Is a representation of something that can not be observed directly.

Answer 9

Scientific Module

Question 10

Idea based on evidence but it is not considered a fact until proven true.

Answer 10

Scientific Theory

Question 11

Items in an experiment that are changed

Answer 11

Variable

Question 12

Suggest possible explanation for an observation.

Answer 12

Inference

Question 13

Sphere that includes all living things.

Answer 13

Biosphere

Question 14

Sphere of Earth’s rocks and plates.

Answer 14

Lithosphere

Question 15

Envelope of gases surrounding Earth.

Answer 15

Atmosphere

Question 16

Sphere of all water on Earth

Answer 16

Hydrosphere

Question 17

The study of the ocean. Specifically the abiotic factors of the ocean.

Answer 17

Oceanography

Question 18

The study of the weather and the atmosphere.

Answer 18

Meteorology

Question 19

The study of the human impact on the environment.

Answer 19

Environmental Science

Question 20

The study of the solid Earth.

Answer 20

Geology

Question 21

The study of space and the objects in space.

Answer 21

Astronomy

Question 22

Organize how things are alike.

Answer 22

Classify

Question 23

Use one or more sense to gather information.

Answer 23

Observe

Question 24

Making carful guesses.

Answer 24

Estimate

Question 25

What might happen in the future, it's based on past information.

Answer 25

Predict

Question 26

Amount of mass in a given volume of a substance or object.

Answer 26

Density

Question 27

Amount of matter in something.

Answer 27

Mass

Question 28

Amount of space an object or substance takes up.

Answer 28

Volume

Question 29

A substance where all the atoms are the same and can't be broken down into smaller pieces and still have the original properties.

Answer 29

Elements

Question 30

Matter made of two or more elements.

Answer 30

Compound

Question 31

Is the smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still have the properties of that element.

Answer 31

Atom