Cheney Science Words Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a graph that uses bars to represent data | bargraph |
temperature is measured in | celsius |
a graph that shows part of a whole | circle graph |
grouping according to similarities or differences in their characteristics | classification |
comes at the end of an experiment | conclusion |
the careful use and protection of natural resources | conservation |
the features of an experiment that are the same | control |
another word for information | data |
to break down into particles too small to be seen | dissolve |
distance is measured in | meters |
a push or a pull | force |
a force caused by two objects rubbing against each other | friction |
mass is measured in this | grams |
the force that causes attraction between two objects | gravity |
anything that can be dangerous | hazard |
a prediction | hypothesis |
the tendency of a moving object to keep moving or of a still object to stay still is | inertia |
100 degrees celsius is the boiling point of | water |
in the metric system the word that means 1000 is | kilo |
a graph that uses a line to represent change is | linegraph |
volume is measured in | liters |
this is used to display locations | map |
the amount of matter in something is | mass |
a collection of materials in which the materials do not join together | mixture |
a natural satellite that orbits a planet | moon |
a change in an object's position | motion |
gathering information using your senses | observations |
the curved path around an object such as a planet moving around the sun | orbit |
something done to prevent an accident | precaution |
to reuse | recycle |
a physical propeerty that opposes the flow of electricity | resistance |
used to explore questions and investigate the world | scientific method |
energy that comes from the sun | solar energy |
the ability to dissolve | soluble |
a type of mixture in which the particles mix completely together and become one | solution |
something used to represent something else | symbol |
when both sides of an object are the same | symmetry |
the physical property of heat | temperature |
can be observed and measured | testable |
the roughness and smoothness of how something feels | texture |
a single complete investigation | trial |
this word means true | valid |
the feature of an experiment that is different | variable |
an electric circuit with many cirles and paths | parallel |
an electric circuit with one path | series |
the more water you put into a glass the _______the sound becomes | lower |
will not let light through | opaque |
easily seen through | transparent |
soak in | absorb |
the bouncing back of light rays | reflecting |
when light is bent | refract |
energy you can see that moves in waves | light energy |
this energy comes from the sun | solar energy |
a lens that is curved outward | convex |
a lens that is curved inward | concave |
the back and forth movement of an object | vibration |
an area where air particles are pushed together | compression |
vibrations that we can hear are known as | sound |
sound travels faster through | solids |
sound cannot travel through outer space because there are no | particles |
red, orange , yellow, green, blue , indigo, violet | ROY G BIV stands for - |
a decision based on observations and reasoning | inference |
someone who buys merchandise | consumer |
the air that surrounds earth | atmosphere |
all the earth's rocks | lithosphere |
all the earth's water | hydrosphere |
the pieces of earth's crust that is broken up | tectonic plates |
the thickest of earth's layers. It is the texture of oatmeal | mantle |
the only liquid layer of earth, made of melted iron | outer core |
the hottest layer of earth and it is solid metal because of the pressure | inner core |
the thinnest layer of earth | crust |
one of 7 enormous landmasses that floats on Earth's surface | continent |
the flow of charges through a circuit | current |
the wearing away of rock or soil by wind, water, or ice | erosion |
one of many different shaped features found on the continents, such as a mountain, valley, or plateau | landform |
an object used to refract light | lens |
anything that has mass and takes up space | matter |
traits or features that describe something | characteristics |
any animal with a backbone | vertebrate |
animals without backbones | invertebrate |
only birds have these | feathers |
the animal groups that are warmblooded | birds and mammals |
the animal groups that are coldblooded | amphibians, reptiles, fish |
any living thing | organism |
grow, use energy, reproduce, respond to their environment, get rid of waste | characteristics of all living things |
name the vertebrate groups | mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish |
when an animal undergoes changes or growth and development | lifecycle |
a change in form | metamorphosis |
the early immature state in the life cycle of some organisms | larva |
the caterpillar inside the chrysalis | pupa |
what does a caterpiller spend most of its time doing? | eating |
this means making more | reproduce |
an animal that lives in water when it is young and lives on land when it is an adult | amphibian |
how many legs an insect has | 6 |
name the body parts of an insect | abdomen, thorax, head |
biotic | any living thing |
anything not alive like a rock | abiotic |
any organism that can make its own food | producer |
a consumer that breaks down the remains of dead organisms | decomposer |
a path that shows the flow of energy in a community | food chain |
a series of overlapping food chains | food web |
the process by which plants change carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen | photosynthesis |
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