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Science Quiz Vocab Words Flashcards

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Changes in matter are caused by an exchange of…

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Energy

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Solids, liquids and gases are three fundamental…

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Phases of Matter

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The amount of matter an objet contains is called…

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Mass

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When one kind of matter is changed into another kind of matter a(n)…

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Chemical Change has occurred

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When evidence used in an investigation contains only factual information, the evidence is called the…

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Objective

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An unproven or preliminary idea that can be tested by scientific inquiry is a(n)…

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Hypothesis

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A process of learning that starts with questions and arrives at answers to the questions is known as…

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Inquiry

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Rules that explain how all things in the entire universe always behave are called…

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Natural Law

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When an explanation of something in nature is verified by all known facts it may be called a(n)…

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Theory

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The source of virtually all of the energy on Earth is

  1. Green Plants
  2. Gasoline and Oil
  3. The Sun
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The Sun

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What unit would be most convenient for measuring the height of a door?

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Meters

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What unit would be most convenient for measuring the distance between planets?

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A.U. (astronomical unit)

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What unit would be most convenient for measuring the length of tiny bacteria?

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Microns

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What unit would be most convenient for measuring the distance between stars?

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Light Years

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What unit would be most convenient for measuring the distance between cities?

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Kilometers

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A student notices that some plants in her class have grown faster than others and wants to know why. Unscramble the steps of the scientific method she might use to investigate.
A. She thinks it might be light (a hypothesis)
B. She wonders why (a question)
C. She concludes that it is not light (a conclusion)
D. She grows similar plants under different amounts of light (an experiment)
E. She compares the plants growth (analyzes data)

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  1. B. Question
  2. A. Hypothesis
  3. D. Experiment
  4. E. Analyzes Data
  5. C. Conclusion
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Problem solving by moving from hypothesis to conclusion using information collected through inquiry, experimentation, and comparison is called the…

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Scientific Method

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