Quiz about Science Vocabulary

Question 1

PROPERTIES

Accepted Answer

how to describe and classify matter

Answer

allows heat to pass through

Answer

how much space matter takes up

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the amount of matter in a substance

Question 2

SOLUBILITY

Accepted Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT IS ATTRACTED TO A MAGNET

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WHETHER AN OBJECT SINKS OR FLOATS IN WATER

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GETS SMALLER UNTIL THE SUBSTANCE CAN NO LONGER BE SEEN

Question 3

RELATIVE DENSITY

Accepted Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE SINKS OR FLOATS IN WATER

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE IS ATTRACTED TO A MAGNET

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GETS SMALLER UNTIL THE SUBSTANCE CAN NO LONGER BE SEEN

Question 4

SOLID

Accepted Answer

STATE OF MATTER THAT HAS A FIXED SHAPE AND VOLUME

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STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND FIXED VOLUME

Answer

STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND VOLUME

Question 5

LIQUID

Accepted Answer

STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND FIXED VOLUME

Answer

STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND VOLUME

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STATE OF MATTER THAT HAS A FIXED SHAPE AND VOLUME

Question 6

GAS

Accepted Answer

STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND VOLUME

Answer

STATE OF MATTER CHANGES SHAPE AND FIXED VOLUME

Answer

STATE OF MATTER THAT HAS A FIXED SHAPE AND VOLUME

Question 7

SOLUTE

Accepted Answer

THE SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES

Answer

PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT DISSOLVES THE SOLUTE

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GETS SMALLER UNTIL A SUBSTANCE CAN NO LONGER BE SEEN

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

Question 8

SOLVENT

Accepted Answer

PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT DISSOLVES THE SOLUTE

Answer

A COMBINATION OF 2 OR MORE SUBSTANCES

Answer

THE SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

Question 9

CONDUCTOR

Accepted Answer

ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

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DOES NOT ALLOW HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

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A COMBINATION OF 2 OR MORE SUBSTANCES

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT IS ATTRACTED TO A MAGNET

Question 10

INSULATOR

Accepted Answer

DOES NOT ALLOW HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

Answer

ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

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ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT SINKS OR FLOATS IN WATER

Question 11

MATTER

Accepted Answer

ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE

Answer

THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN SOMETHING

Answer

MEASURE OF THE EFFECT OF AN OBJECT'S MASS

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT SINKS OR FLOATS IN WATER

Question 12

MASS

Accepted Answer

THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN SOMETHING

Answer

ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE

Answer

HOW MUCH SPACE MATTER TAKES UP

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DOES NOT ALLOW HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

Question 13

VOLUME

Accepted Answer

HOW MUCH SPACE MATTER TAKES UP

Answer

THE AMOUNT OF MATTER OF SOMETHING

Answer

ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE

Answer

ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

Question 14

MAGNETISM

Accepted Answer

WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT IS ATTRACTED TO A MAGNET

Answer

ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE SINKS OR FLOAT IN WATER

Answer

DOES NOT ALLOW HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

Question 15

MIXTURE

Accepted Answer

A COMBINATION OF 2 OR MORE SUBSTANCES

Answer

A MIXTURE IN WHICH A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES EVENLY IN ANOTHER SUBSTANCE

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

Question 16

DISSOLVE

Accepted Answer

GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER UNTIL THE SUBSTANCE IS INVISIBLE

Answer

A MIXTURE IN WHICH A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES EVENLY IN ANOTHER SUBSTANCE

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

Answer

A COMBINATION OF 2 OR MORE SUBSTANCES

Question 17

SOLUTION

Accepted Answer

A MIXTURE IN WHICH A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES EVENLY IN ANOTHER SUBSTANCE

Answer

A COMBINATION OF 2 OR MORE SUBSTANCES

Answer

GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER UNTIL THE SUBSTANCE IS INVISIBLE

Answer

WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

Question 18

ENERGY SOURCE

Accepted Answer

WHERE THE ENERGY COMES FROM EX. BATTERY

Answer

ENERGY KNOWN AS HEAT

Question 19

THERMAL ENERGY

Accepted Answer

ENERGY KNOWN AS HEAT

Answer

ENERGY OF MOTION

Answer

MOVING OBJECT

Answer

ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

Question 20

MECHANICAL ENERGY

Accepted Answer

ENERGY OF MOTION

Answer

MOVING OBJECT

Answer

OBJECT AS REST

Question 21

POTENTIAL

Accepted Answer

OBJECT AT REST

Answer

ENERGY OF MOTION

Answer

MOVING OBJECT

Question 22

KINETIC

Accepted Answer

MOVING OBJECT

Answer

ENERGY OF MOTION

Answer

OBJECT AT REST

Question 23

ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Accepted Answer

ENERGY OF CHARGED PARTICLES EX. PLUG IT IN

Answer

ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

Answer

TRAVELS IN WAVES AND A STRAIGHT LINE

Answer

WHERE THE ENERGY COMES FROM EX. BATTERY

Question 24

LIGHT ENERGY

Accepted Answer

TRAVELS IN WAVES AND A STRAIGHT LINE

Answer

ENERGY PRODUCED BY VIBRATION

Answer

THE LIGHTBULB DOES LIGHT UP; ELECTRICITY FLOWS THROUGH

Answer

ENERGY OF MOTION

Question 25

REFLECT

Accepted Answer

LIGHT BOUNCES BACK

Answer

LIGHT BENDS

Answer

TO TAKE LIGHT IN

Question 26

REFRACT

Accepted Answer

LIGHT BENDS

Answer

LIGHT BOUNCES BACK

Answer

TO TAKE LIGHT IN

Question 27

SOUND ENERGY

Accepted Answer

ENERGY PRODUCED BY VIBRATIONS

Answer

ABILITY TO DO WORK

Answer

TRAVELS IN WAVES AND A STRAIGHT LINE

Answer

KNOWN AS HEAT ENERGY

Question 28

ENERGY

Accepted Answer

ABILITY TO DO WORK

Answer

ENERGY OF MOTION

Answer

TRAVELS IN WAVES AND A STRAIGHT LINE

Question 29

ABSORB

Accepted Answer

TO TAKE LIGHT IN

Answer

LIGHT BENDS

Answer

LIGHT BOUNCES BACK

Question 30

CURRENT

Accepted Answer

FLOW OF ELECTRICITY

Answer

TO TAKE LIGHT IN

Question 31

FORCE

Accepted Answer

PUSH OR PULL

Answer

THE ABILITY TO DO WORK

Question 32

MOTION

Accepted Answer

MOVEMENT

Answer

PUSH OR PULL

Question 33

GRAVITY

Accepted Answer

A FORCE THAT PULLS 2 OBJECTS TOWARD EACH OTHER

Answer

PUSH OR PULL

Answer

MOVEMENT

Question 34

FRICTION

Accepted Answer

A FORCE THAT WORKS AGAINST MOTION

Answer

A FORCE THAT PULLS 2 OBJECTS TOWARD EACH OTHER

Answer

A PUSH OR PULL

Question 35

ROTATE

Accepted Answer

TO SPIN ON AN AXIS

Answer

THE PATH OF AN OBJECT IN SPACE

Answer

A PUSH OR A PULL

Question 36

REVOLVE

Accepted Answer

TO TRAVEL AROUND AN OBJECT IN SPACE IN A CIRCLE OR OVAL

Answer

TO SPIN ON AN AXIS

Answer

THE PATH OF AN OBJECT IN SPACE

Question 37

ORBIT

Accepted Answer

THE PATH OF AN OBJECT IN SPACE

Answer

TO SPIN ON AN AXIS

Answer

TO TRAVEL AROUND AN OBJECT IN SPACE IN A CIRCLE

Question 38

AXIS

Accepted Answer

AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT GOES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

Answer

TO TRAVEL AROUND AN ANOTHER OBJECT IN SPACE IN A CIRCLE OR OVAL

Answer

TO SPIN ON AN AXIS

Question 39

EVAPORATION

Accepted Answer

OCCURS WHEN HEAT FROM THE SUN CAUSES LIQUID WATER TO BECOME WATER VAPOR

Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER VAPOR GETS COOLER AND TURNS BACK INTO LIQUID WATER

Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER FALLS FROM THE CLOUDS. THERE ARE 4 MAIN TYPES.

Question 40

CONDENSATION

Accepted Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER VAPOR GETS COOLER AND TURNS BACK INTO LIQUID WATER

Answer

OCCURS WHEN HEAT FROM THE SUN CAUSES LIQUID WATER TO BECOME WATER VAPOR

Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER FALLS FROM CLOUDS. THERE ARE 4 MAIN TYPES.

Question 41

PRECIPITATION

Accepted Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER FALLS FROM CLOUDS. THERE ARE 4 MAIN TYPES.

Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER VAPOR GETS COOLER AND TURNS BACK INTO LIQUID WATER

Answer

OCCURS WHEN HEAT FROM THE SUN CAUSES LIQUID WATER TO BECOME WATER VAPOR

Question 42

TRANSPIRATION

Accepted Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER VAPOR IS RELEASED FROM THE LEAVES OF PLANTS

Answer

OCCURS WHEN EXCESS RAINWATER FLOWS INTO A WATER SOURCE

Answer

OCCURS WHEN HEAT FROM THE SUN CAUSES LIQUID WATER TO BECOME WATER VAPOR

Answer

OCCURS WHEN PRECIPITATION GOES UNDERGROUND THROUGH THE SOIL

Question 43

RUNOFF

Accepted Answer

OCCURS WHEN EXCESS RAINWATER FLOWS TO A WATER SOURCE

Answer

OCCURS WHEN PRECIPITATION GOES UNDERGROUND THROUGH THE SOIL

Answer

OCCURS WHEN HEAT FROM THE SUN CAUSES LIQUID WATER TO BECOME WATER VAPOR

Question 44

PERCOLATION

Accepted Answer

OCCURS WHEN PRECIPITATION GOES UNDERGROUND THROUGH THE SOIL

Answer

OCCURS WHEN WATER FALLS FROM CLOUDS. THERE ARE 4 TYPES.

Answer

OCCURS WHEN HEAT FROM THE SUN CAUSES LIQUID WATER TO BECOME WATER VAPOR

Question 45

ACCUMULATION

Accepted Answer

OCCURS WHEN PRECIPITATION IS STORED IN A LAKE, RIVER, OR OCEAN.

Answer

OCCURS WHEN PRECIPITATION GOES UNDERGROUND THROUGH THE SOIL.

Answer

OCCURS WHEN HEAT FROM THE SUN CAUSES LIQUID WATER TO BECOME WATER VAPOR

Question 46

The conditions in a place at a particular time; short-term

Accepted Answer

weather

Answer

climate

Answer

latitude

Answer

elevation

Question 47

The usual weather in a place; long-term

Accepted Answer

climate

Answer

weather

Answer

evaporation

Answer

humidity

Question 48

how hot or cold something is

Accepted Answer

temperature

Answer

weather

Answer

climate

Answer

latitude

Question 49

clouds form when water vapor condenses into tiny droplets of water and cluster together

Accepted Answer

cloud cover

Answer

condensation

Answer

ocean currents

Answer

precipitation

Question 50

the amount of water vapor in the air

Accepted Answer

humidity

Answer

evaporation

Answer

air pressure

Answer

wind speed

Question 51

moving air in our atmosphere

Accepted Answer

wind speed

Answer

humidity

Answer

air pressure

Answer

elevation

Question 52

the force exerted onto a surface by the air

Accepted Answer

air pressure

Answer

ocean currents

Answer

wind speed

Answer

humidity

Question 53

the distance from the equator affects a region's climate

Accepted Answer

latitude

Answer

climate

Answer

wind speed

Answer

humidity

Question 54

large lakes and oceans affect a region's precipitation and wind speed

Accepted Answer

bodies of water

Answer

wind speed

Answer

precipitation

Answer

climate

Question 55

currents transport cold or warm water around the globe

Accepted Answer

ocean currents

Answer

bodies of water

Answer

cloud cover

Answer

elevation

Question 56

how high land is above sea level

Accepted Answer

elevation

Answer

humidity

Answer

ocean currents

Answer

latitude

Question 57

Weathering

Accepted Answer

the breaking down of rock on Earth's surface

Answer

the conditions in a place at a particular time; short-term

Answer

the movement of sediments from one place to another

Question 58

Erosion

Accepted Answer

the movement of sediments from one place to another

Answer

the breaking down of rock on Earth's surface

Answer

dropping off sediments in a new place

Question 59

Deposition

Accepted Answer

the dropping off of sediments in a new place

Answer

the movement of sediments from one place to another

Answer

the breaking down of sediments

Question 60

COMPACTION

Accepted Answer

PRESSURE FROM THE ABOVE SEDIMENTS PACKS THE LAYERS TIGHT

Answer

SEDIMENTS ARE CARRIED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER

Answer

ROCKS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO SEDIMENTS

Answer

SEDIMENTS ARE DROPPED OFF IN A NEW LOCATION

Question 61

CEMENTATION

Accepted Answer

OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MINERALS AND PRESSURE HARDEN SEDIMENTS INTO SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Answer

SEDIMENTS ARE CARRIED FROM ONE PLAE TO ANOTHER

Answer

ROCKS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO SEDIMENTS

Answer

PRESSURE FROM THE ABOVE SEDIMENTS PACKS THE LAYERS TIGHT

Question 62

INHERITED TRAITS

Accepted Answer

characteristics offspring gets from its parent

Answer

movement of animals from one place to another

Answer

a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in its environment

Question 63

STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION

Accepted Answer

a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in its environment

Answer

a period of inactivity for a plant

Answer

characteristics offspring gets from its parent

Question 64

DORMANCY

Accepted Answer

a period of inactivity for a plant

Answer

an inactive state of the body for an extended period of time

Answer

a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in its environmenT

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