Science Friction Story

Science can explain how a plump grape changes into a ______, dried up raisin.

• Complex

• Decomposition

• Detached

• Shriveled

Geologists college ______ of rocks and minerals. They carefully study the samples.

• Decomposition

• Complex

• Specimens

• Equations

The ______ or rotting, of dead plants, returns essential nutrients to the soil.

• Decomposition

• Compromise

• Complex

• Reluctant

A scientist may try to be ______, like an outside observer, in order to keep an open mind.

• Complex

• Detached

• Elegant

• Reluctant

Lab partners may need to ______ to get along. They may settle on an idea both can agree on.

• Complex

• Compromise

• Detached

• Principle

A scientist would be ______, or unwilling, to handle chemicals without taking safety precautions.

• Reluctant

• Detached

• Elegant

• Principle

The science of weather covers both simple and ______ ideas that explain natural phenomena.

• Compromise

• Complex

• Detached

• Reluctant

This computer processor is an ______ solution to a scientific problem, resolving it in a simple ingenious way.

• Complex

• Detached

• Elegant

• Equations

A scientific ______, such as Isaac Newton's law of gravity, is an important rule that can guide future research.

• Complex

• Principle

• Equation

• Compromise

Much of math and science is working with ______, in which one thing is equal to another.

• Principle

• Compromise

• Specimens

• Equations