Worksheetsscientific method
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
wind,water,geothermal solar and biomass are what types of energy sources
carbon
alternative
Gasoline
Automotive
Renewable resources are resources that can be replaced by natural resources in a period less than _______ years.
50
1000
10
100
Coal, oil and natural gas are all ________ fuels
renewable
fossil
food
hydroelectric
The advantage to water (hydropower) is that it is __________ and nonpolluting.
Wet
Abundent
renewable
fossil
The disadvantage to water (hydropower) is that it is _________________
not widely available and destroys habitat for fish and wildlife
gets things wet
is hard to manage
is expensive
Pollution that results when the gases released by burning oil and coal mix with water in the air
acid rain
landfill
pollutants
recycling
Materials that can harm living things by interfering with life processes
acid rain
landfill
pollutants
recycling
What is the center of an atom called
electrons
protons
nucleus
molecule
What is the darkest part of the shadow
umbra
dark side
pendulum
umbrella
What is the breaking of white light into all the colors of the visible spectrum
diffraction
refraction
reflection
specrtum
One of the main functions of microorganisms in an ecosystem is to
be used as food by large organisms
decompose dead organisms
produce food using the sun for energy
limit the number of organisms the ecosystem can support
an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
controlled experiment
manipulated variable
operational definition
nonlinear graph
a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.
scientific law
metric system
scientific theory
operational definition
facts,figures,and other evidence gathered
data
mass
graph
density
a line that runs left to right along the bottom of a graph, on which the manipulated variable (or independent variable) is labeled.
linear graph
vertical axis
responding variable
horizontal axis
you see your reflection in a mirror because..
light is absorbed
light is diffracted
light is reflected
light is refracted
One of the most important functions of microorganisms in an ecosystem is that they
decompose dead organisms
limit the numbers of dead organisms
produce food using the suns energy
provide food for large animals
Which would be the best material you could use to separate heat from cold?
steel
iron
glass
wood
One way light and sound differ is
Light exists whether it is observed or not. Sound only exists if someone hears it.
Light can travel in a vacuum. Sound can't travel in a vacuum.
Light is associated with energy, sound is not.
Light travels in waves, sound does not.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered
telescopes
cameras
microorganisms
radium
