Throwback Thursday: Exploring Science Fundamentals - Week 5

Aria, Zoe, and Michael are having a debate. They are trying to figure out the term used to describe the amount of mass per unit volume of a substance. Can you help them out?

• Weight

• Mass

• Volume

• Density

Imagine Benjamin, Priya, and Emma are competing in a biology quiz! The question is: Which branch of biology deals with the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics? Can you help them answer?

• Ecology

• Genetics

• Anatomy

• Physiology

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Imagine William and Luna are observing a chameleon. They notice that the chameleon changes its color to blend with the environment. This observable characteristic of the chameleon is called what?

• Genes

• Alleles

• Traits

• Phenotypes

Imagine William, Mia, and Benjamin are stargazing and they come across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Can you help them understand what the vertical axis typically represents in this diagram?

• Luminosity

• Temperature

• Color

• Distance

Imagine Ava, Samuel, and Isla are time-traveling scientists. They land in the era of great scientific discoveries. They meet a scientist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Who is this scientist they met?

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

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Evelyn, Scarlett, and Samuel are having a heated debate. They are trying to figure out what is the smallest unit of a chemical element that still keeps its chemical properties. Can you help them settle this?

• Molecule

• Compound

• Atom

• Ion

Evelyn, Noah, and Aria are having a debate. They are trying to figure out what the term is for a trait that is coded by genes passed from their parents to them. Can you help them out?

• Is it an Acquired trait?

• Could it be a Dominant trait?

• Maybe it's an Inherited trait?

• Or is it an Environmental trait?

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Imagine Benjamin, Samuel, and Emma are tiny scientists exploring an atom! Which of the following would they NOT find as a fundamental particle inside the atom?

• Proton

• Neutron

• Electron

• Quark

Priya, Sophia, and Avery are stargazing and discussing the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. They are curious to know what the horizontal axis on this diagram typically represents. Can you help them out?

• Luminosity

• Temperature

• Color

• Size

Ethan, Michael, and Aria are having a debate about Newton's laws. Ethan says the first law of motion is also known as the law of:

• Acceleration

• Inertia

• Action and Reaction

• Universal Gravitation