Quiz about South Carolina Science Vocabulary

Question 1

What is a Variable?

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a single factor that is isolated and tested in an experiment. Could be changed or not changed.

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Information using the senses to describe observations.

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Based on attitudes, beliefs, or opinions instead of verifiable evidence

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an explanation that ties together many hypotheses and observations

Question 2

What is Quantitative Data?

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information capable of being measured, how much, how many, written in numbers.

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Information using the senses to describe observations.

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Number of times an experiment is repeated for each level, or value, of the independent variable.

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An Investigation Based on Facts

Question 3

What is Qualitative Data?

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Information using the senses to describe observations.

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information capable of being measured, how much, how many, written in numbers.

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a representation of an object or system

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an individual group kept constant and is a standard of comparison in the "natural" state.

Question 4

A Push or a Pull acting on an object is known as...

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Force

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Atoms

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Factor

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Acceleration

Question 5

A testable explanation based on observation, experience, or scientific reasoning

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Hypothesis

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Inference

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Matter

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Claim

Question 6

What is a Constant?

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all the variables in the experiment that are kept the same through all trials.

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variable that the investigaor chooses to change in an experiment

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the variable that may change as a result or a response.

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an individual group kept constant and is a standard of comparison in the "natural" state.

Question 7

When the Earth goes around the Sun, it is called a...

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Revolution

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Rotation

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Constant

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Pattern

Question 8

When the Earth spins on it's axis it is called a...

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Rotation

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Factor

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Revolution

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Pattern

Question 9

What is the process called where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces?

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weathering

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changing

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erosion

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oxidation

Question 10

When oxygen in the air reacts with iron, the process is...

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Oxidation

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Abrasion

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Weathering

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Infiltration

Question 11

What is an atom?

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the smallest unit of ordinary matter that makes up a chemical element.

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Organizes the elements based on their repeating properties.

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A pure substance that cannot be broken down by chemical or physical means.

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A one- or two-letter abbreviation of an element's name.

Question 12

What is an Ecosystem?

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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The process of an organisim to change color and blend into it's environment

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the struggle between organisims for limited resources

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the function or purpose and organis serves

Question 13

A group of atoms bonded together, is a...

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molecule

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atom

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factor

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electron

Question 14

Mechanical energy, stored energy, or energy caused by its position is called...

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Potential Energy

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Kinetic Energy

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Force

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Velocity

Question 15

What is the energy an object has because of its motion?

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Kinetic Energy

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Potential Energy

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Force

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Speed

Question 16

What Law states that gravitational force is related to mass and distance of the objects?

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universal gravitation

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Inertia

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plate techtonics

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net force

Question 17

What is Plate Tectonics?

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A theory stating that the Earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

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Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

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Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.

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the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

Question 18

any living component that affects another organism or shapes the ecosystem is called a ...

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biotic factor

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community

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ecosystem

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abiotic factor

Question 19

A non-living chemical and physical part of the environment that affects living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems is a/an....

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abitotic factor

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biotic factor

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ecosystem

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habitat

Question 20

What is matter?

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

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A pure substance that cannot be broken down by chemical or physical means.

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The basic particle from which all elements are made.

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Compounds formed from chemical reactions.

Question 21

What is Symbiosis?

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any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different species where at least one benifits

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a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area and in a particular time

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an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant or other type of organism

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evolutionary process that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness.

Question 22

What is it called when you draw a conclusion from information; to presume from evidence or observation?

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Inference

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Observation

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Example

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Evidence

Question 23

Substances that are made up of a single kind of atom is a/an...

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element

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matter

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atom

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molecule

Question 24

What is the property of matter where something continues a state of rest or uniform motion unless that state is changed by an unbalanced force.

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inertia

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energy

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gravity

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force

Question 25

What is a Phenomena?

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any event or fact that could be observed, amazing or not.

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a consistent or repetitive set of data or observation where relationships can be observed or inferred.

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the combination of two or more waves that results in a single wave

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The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.

Question 26

What is a control group?

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an individual group kept constant and is a standard of comparison in the "natural" state.

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a highly personal and unreasonable distortion of judgement.

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all the variables in the experiment that are kept the same through all trials.

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Information gathered using your five senses and/or scientific instruments

Question 27

What is the sum of forces acting on a particle or body called?

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Net Force

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gravity

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inertia

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matter

Question 28

What is a Food Web?

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Shows how all organisims are connected in an environment

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describes how organisims interact for limited recources in an environment

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a period of time where an organizims changes collor to blend into its environment

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an interaction between organisims where neither organisim benifits.

Question 29

What is Adaptation?

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A physical or behavioral characteristic that helps an organisim survive.

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show how all organisms are connected in an environment

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an interaction between organisims where neither one benifits

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a struggle between organisms for limited resources.

Question 30

the function or purpose an organism serves is its...

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Niche

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Limiting factor

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Habitat

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Adaptation

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