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What is the scientific method?

Steps scientists use to answer questions and

solve problems.

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What is the first step of the Scientific Process?

Ask a question or identify the problem

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After you have asked the question, you are ready

to…

Form a hypothesis

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Is it ok if your results do not support your

hypothesis?

YES

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What should you do if your results do not

support your hypothesis?

Repeat investigation and change hypothesis if

necessary

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What is the importance of the International System

of Units (SI)?

It is the oldest and most widely used system

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What are the SI units for measuring LENGTH,

MASS, and VOLUME?

Meter, Kilogram, and Liter

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What happens to a solid object with a density that is less than

water when it is placed in water?

It floats on top of the water

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Is the explosion of fireworks is an example of a PHYSICAL

or CHEMICAL change?

Chemical change

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Is grounding/grinding flour an examples of PHYSICAL

or CHEMICAL change?

Physical Change

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What has mass and takes up space?

MATTER

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What change of state happens if you open a bottle of perfume

after a period of time?

Evaporation

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What is the melting point of ice the same as?

The freezing point of water

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Will a liter of water boil at the same temperature as

a milliliter of water?

YES!

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What change of state is solid to gas?

Sublimation

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What change of state is EVAPORATION?

Liquid to gas

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What change of state is liquid to gas?

CONDENSATION

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What change of state is MELTING?

Solid to Liquid

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Are boiling point, melting point and density examples of

physical or chemical properties?

PHYSICAL

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What is a pure substance made of two or more elements that

are CHEMICALLY combined?

COMPOUND

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Is FLAMMABILITY an example of a physical or

chemical property?

CHEMICAL PROPERTY

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When elements form mixtures, do the elements keep their properties or form a new

substance?

KEEP their same properties

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Which is NOT an method of separating a mixture of solids:

filtering, screening, evaporation?

EVAPORATION

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What is the smallest particle in which an element can be divided and still be

the same substance?

ATOM

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Which of the following has a POSITIVE charge:

proton, neutron, electron?

PROTON

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Which of the following has a NEGATIVE charge:

proton, neutron, electron?

ELECTRON

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Which of the following has a NEUTRAL charge:

proton, neutron, electron?

NEUTRON

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Where is the nucleus of an atom and what does it

contain?

Center and hold the protons and neutrons

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What is the type of change when a new substance is

formed with different properties?

CHEMICAL CHANGE

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With a hair dryer, electrical energy is changed into

which type of energy: light, nuclear, thermal, chemical?

THERMAL

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When you eat fruits and vegetables, what type of energy

are you taking in: thermal, sound, chemical, electrical?

CHEMICAL ENERGY

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When is POTENTIAL ENERGY the greatest in

a roller coaster?

At the top of the first hill

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What is THE ABILITY TO DO WORK called?

ENERGY

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Conduction, convection, or radiation: when the end of a spoon in hot soup gets warm.

CONDUCTION

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Conduction, convection, or radiation: when water boils in a pot, the water

moves in circular patterns?

CONVECTION

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Conduction, convection, or radiation: when the coils of a portable heater warm a room?

RADIATION

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Particles move fast, slide past one another.

LIQUIDS

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Particles move very fast independent of each other,

bumping into each other wildly.

GAS

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Particles are attracted to each other and vibrate in

place close together.

SOLID

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Why are protons and electrons attracted to each other?

Protons have a positive charge and electrons have a negative charge…opposites

attract!

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What do you see by sprinkling iron filings around a magnet?

Magnetic field lines

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WHAT can be measured by counting how many waves pass by in a certain amount

of time: frequency, wavelength, or wave speed?

FREQUENCY

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WHAT is the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point of the next

wave: frequency, wavelength, wave speed?

WAVELENGTH

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WHAT is the speed at which a wave travels through a

medium: frequency, wavelength, wave speed?

WAVE SPEED

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The SPEED of a sound wave depends on what?

The substance through which it travels: the

medium

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WHITE LIGHT is the entire range of what?

All the colors of visible light combined together

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Which results in a helpful INCREASE of friction:

sandpaper on wood, wax on skis, sand on an icy sidewalk?

Sand on an icy sidewalk

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Which results in a helpful DECREASE of friction: force applied while scrubbing, oil added to a car engine, deep tread added to snow tires?

Oil added to a car engine

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What illustrates MOTION by relating it to a reference point: hands of a clock relative to the

numbers, the distance a race car travels, the velocity of a train?

The hands of a clock

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What are two factors used to determine the formula for speed: acceleration, velocity, distance, time, motion, reference point?

DISTANCE and TIME

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Explain the difference between speed and

velocity.

One has direction

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To produce a change in motion, a force must be

WHAT?

UNBALANCED FORCE