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2. What is considered the first step in the Scientific Method?

3. Asking a question!
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4. What is a hypothesis?

5. An “if, then” statement
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6. This is a point of view that is highly personal or based on a belief that is not supported by evidence.

7. bias
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8. This is the factor that a scientist purposely changes during an investigation.

9. independent variable
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10. This is a variable that a scientist keeps the same throughout the investigation.

11. control
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12. What are the four main states of matter & which has the fastest moving atoms?

13. solid, liquid, gas, plasma & plasma has the fastest moving atoms
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14. The mass per unit volume of a substance is known as this
The mass per unit volume of a substance is known as this. What is the formula?

15. density; d = m/v
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16. What are the three types of energy and what unit of measure do we use to identify energy?

17. kinetic, potential, and mechanical energy
Energy is measured in joules.
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18. What occurs when matter is changed into new substances, which normally cannot be reversed?

19. chemical change
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20. What is the net force of a desk being pushed 26 N to the left and pushed 19 N to the right? Is the force balanced or unbalanced?

21. 7 N to the left and it is unbalanced
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22. What type of rock is created through heat and pressure?

23. metamorphic rock
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24. Alfred Wegener proposed the idea that Earth’s continents were once connected and have broken apart and drifted to their present locations. What do we call this?

25. continental drift
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26. How does the mantle compare to the core in temperature and density?

27. The mantle is cooler & less dense than the core
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28. What type of plate boundary created the Himalayas and the Andes?

29. convergent plate boundary
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30. What 2D map is excellent at showing elevation of landforms?

31. topographic map
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32. The Milky Way galaxy is considered this type of galaxy.

33. spiral galaxy
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34. Earth __________ on its axis every 24 hours and ____________ around the Sun every 365 days.

35. rotates and revolves (orbits)
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36. These are small bodies or rock, ice, and dust that revolve in an elliptical orbit around a star and form tails as they pass close to stars.

37. comet
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38. During the 1st quarter and last quarter phases of the moon, the tidal bulges from the Sun and moon are at right angles. What are these tides called?

39. neap tides
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40. Stars in the Universe are born inside these celestial objects made up of gases.

41. nebulas
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42. What organelle in plant/animal cells is responsible for regulating the flow of material into and out of the cell?

43. cell membrane
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44. What are the sections of chromosomes (structures that contain DNA) that carry the information for a single trait?

45. genes
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46. This is a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

47. commensalism
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48. This is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

49. consumer
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50. This form of reproduction involves only one parent and an identical genetic copy of itself is produced.

51. asexual reproduction
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52. What type of star is our Sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?

53. main-sequence star
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