RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL FLASHCARDS FOR SCIENCE 1ST EXAM GRADE 6
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Scientific Method:
Step 1 - state the problem
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Scientific Method:
Step 2 - research
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Scientific Method:
Step 3 - hypothesis
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Scientific Method:
Step 4 - procedures
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Scientific Method:
Step 5 - observations
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Scientific Method:
Step 6 - Conclusion
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Scientific Method:
Step 7 - Repeat the work
- written as a question
- Problem
- info. on the problem
- research
- Written in "If I test... then I think format
- Hypothesis
- Procedures are further divided into _______, and ________
- Materials and Variables
- Supplies needed for the experiment
- Materials
- Variables are further divided into _________, and ________
- Control Variables and Manipulated Variables
- Things that are the same during the experiment
- Control Variables
- Things that are purposely different in the experiment
- Manipulated Variables
- Written in a chart or graph
- Observations
- Written in complete scentences, and includes data from the experiment
- Conclusion
- the part of the experiment that can be published or announced
- Conclusion
- first to use the telescope
- Gallileo
- proved why the planets orbit the sun, by discovering the element of gravity
- Newton
- Came up with the heliocentric theory, the theory that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
- Copernicus
- he discovered orbits and proved the sun was at the center of the solar system; Brahe's assistant
- Kepler
- Used the mural quadrant, Believed the planets(except Earth) revolved around the sun, and the sun and moon revolve around the Earth
- Brahe
- Name all the Gas Giants
- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- Name all the inner planets
- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
- What is another name for the inner planets
- Terrestrial
- the turning of an object on it's axis
- rotation
- the orbit of one cbject around another
- revolution
- a thin red reigon bellow the corona which is to faint to see unless a total solar eclipse
- chromosphere
- where the gasses get thick enough to see; what we know as the surface of the sun
- photosphere
- List the planets in order from the sun
- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- Where is the sun's energy produced?
- core
- Which planet has the hottest surface temp.?
- Venus
- Which planet has simmilar size and density
- Venus
- Which planet is the largest?
- Jupiter
- What planet spins on it's side?
- Uranus
- Which planet has the most moons?
- Saturn
- Which planet has the Great Red Spot?
- Jupiter
- What is the asteroid belt?
- A belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter
- What are planetesimals?
- Tiny building blocks of planets
- 1st layer (from the center) of the sun
- core
- 2nd layer(from the center) of the sun
- radiative zone
- 3rd layer (from the center) of the sun
- convective zone
- 4th Layer (from the center) of the sun
- photosphere
- 5th layer ( from the center) of the sun
- choromoshere
- 6th layer (from the center) of the sun
- corona