Science Mystery Detectives

Science Mystery Detectives 6th Grade

Mr. Vanish Is the Victim of Foul Play! CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO • Mr. V has disappeared. • Can you solve the mystery?

The Suspects and Weapons Ms. Leather Mr. Late Speed Pinky Mr. Teal Mrs. Teal Scissors Ax Poison Cleaver Pistol Handcuffs

Get A Clue • 41 • 21 • 1 • 61 • 22 • 42 • 62 • 2 • 3 • 63 • 43 • 23 • 44 • 24 • 64 • 4 • 45 • 5 • 65 • 25 • 6 • 66 • 46 • 26 • 47 • 27 • 7 • 67 • 68 • 48 • 28 • 8 • 9 • 29 • 49 • 69 • 70 • 10 • 30 • 50 • 71 • 11 • 31 • 51 • 12 • 52 • 32 • 72 • 73 • 33 • 53 • 13 • 34 • 14 • 74 • 54 • 75 • 55 • 35 • 15 • 56 • 36 • 16 • 76 • 17 • 57 • 37 • 77 • 38 • 18 • 58 • 78 • 79 • 39 • 19 • 59 • 40 • 80 • 60 • 20 • Select a question and answer it correctly to obtain valuable clues to solve the mystery.

Question 1- organisms that eat dead things *decomposers* *parasites*

Question 2 - Anything that is or was once living *autonomous* *organic*

Question 3 - an example of a decomposer; single cell; likes a warm environment *Mold* *Bacteria*

Question 4 - Physically changing something *mechanical weathering* *metalic rusting*

Question 5 chemically changing something *Chemical Weathering* *Evaporation and Condensation*

Question 6 - rock that has under gone changes due to extreme pressure and heat; example is limestone changing into marble *Stalactite* *Metamorphic*

Question 7 - rock formed from sediments under pressure; some are from organic material such as limestone ? *Sedimentary* * Igneous*

Question 8 - rock formed by volcanic activity; examples are obsidian, granite, pumice *Igneous* *Sedimentary*

Question 9 - 1 type of molecule; inorganic; *Ore* *Minerals*

Question 10 - coal, oil and natural gas are examples of this; made from ancient plants and animals under pressure for a LONG period of time *fossil fuels* *minerals*

Question 11 -a fossil fuel that does not cause acid rain *carbon* *natural gas*

Question 12 - movement of air created when the sun heats up air which rises above cold air *Wind* *Ozone*

Question 13 - fuel used in nuclear power *uranium* *plutonium*

Question 14 - materials that allow electrons to flow freely *Circuit* *Conductor*

Question 15 - flow of electrons *current electricity* *nuclear energy*

Question 16 - a device that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy-a magnet moving inside a coil of wire *generator* *current*

Question 17 - organism that survives by living on or in a host organism, thus harming it *virus* *parasite*

Question 18 - disease caused by bacteria; spherical shape *bronchitis* *streptococcus*

Question 19 - the parts of the body that fight disease; antibodies, white blood cells, etc. *circulatory system* *immune system*

Question 20 - a chemical produced by the body to attack foreign matter such as viruses *antibody* *penicillin*

Question 21 - random change in the genes *mutants* *cancer*

Question 22 - a device that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy-a magnet moving inside a coil of wire *generator* *motor*

Question 23 - where the force of magnetism is felt *poles* *magnetic field*

Question 24 - One example of an antibiotic *penicillin* *white blood cells*

Question 25 - anything that has mass and takes up space, made up of atoms *matter* *mammal*

Question 26 - the amount of matter an object has *volume* *mass*

Question 27 - determined by the pull of gravity *weight* *volume*

Question 28 - the build-up of electrons *static electricity* *current*

Question 29 - the movement of electrons *static electricity* *current electricity*

Question 30 - the rubbing of two objects *friction* *discharge*

Question 31 - charging by direct contact of objects *conduction* *conductor*

Question 32 - an example of static discharge *magnetism* *lightning*

Question 33 - mass of snow and ice that moves, accumulates all year long *glacier* *polar eclipse*

Question 34 - wearing away *erratic* *erosion*

Question 35 - a period in the earth's history when the global temperature was much colder than now *ice age* *thematic age*

Question 36 - floating ice, 90 % is under water, 10% above *glacier* *iceberg*

Question 37 - a lake formed when a block of ice from a glacier melted *kettle* *forge*

Question 38 - scrapes, in this case, made by rock carried by glaciers *abrasion* *silt*

Question 39 - study of the earth *geology* *geography*

Question 40 - heat from the earth *geothermal* *solar warming*

Question 41 - gasoline mixed with ethanol (alcohol) in order to save on fossil fuels *gasohol* *ethanol*

Question 42 - electricity made by turning a turbine with water power from a river *solar power* *hydroelectric power*

Question 43 - the site of a nuclear disaster in 1979 *Chernobyl* *Three Mile Island*

Question 44 - an example of geothermal heat *geyser* *sun flares*

Question 45 - Removes wastes from the body *excretory* *endocrine*

Question 46 - Takes oxygen into the body and eliminates carbon-dioxide *Reproductive* *Respiratory*

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