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Table of Contents NEW JERSEY GRADE 7 LESSON 1 States of Matter  8 Unlock the Big Question  8 Inquiry Skill: Infer  12 math do the Calculating Pressure  14 LESSON 2 Changes of State  16 Unlock the Big Question  16 Inquiry Skill: Predict  19 Explore the Big Question  22 Answer the Big Question  23 LESSON 3 Gas Behavior  24 Unlock the Big Question  24 Inquiry Skill: Graph  29 math do the Analyzing Data  29 Study Guide & Review and Assessment  30 Review the Big Question  30 Apply the Big Question  32 Standardized Test Prep  33 Science Matters  34 • Scuba Diving • A Shocking State • Growing Snow Lab zone Solids, Liquids, and Gases The Big Question  2 Why does a substance change states? Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes  4 Reading Skills  5 Scenario Investigation: My Glass Is Leaking 6 CHAPTER 1 Enter the Lab zone for hands-on inquiry Scenario Investigation: My Glass Is Leaking Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Melting Ice • Open Inquiry: Melting Ice Inquiry Warm-Ups: • What Are Solids, Liquids, and Gases? • What Happens When You Breathe on a Mirror? • How Can Air Keep Chalk From Breaking? Quick Labs: • Modeling Particles • As Thick As Honey • How Do the Particles in a Gas Move? • Keeping Cool • Observing Sublimation • How are Pressure and Temperature Related? • Hot and Cold Balloons • It’s a Gas! Go online for engaging videos, interactivities, and virtual labs.

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lesson 1 States of Matter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Inquiry Skill: Infer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

mathdo the Calculating Pressure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

lesson 2 Changes of State  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Inquiry Skill: Predict  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

lesson 3 Gas Behavior  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Inquiry Skill: Graph  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

mathdo the Analyzing Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . . . 30 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Standardized Test Prep  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34• Scuba Diving • A Shocking State • Growing Snow

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Solids, Liquids, and Gases The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Why does a substance change states?

Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Scenario Investigation: My Glass Is Leaking . . . . . . . . . . .6

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Scenario Investigation: My Glass Is Leaking

Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Melting Ice • Open Inquiry: Melting Ice

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • What Are Solids, Liquids, and Gases? • What Happens When You Breathe on a Mirror? • How Can Air Keep Chalk From Breaking?

Quick Labs: • Modeling Particles • As Thick As Honey • How Do the Particles in a Gas Move? • Keeping Cool • Observing Sublimation • How are Pressure and Temperature Related? • Hot and Cold Balloons • It’s a Gas!

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lesson 1 Atoms, Bonding, and the Periodic Table  . . . . . . . . . 42

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Inquiry Skill: Predict  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

lesson 2 Ionic Bonds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Inquiry Skill: Interpret Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

lesson 3 Covalent Bonds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Inquiry Skill: Graph  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

mathdo the Analyzing Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

lesson 4 Bonding in Metals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Inquiry Skill: Classify  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . . . 72 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76• Pharmacists: Chemists at Work • The Superhero of Glues • Sci-Fi Metal

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Scenario Investigation: Bonding Super Heroes

Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Shedding Light on Ions • Open Inquiry: Shedding Light on Ions

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • What Are the Trends in the Periodic Table? • How Do Ions Form? • Covalent Bonds • Are They “Steel” the Same?

Quick Labs: • Element Chemistry • Ion Formation • How Do You Write Ionic Names and Formulas? • Sharing Electrons • Properties of Molecular Compounds • Attraction Between Polar Molecules • Metal Crystals • What Do Metals Do?

Atoms and Bonding The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 How can bonding determine the properties

of a substance?

Vocabulary Skill: High-Use Academic Words  . . . . . 38Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Scenario Investigation: Bonding Super Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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lesson 1 Observing Chemical Change  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Inquiry Skill: Graph  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

mathdo the Analyzing Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

lesson 2 Describing Chemical Reactions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Inquiry Skill: Make Models  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

mathdo the Balancing Equations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

lesson 3 Controlling Chemical Reactions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106mathdo the Finding Surface Area  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Inquiry Skill: Predict  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .112 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Standardized Test Prep  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116• A Shrinking Storehouse • A Race to the Finish!

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Scenario Investigation: The Pipeline Is Burning

Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Where’s the Evidence? • Open Inquiry: Where’s the Evidence?

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • What Happens When Chemicals React? • Did You Lose Anything? • Can You Speed Up or Slow Down a Chemical Reaction?

Quick Labs: • Observing Change • Information in a Chemical Equation • Is Matter Conserved? • Categories of Chemical Reactions • Modeling Activation Energy • Effect of Temperature on Chemical Reactions

Chemical Reactions The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 How is matter conserved in a chemical reaction?

Vocabulary Skill: Identify Multiple Meanings  . . . . . 80Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Scenario Investigation: The Pipeline Is Burning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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lesson 1Discovering Cells   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Inquiry Skill: Measure   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

lesson 2Looking Inside Cells   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Inquiry Skill: Make Models   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

lesson 3Chemical Compounds in Cells   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142mathdo the Read and Interpret a Bar Graph   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Inquiry Skill: Draw Conclusions   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

lesson 4The Cell in Its Environment   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Inquiry Skill: Predict   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Study Guide & Review and Assessment   . . . . . . . .154 Review the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Apply the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 • Electron Eyes • The Genographic Project

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Scenario Investigation: The Cell Game

Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Design and Build a Microscope • Open Inquiry: Design and Build a Microscope

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • What Can You See? • How Large Are Cells? • Detecting Starch • Diffusion in Action

Quick Labs: • Comparing Cells • Observing Cells • Gelatin Cell Model • Tissues, Organs, Systems • What Is a Compound? • What’s That Taste? • Effect of Concentration on Diffusion

Introduction to Cells The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 What are cells made of?

Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Scenario Investigation: The Cell Game

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Standardized Test Prep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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lesson 1Photosynthesis   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Inquiry Skill: Classify   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

lesson 2Cellular Respiration   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Inquiry Skill: Control Variables   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Answer the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

lesson 3Cell Division   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180mathdo the Read and Interpret a Circle Graph  . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Inquiry Skill: Interpret Data   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .188 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192• Athletic Trainer • Why Hearts Don’t Get Cancer

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Cell Processes and Energy The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 How do living things get energy?

Vocabulary Skill: Greek Word Origins  . . . . . . . . . . . 162Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

STEM Activity: Energy Boosters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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STEM Activity: Energy Boosters

Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Exhaling Carbon Dioxide • Open Inquiry: Exhaling Carbon Dioxide

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • Where Does the Energy Come From? • Cellular Respiration • What Are the Yeast Cells Doing?

Quick Labs: • Energy From the Sun • Looking at Pigments • Observing Fermentation • Observing Mitosis • Modeling Mitosis

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lesson 1What Is Heredity?   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Inquiry Skill: Predict   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

lesson 2Probability and Heredity   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206mathdo the Calculate Percentage   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Inquiry Skill: Draw Conclusions   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

lesson 3Patterns of Inheritance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Inquiry Skill: Interpret Data   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Answer the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

lesson 4Chromosomes and Inheritance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Inquiry Skill: Design Experiments   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . 224 Review the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Apply the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Science Matters   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228• Nature vs . Nurture • Seeing Spots

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Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Make the Right Call! • Open Inquiry: Make the Right Call!

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • What Does the Father Look Like? • What’s the Chance? • Observing Traits • Which Chromosome Is Which?

Quick Labs: • Observing Pistils and Stamens • Inferring the Parent Generation • Coin Crosses • Patterns of Inheritance • Is It All in the Genes? • Chromosomes and Inheritance • Modeling Meiosis

Genetics: The Science of Heredity The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Why don’t offspring always look like their

parents?

Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Scenario Investigation: We All Have It, So ItMust Be Dominant!  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

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lesson 1The Genetic Code   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Inquiry Skill: Infer   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

lesson 2How Cells Make Proteins   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Inquiry Skill: Design Experiments   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Answer the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

lesson 3Mutations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246mathdo the Calculate Sunscreen Strength Over Time   . . . . 249

Inquiry Skill: Calculate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

lesson 4Human Inheritance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Inquiry Skill: Infer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

lesson 5Advances in Genetics   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Inquiry Skill: Draw Conclusions   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

mathdo the Plot Data and Interpret a Line Graph   . . . . . . . . 261

Study Guide & Review and Assessment   . . . . . . . .264 Review the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Apply the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Science Matters   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268• The Frozen Zoo • Fighting Cancer • There’s Something Fishy About This Sushi!

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Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: How Are Genes on Sex Chromosomes Inherited? • Open Inquiry: How Are Genes on Sex Chromosomes Inherited?

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • Can You Crack the Code? • What Is RNA? • Oops! • How Tall Is Tall? • What Do Fingerprints Reveal?

Quick Labs: • Modeling the Genetic Code • Modeling Protein Synthesis • Effects of Mutations • What Happens When There Are Too Many Cells? • The Eyes Have It • Selective Breeding

DNA: The Code of Life The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 What does DNA do?

Vocabulary Skill: Latin Word Parts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Scenario Investigation: The WWGP Is Coming

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lesson 1Body Organization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Inquiry Skill: Make Models  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

lesson 2System Interactions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Inquiry Skill: Develop Hypotheses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

lesson 3Homeostasis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Inquiry Skill: Communicate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

lesson 4The Skeletal System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Inquiry Skill: Classify  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

lesson 5The Muscular System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Inquiry Skill: Infer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

lesson 6The Skin  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Inquiry Skill: Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .316 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320• On Pins and Needles • From One Cell—Many

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Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: A Look Beneath the Skin • Open Inquiry: A Look Beneath the Skin

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • How Is Your Body Organized? • How Does Your Body Respond? • Out of Balance • Hard as a Rock? • How Do Muscles Work? • What Can You Observe About Skin?

Quick Labs: • Observing Cells and Tissues • Working Together, Act I • Working Together, Act II • Working to Maintain Balance • The Skeleton • Observing Joints • Soft Bones? • Observing Muscle Tissue • Modeling How Skeletal Muscles Work • Sweaty Skin

Introduction to the Human Body The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 How does your body work?

Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Scenario Investigation: Working TogetherIs the Key  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

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lesson 1The Nervous System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Inquiry Skill: Infer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

lesson 2The Endocrine System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Inquiry Skill: Make Models  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

lesson 3The Male and Female Reproductive Systems  . .348

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Inquiry Skill: Develop Hypotheses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

mathdo the Graphs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

lesson 4Pregnancy and Birth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Inquiry Skill: Calculate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

mathdo the Interpret Tables  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Study Guide & Review and Assessment   . . . . . . . . .362 Review the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Apply the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366• Seeing Is Believing . . .Sometimes • Fetal Surgery

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Chapter Lab Investigation:

• Directed Inquiry: Ready or Not! • Open Inquiry: Ready or Not!

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • How Simple Is a Simple Task? • What’s the Signal? • What’s the Big Difference? • Prenatal Growth

Quick Labs: • How Does Your Knee React? • Working Together • Making Models • Modeling Negative Feedback • Reproductive Systems • Looking at Hormone Levels • Way to Grow! • Egg-cellent Protection • Labor and Delivery

Controlling Body Processes The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 What systems regulate and control body

processes?

Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Scenario Investigation: Stay Calm If You Can

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lesson 1Properties of Minerals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374mathdo the Calculate Density   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Inquiry Skill: Form Operational Definitions   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

lesson 2Classifying Rocks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Inquiry Skill: Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

lesson 3Igneous Rocks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Inquiry Skill: Interpret Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

lesson 4Sedimentary Rocks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Inquiry Skill: Infer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

lesson 5Metamorphic Rocks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Inquiry Skill: Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

lesson 6The Rock Cycle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Inquiry Skill: Classify  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .404 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408• Struggling to Survive • Waiter, There’s a Mineral in My Soup!

Minerals and Rocks The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 How do rocks form?

Vocabulary Skill: Latin Word Origins  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Scenario Investigation: My Rock Tells a Story . . . . . . . 372

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Chapter Lab Investigation:

• Directed Inquiry: Testing Rock Flooring • Open Inquiry: Testing Rock Flooring

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • How Does the Rate of Cooling Affect Crystals? • How Do Rocks Compare? • Liquid to Solid • Earth’s Coral Reefs • A Sequined Rock • Recycling Rocks

Quick Labs: • Classifying Objects as Minerals • What Is the True Color of a Mineral? • Classify These Rocks • How Do Igneous Rocks Form? • The Rocks Around Us • How Does Pressure Affect Particles of Rock? • What Causes Layers? • How Do Grain Patterns Compare? • Which Rock Came First?

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lesson 1Drifting Continents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 Inquiry Skill: Infer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

lesson 2Sea-Floor Spreading  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Inquiry Skill: Develop Hypotheses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

lesson 3The Theory of Plate Tectonics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426mathdo the Calculate the Rate of Plate Movement  . . . . . . . 429

Inquiry Skill: Calculate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .432 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

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Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436• Alvin 2.0: An Extreme Makeover • An Ocean Is Born

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Chapter Lab Investigation:

• Directed Inquiry: Modeling Sea-Floor Spreading • Open Inquiry: Modeling Sea-Floor Spreading

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • How Are Earth’s Continents Linked Together? • What Is the Effect of a Change in Density? • Plate Interactions

Quick Labs: • Moving the Continents • Mid-Ocean Ridges • Reversing Poles • Mantle Convection Currents

Plate Tectonics The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 How do moving plates change Earth’s crust?

Vocabulary Skill: Use Prefixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Scenario Investigation: Flight 7084 to Barcelona  . . . 414

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lesson 1Forces in Earth’s Crust  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Inquiry Skill: Make Models   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

lesson 2Earthquakes and Seismic Waves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Inquiry Skill: Infer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

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lesson 3Monitoring Earthquakes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .462

Unlock the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 Inquiry Skill: Predict  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Explore the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Answer the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .468 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Standardized Test Prep  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472• Seismic-Safe Buildings • What Do the Toads Know? • Forensic Seismology

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• Directed Inquiry: Finding the Epicenter • Open Inquiry: Finding the Epicenter

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • How Does Stress Affect Earth’s Crust? • How Do Seismic Waves Travel Through Earth? • How Can Seismic Waves Be Detected?

Quick Labs: • Effects of Stress • Modeling Faults • Modeling Stress • Properties of Seismic Waves • Measuring Earthquakes • Design a Seismograph • Earthquake Patterns

Earthquakes The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Why do earthquakes occur more often in some

places than in others?

Vocabulary Skill: Identify Multiple Meanings  . . . . 440Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

STEM Activity: Shake, Rattle, and Roll  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

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lesson 1Mass Movement   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 Inquiry Skill: Infer   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

lesson 2Water Erosion   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 Answer the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Inquiry Skill: Develop Hypotheses   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

lesson 3Glacial Erosion   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Inquiry Skill: Draw Conclusions   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

lesson 4 Wave Erosion   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Inquiry Skill: Communicate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

lesson 5 Wind Erosion   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Inquiry Skill: Predict   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .508 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

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Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512• Floodwater Fallout • Any Way the Wind Blows

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Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Sand Hills • Open Inquiry: Sand Hills

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • How Does Gravity Affect Materials on a Slope? • How Does Moving Water Wear Away Rocks? • How Do Glaciers Change the Land? • What Is Sand Made Of? • How Does Moving Air Affect Sediment?

Quick Labs: • Weathering and Erosion • Raindrops Falling • Erosion Cube • Surging Glaciers • Modeling Valleys • Shaping a Coastline • Desert Pavement

Erosion and Deposition The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 What processes shape the surface of the land?

Vocabulary Skill: Word Origins  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

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lesson 1 Fossils   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 Inquiry Skill: Make Models   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

lesson 2 The Relative Age of Rocks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Inquiry Skill: Communicate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

lesson 3 Radioactive Dating   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Inquiry Skill: Classify   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

lesson 4 The Geologic Time Scale   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Inquiry Skill: Make Models   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

lesson 5 Early Earth   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Inquiry Skill: Communicate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

lesson 6 Eras of Earth’s History   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Inquiry Skill: Classify   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Answer the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Study Guide & Review and Assessment  . . . . . . . . .544 Review the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Apply the Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Standardized Test Prep  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .548• Putting the Puzzle Together • Teen Finds Fossils • Frozen Evidence

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A Trip Through Geologic Time The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 How do scientists study Earth’s past?

Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Scenario Investigation: Goodbye, Columbus  . . . . . . . . 518

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Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Exploring Geologic Time Through Core Samples • Open Inquiry: Exploring Geologic Time Through Core Samples

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • What’s In a Rock? • Which Layer Is the Oldest? • How Long Till It’s Gone? • This Is Your Life! • How Could Planet Earth Form in Space? • Dividing History

Quick Labs: • Sweet Fossils • Modeling Trace Fossils • Modeling the Fossil Record • How Did It Form? • The Dating Game • How Old Is It? • Going Back in Time • Learning From Fossils • Graphing the Fossil Record • Modeling an Asteroid Impact • Cenozoic Timeline

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lesson 1Science and the Natural World   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 Inquiry Skill: Predict   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

mathdo the Create a Bar Graph   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

lesson 2Thinking Like a Scientist   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 Inquiry Skill: Classify   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

lesson 3Scientific Inquiry   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .570

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 Inquiry Skill: Control Variables   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

mathdo the Read Graphs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Answer the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Study Guide & Review and Assessment   . . . . . . . .580 Review the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Apply the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Standardized Test Prep  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584• When We Think We Know, but It Isn’t So • Ready for a Close-Up!

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Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Keeping Flowers Fresh • Open Inquiry: Keeping Flowers Fresh

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • Is It Really True? • How Keen Are Your Senses? • What’s Happening?

Quick Labs: • Classifying Objects • Thinking Like a Scientist • Using Scientific Thinking • Scientific Inquiry • Theories and Laws

Scientific Thinking The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 How do scientists investigate the natural world?

Vocabulary Skill: Identify Related Word Forms  . . 552Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553Scenario Investigation: Bias, Anyone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

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lesson 1Measurement—A Common Language   . . . . . . . . . . .592

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 Inquiry Skill: Measure   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

mathdo the Calculate Density   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

lesson 2Mathematics and Science   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602

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Inquiry Skill: Calculate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607mathdo the Sample Problem   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Explore the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Answer the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

lesson 3Graphs in Science   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .610

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 Inquiry Skill: Predict   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

lesson 4Models as Tools in Science   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .614

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Inquiry Skill: Make Models   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

lesson 5Safety in the Science Laboratory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .622

Unlock the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Inquiry Skill: Observe   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Study Guide & Review and Assessment   . . . . . . . .628 Review the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Apply the Big Question   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Standardized Test Prep  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

Science Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632• You Lost What?! • Smallpox on the Loose

Appendix, English/Spanish Glossary, Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634

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Chapter Lab Investigation: • Directed Inquiry: Density Graphs • Open Inquiry: Density Graphs

Inquiry Warm-Ups: • History of Measurement • How Many Marbles Are There? • What’s in a Picture? • Scale Models • Where Is the Safety Equipment in Your School?

Quick Labs: • How Many Shoes? • Measuring Length in Metric • For Good Measure • How Close Is It? • What’s a Line Graph? • Making Models • Systems • Models in Nature • Be Prepared • Just in Case

Using Mathematics in Science The Big Question  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 How is mathematics important to the work

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Vocabulary Skill: Identify Multiple Meanings  . . . . 588 Reading Skills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589Scenario Investigation: Messy Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

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