Heat
If you are holding the end of a metal fork and put the other end in the fire, which type of heat transfer will case the end you are holding to get hot?
conduction
What is the minimum speed for a storm to be in order for it to be a hurricane?
74mph
What are the four phases of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
What sphere of earth would include fish?
Biosphere
You have four goblins and feed each of them a different amount of toes each day and measure them to see how much they grow each week. What is your independent variable?
The amount of toes you give them to eat.
You are holding a fork in a camp fire. You let it get red hot. You then place the fork in a bucket of water and listen to it go "ffffsssshhhh". You notice the water is now warmer then it was before. What type of heat transfer caused the water to get warm?
Conduction
What is the main source of fuel for a hurricane?
warm water
What type of heat reaction is taking place when ice melts?
Endothermic
Which sphere of earth would include the oxygen that you breathe?
atmosphere
While walking on a trail through the forest you find many shells and pieces of coral in the dirt. What inference can you make from this observation?
The area was once under water.
You hang a pot of water one foot above a campfire to heat up the water in the pot. What type of heat transfer is being used to heat the pot and then to heat the water?
Radiation and then conduction
What is typically the most dangerous part of a hurricane as it comes on land?
Storm Surge
What type of motion do molecules in a liquid have?
vibrational and rotational
Which sphere of the Earth would include Mount Rushmore and Tee Grand Canyon?
The geosphere or lithosphere
You design an experiment to see how fast salt will dissolve in different liquids (water, oil, milk and vinegar). What is the dependent variable in your experiment?
How fast the salt dissolves.
Cold wind from Alaska blows to a warm area over Canada. What type of heat transfer is taking place?
Convection
Why does the cone showing the possible path get wider or bigger each day into the future?
It is harder to predict the path of a hurricane the farther into the future you go.
What is electromagnetic radiation better known as?
Light
Which sphere of Earth would include Niagara Falls?
The Hydrosphere
What is the only hypothesis you can make as to who kidnapped Edna P. Ondapott?
One of the people in the house
When you measure the kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules in a substance, what are you measuring?
Temperature
What is happening to a hurricane if the pressure drops?
It is getting stronger or healthier
What two substances combine and create a new substance with new properties, what is the new substance better known as?
a compound
Which sphere of Earth would include the Greenland Glacier?
The Cryosphere
You are attempting to see if cardinals migrate to OGA campus. You count the number of cardinals you see on the school field on the first of every month for a year. What type of investigation did you do?
Comparative because you made observations under different conditions.