Forces & Motion
Carolyn walks to school but stops to watch a bird. What type of graph would best represent her speed?
What is a Speed vs. Time Graph?
What type of energy makes your hands warm when rubbed together?
What is thermal energy?
What is Protista considered to be?
What is a kingdom?
Tom pushes Jenny while ice skating. Why does he move backward?
What is Newton's 3rd Law?
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
What is a food web is a combination of multiple food chains?
A boy is pulling a sled to the left. What type of force is acting in the opposite direction?
What is Friction?
A ball rolling down a track has the most kinetic energy at what position?
What is the lowest point on the track?
Organisms in the Eubacteria kingdom are all what type of cell?
What is prokaryotic?
The net force (sum of all forces) of a box shows it will move to the right with 11 Newtons. What does this illustrate?
What is an unbalanced force causing motion?
Name 3 abiotic factors.
What is water, sunlight, soil, and conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature?
In tug-of-war, if both teams pull with equal force, what type of force is being applied?
*hint* - think about the AMOUNT of force
What is a Balanced Force?
A boulder sitting at the top of a mountain has what type of energy?
What is potential energy?
What is the main characteristic that separates Archaebacteria from Eubacteria?
What is Archaebacteria live in extreme environments, while Eubacteria are found everywhere else?
A child paddling a boat moves forward. What force causes this movement?
*hint* - you are NOT looking for a TYPE of force; think about what actually happens to make a paddle boat move
What is the paddle pushing against the water?
What describes a magnet’s attraction and repulsion?
What is opposite poles attract, like poles repel?
What force causes Austin's legs to burn when he slides down a ramp?
What is friction?
A pendulum at the highest point has the most of what type of energy?
What is potential energy?
What is the correct order of classification from broadest to most specific?
*hint* - Dear King Philip Came Over For Great Spaghetti
What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
A soccer ball is at rest until someone kicks it, causing it to move. Which of Newton’s Laws does this demonstrate?
What is Newton’s First Law—an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an external force?
What would happen to a food web if all the primary consumers disappeared?
What is secondary consumers would struggle to find food and populations would decline?
What happens to two toy trucks if one is loaded with rocks and the other with feathers, but both are pushed with the same force?
What is the truck with feathers moves farther?
A basketball is sitting on the edge of a table. When pushed, it falls to the ground and feels warm when touched. Which types of energy are involved, and when do they occur?
*hint* - think about the 3 types of energy discussed!
What is potential energy when the ball is on the table, kinetic energy as it falls, and thermal energy when it hits the ground and creates friction?
A cell under a microscope lacks a nucleus. What type of organism is it?
What is prokaryotic?
What are the units for force, mass & acceleration?
What is Newtons (N), Kilograms (kg), & Meters per second squared (m/s^2)?
Why are decomposers important in an ecosystem?
What is they break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil?