Human Machine
Which two systems of the body needed to work together to catch the ruler in our reflex activity?
Muscular and nervous systems
Name two examples of conductors.
Metal, foil, salt, playdoh...
What three materials can sound move through?
BONUS 200: Which one does sound travel best through? Which are you able to hear best?
Gas, liquids, and solids
BONUS: solid
Which type of volcanoes can tourists usually walk close to?
Shield volcanoes
True or False. All prehistoric volcanoes are in the Ring of Fire.
False
If I walked out of a dark movie theater into the bright sunlight, my pupils would _____________.
Constrict (become smaller)
Joe and Rob go to an amusement park. Joe's roller coaster is 50 feet high and Rob's is 30 feet high, who's has less potential energy?
Rob's since it does not have as much height.
What do you call the height of a sound wave?
BONUS 100: What do you call the width of a sound wave?
Amplitude
BONUS: frequency
Are most volcanoes found along the coast or on the land?
BONUS 100: What do we call the horseshoe-shaped pattern where volcanoes are found?
Along the coast
BONUS: Ring of Fire
Would a coyote that hunts for its prey at night have the same eyes as a human? Why or why not.
No, nocturnal animals have larger pupils that humans.
What is the difference between the iris and the cornea lens of an eye?
BONUS 100
Iris is the colored part of the eye and cornea helps the image come into focus
Draw it!
If you had a battery, three wires, and two light bulbs, how could you get both lights to turn on?
Answers will vary
How high or how low a sound sounds is called ___________.
Pitch
What eventually revealed the baby prehistoric rhino bones to the scientists so they were able to see them?
Landslide
Which body system is responsible for an optical illusion?
Nervous system
Why does it sometimes look like people have red eyes when their picture is taken using a camera’s flash?
People’s eyes look red because the camera flash is lighting up the blood vessels at the back of our eyes.
If a town is trying to use renewable energy and install solar panels, what would they need to consider in order to decide if solar panels would be a good investment for the town?
Is it sunny? There will not be sun at night to create energy. Can the energy be stored?
Describe how a tall sound wave that has many, many peaks would sound.
Loud and high pitch
If you found a shiny, smooth purple rock and a blue, rough holey rock, how would you decide where each rock came from? What types of landscapes would you suspect each came from?
Color, smooth vs. rough, shiny versus holey
Can there be different types of blindness? Describe two types.
Optic nerve doesn't send image to brain (see nothing)
Cornea sees blurry images
Pupil does let in right amount of light (see shadows)Would you be able to move if you did not have tendons? Why or why not?
BONUS 200: What attaches to tendons?
No, tendons attach the muscle to the bone. The muscles would not be able to move the bones without tendons.
Jane stretched a rubber band so far that when she let go, the rubber band made a snapping sound. What caused the rubber band to make noise?
Potential energy was converted into sound energy
What did Doug call the high frequency sound that was too high pitch for adults to hear?
Mosquito Sound
Describe three ways that a larger rock could become a smaller rock.
Ice wedging
Root wedging
Falling down a mountain/ landslide
What did Doug call the machine that measured the size of a sound wave?
oscilloscope