Physical Properties
What makes a beach ball float on water?
It is less dense than the water.
What is a mixture?
a combination of two or more materials
Name a structure & its function for a hawk.
What type of consumer eats plants AND animals?
An omnivore
What are the three R's of conservation?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
How long does it take the Earth to make one complete rotation?
24 hours or 1 day
Does metal conduct or insulate electrical and thermal energy?
Metal conducts energy, allowing the electricity or heat to pass through it.
What is a solution?
a mixture in which one ingredient dissolves into another
List at least 2 examples of instinctual behaviors.
Sea turtle hatchlings moving to the sea, birds building nests, spiders creating webs, fish swimming, etc.
List 3 examples of abiotic factors.
Any nonliving thing, such as water, dirt/soil, sunlight, wind, temperature, clouds, weather, etc.
List at least 3 materials that can be recycled.
Hard plastics, metal, cardboard, paper, glass
What causes day & night?
Earth's daily rotation on its axis
Two balloons are the same size, but one is filled with water and one is empty. Compare the balloons their masses and volumes.
The balloons have equal volume (size), but the filled balloon has greater mass than the empty one.
What tool(s) could you use to separate a mixture of water and iron filings?
A magnet or a filter/sieve.
Name a structure and its function for a cactus.
Examples: spikes protect cactus from being eaten. Thick stems store water in the dry desert.
What are the three types of organisms that exist in a food web? (Hint: they all end with -er)
Producers, consumers, decomposers
List at least 3 renewable resources that can be used in place of nonrenewable resources like oil & coal.
Wind, solar, hydropower (water), geothermal (heat from the Earth), biomass
1) At 7am, where is the Sun in the sky?
2) At 7am, in what direction would a shadow point?
1) Rising low from the east
2) To the west