MATTER
UNIT CONVERSIONS
MISC
LIGHT ENERGY (REFLECTION, REFRACTION, ABSORPTION)
HEREDITY
100
What are the 3 states of matter?
Solid, liquid & gas
100
how many grams are in a kilogram?
how many oz are in a pound?
how many meters are in a kilometer?
1000 g in a 1 kg
8 oz in 1 pound
1000 m in 1 km
100
Name the 5 types of energy we have learned about
mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, sound
100
what is the following picture showing (property of light energy)?
reflection
100
"a characteristic of an organism" is the definition of what word?
trait
200
Ms. H fills container 1 with a liquid and then pours all the liquid from container 1 into container 2. Which of the following statements best describes a property of a liquid?
It takes the shape of its container
It expands to completely fill its container
It stays the same shape in different containers
It has different weights in different containers.
1: it takes the shape of its container
200
I ran 5 km in a race, how many m did i run?
5,000 m
200
The law of conservation of mass states that mass is conserved (kept) during & after a chemical reaction. If I chemically react 5 grams of baking soda with 5 grams of vinegar, how many grams of product should I expect to have?
10 grams
200
The following image shows what property of light energy?
refraction
200
If lizards get scared, they can lose their tails automatically. Which of the following best describes how lizards are able to regrow their tail?
A. Lizards learn how to regrow their tails.
B. Lizards eat food that causes their tails to regrow.
C. Lizards move to warmer water that causes their tails to regrow.
D. Lizards inherit the ability to regrow their tails.
D
300
For a-c, give the state of matter for which each property matches
a. What state of matter has a defined shape & volume?
b. What state of matter does NOT have a defined shape & volume?
c. What state of matter has a defined volume but NOT a defined shape?
a. solids
b. gases
c. liquid
300
When I was born, I weighed 4 pounds. How many OZ did I weigh?
24 oz
300
When a tuning fork is hit, it vibrates and makes a sound. When a tuning fork is hit, it creates sound waves that carry sound energy & what other type of energy?
kinetic energy
300
What property of light energy is the photo below showing?
absorption
300
What is the difference between an inherited & a learned trait?
an inherited trait is something you are born with, while a learned trait is something that you learn through your experience or environment.
400
For each state of matter, give one property of how fast its molecules are moving.
solid: very slow
liquid: neither fast nor slow
gas: very fast
400
I ate 8 kg of cookies. How many grams of cookies did I eat?
8,000 grams
400
The P.E. teacher gave several hand signals and the students did different exercises based on the hand signals the teacher gave.
Which of the following best describes how information was transferred as the teacher gave the hand signals?
A. The teacher encoded a message and then sent it to the students.
B. The teacher decoded a message and then sent it to the students.
C. The teacher decoded a message and then received it from the students.
D. The teacher encoded a message and then received it from the students.
Which of the following best describes how information was transferred after the teacher gave the hand signals?
A. The students sent a message and then encoded it.
B. The students decoded a message and then sent it.
C. The students received a message and then decoded it.
D. The students encoded a message and then received it.
A,C
400
What is the color of the shirt shown in the photo?
green
400
Sort the following traits into inherited or learned?
- flower color
- hair length
- speaking english
- eye color
- riding a bike
Learned: riding a bike, speaking english, hair length
Inherited: flower color, eye color,
500
For each state of matter, name ONE property of its molecules.
SOLID:
LIQUID:
GAS:
solid: molecules are packed tightly together
liquid: molecules have a little space between
gas: molecules are very far apart
500
A baby (baby A) weighing 64 oz was born today. Another baby (baby B) was born a few minutes later weighing 8.5 pounds. Which baby weighed more at birth??
baby b
500
London wants to combine two unknown substances to see if it would result in a chemical reaction. The substances created a bad smell, is this evidence that a chemical reaction occurred? WHY or why not?
This is NOT evidence that a chemical reaction occured because I could mix 2 bad smelling things together and still separate them again as a mixture.
Ex. I could mix eggs & rotten milk. and still be able to separate them after.
500
Two shirts are placed outside in the sunlight, a white shirt and a black shirt. Which shirt should absorb the greatest amount of light?
black shirt
500
Pea plant height is controlled by one gene with two alleles: tall (T) and short (t). Tall is dominant and short is recessive. Draw a Punnett Square to show the possible offspring that could result when a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous short plant. What is the probability that the offspring will be tall or short?
