Cause, Effect and Patterns
You water a plant and…
You water a plant and…IT GROWS [CAUSE/EFFECT]
Light enters your eyes and your brain…processes what you see and responds to the world around you. HOW does this describe energy and matter?
It describes energy and matter because light energy is transferred into your eyes, converted into signals, and processed by your brain to produce a response.
How is this an example of S,P&Q; A speed dial on a car tells you…HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING
It shows scale, proportion, and quantity because the dial measures the quantity of speed on a scaled display that lets you compare different rates of motion.
Cells have different shapes so they can…
PERFORM DIFFERENT JOBS
A society slowly evolving over time is an example of…
CHANGE
A honeycomb has a repeating
A honeycomb has a repeating…HEXAGONAL PATTERN
Returning, reshelving, and re-checking out a book shows…
A SYSTEM CYCLE
About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside…
THE SUN
A water bottle is designed so you can…
HOLD AND DRINK WATER EASILY [FORM FITS FUNCTION]
A river cutting out a canyon is an example of…
SLOW SHIFT IN LANDSCAPE SHAPE
Humans, octopuses, and owls all share the pattern of having…
TWO EYES [PATTERN]
Dropping a feather takes 20 seconds. Predicting how fast a heavier object falls tests…
A MODEL OF THE SYSTEM
A city has 5,000 people per square mile, a town has 50 people per square mile, and a rural area has 5 people per square mile. Comparing these areas shows differences in scale, proportion, and quantity because…
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE (QUANTITY) RELATES TO THE SIZE OF THE AREA (SCALE), AND THEIR RATIO TO THE AREA SHOWS THE DENSITY (PROPORTION)
A crochet hook’s size is chosen based on…
THE SIZE OF THE YARN
SLOW CHANGE IN LANDSCAPE
SLIP [INSTABILITY]
Historical periods of dictatorship, utopia, and war continue…
REPEATING PATTERNS IN SOCIETY
Energy is never created or [finish, name the law]
or destroyed, only…
TRANSFERRED OR TRANSFORMED. Law of conservation of Matter
A river carries 500 cubic meters of water per second, while a small creek carries 2 cubic meters per second. This demonstrates…
HOW QUANTITY AND SCALE RELATE TO FLOW RATE IN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
Without eyes, a person would not be able to…AND INSTEAD...
SEE, WHICH IS ONE WAY OF PROCESSING THE WORLD AROUND. INSTEAD, HEARING MAY BE STRONGER!
Tectonic plates build mountains while erosion…
WEARS THEM DOWN
Dropping a fishing line on the water results in…
THE LINE BREAKING THE SURFACE [EFFECT]
In photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. This is an example of energy and matter because
LIGHT ENERGY IS TRANSFORMED INTO CHEMICAL ENERGY WHILE MATTER (CO₂ AND H₂O) IS REARRANGED INTO NEW SUBSTANCES
A model car is 1/24 the size of a real car. If the real car weighs 2,400 pounds, the model weighs 100 pounds. This compares...
HOW SCALE AND PROPORTION AFFECT MASS IN DIFFERENT-SIZED OBJECTS
Animals fill specific ecosystem niches because of their…
ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY-- WHAT THEY EAT & PRODUCE IS CYCLED TO OTHERS
Predator numbers growing too large can cause an…
ECOSYSTEM TO FAIL