Force and Motion
Name the force that pulls objects toward Earth.
Gravity
What type of energy comes from the Sun and can make shadows?
Light (solar) energy from the Sun.
True or False: A closed circuit will turn on a lightbulb.
True
What causes Seasons?
Tilt
The Moon changes shape over about a month. What do we call these different shapes?
Moon Phases
A soccer ball is kicked and starts rolling. Which force will eventually make it stop?
Friction
What does M.E.L.T.S stand for?
Mechanical, electrical, light, temperature, and sound
What is an Insulator? Please include an example.
A material that makes it harder for a current to flow. (Plastic, rubber, wood)
What are the four seasons?
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
If the moon is currently in the new moon phase what comes next?
Waxing Cresent
If two students push a box from opposite sides with equal force, what will the box do? (Choose: move toward one side, stay still, or move up)
stay still
What is the science definition of a wave?
What is a Conductor? Pleaes include an example.
Something that energy travels through freely. (Copper, Gold, Silver)
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is what season in the Southern Hemisphere?
Winter
If the moon is currently in the waning gibbous phase what comes next?
Third/ Last quarter moon
Energy gets ________ from one object to another.
Transfered
How can a tuning fork make water move?
When the tuning fork is vibrating, and you stick the fork into the water, the forks energy will cause the water to move.
When a switch is in the On position, the light bulb is lit because it is ________. When a switch is in the Off position, the light bulb is not lit because it is _______.
a closed circuit; open circuit
Explain why the Sun appears higher in the sky during summer and lower during winter in one or two sentences.
Earth's tilt on it's axis
If the moon is currently in the 1st quater phase what comes next?
Waxing gibbous
When a bowling ball strikes the pins the energy transfers to the pins. Do the pins have more or less energy than the bowling ball?
Less
In the game of croquet, the ball is hit with a mallet.
Please explain how the ball moves?
The energy from the mallet hits the ball giving it energy to move.
A fire place produces ______ as it's main form of energy, and _________ as it's second form of energy.
Fire; Light
What are exuinoxes?
Two times throughout the year when the amount of daylight is the same as the amount of darkness.
About how many times will have a full moon on Earth in one year.
12