Light
Eyes
Temperature
Particles and Energy
Investigations
100

What is light that bounces 

Off an object? 

Reflection

100

What is the clear outer part of the eyes’ focusing system?


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Cornea

100


If the temperature in the classroom is 20 degrees C and Mrs. Smith turns the temperature down by 20 degrees...

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What is the temperature now? 


0 degrees C

100

Describe how particles are spaced in solids, liquids, and gasses.

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Tight in solids, spread apart in liquids, very spread apart in gasses.

100


What is a system in which no matter can enter or leave?

Closed

200


What is light that passes through something? 


Transmission

200

What is the part of the eye that regulates the amount of light entering?  

 

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Iris

200


When Vicky woke up this morning it was -20 degrees C. When she arrived at school it was -5 degrees C. What was the numeric change and is it warmer or colder?

It is 15 degrees warmer.

200


Define temperature of any sample of gas.


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It is the average of the kinetic energy of all the molecules in the sample.

200


If you put a cup of hot water in a closed container of cold water, and you put a room temperature cup of water in a cup of cold water, which system will have the greatest difference in temperature?





The cup of hot with container of cold.

300

What is light that bends when it passes through another medium? 


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Refraction

300

What carries the electric signal to the brain so we can see?

Optic Nerve

300

Mason knows the temperature outside is -15 degrees C. If the temperature rises 5 degrees every hour over the next 4 hours, what will the temperature be?

5 degrees C

300


 In a gas, a molecule with a lot of kinetic energy collides with a molecule with little kinetic energy, what happens?



The one with more transfers some to the one with less.

300

What tool is used to measure mass?

A scale

400

What tool could I use to see how much light reflected off of an object? 



Light sensor

400

What is the back of the eye called where the cones and rods are located?

The retina

400

If Bella wants to eat some Ramen noodles and she boils water, what will it need to be in F and C for boiling to occur?


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212 F and 100 C

400


If I add 50 particles to a sample of gas, what will happen to the temperature if nothing else is changed.



It will stay the same.

400


What year did James Joule invent his machine to show energy in moving liquids?

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1850

500

How do we physically see an object when we turn on the light in a dark room?

Light reflects off the object and into our eyes.



500

What part of the eye refracts incoming light onto the back of the eye?  

The lens

500

Rose goes to the nurse and has her temperature checked because she feels unwell.  The nurse says it is normal.  What would that be in C?

About 37 degrees C

500


If I add up all the energy from the particles in a sample of gas, what will I get?


Total kinetic energy

500


If you leave an iced, cold cup of water and a hot cup of water (both in regular plastic cups without lids) which one will be cooler 24 hours later?


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They will be the same.

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