Gravity/Observing the Stars/Earth's Rotation and Season
4 Spheres of Earth/Water Sources/Reducing the Human Footprint
Matter
Ecosystems and Food Chains/Web
Random
100
What determines gravity?
What is mass
100
What are the 4 Spheres of Earth, and what does each Sphere/System of Earth mean??
What is... Geosphere = rock, Biosphere = life, Hydrosphere = water, and Atmosphere = air.
100
How do the particles in each of the 3 states move around?
What is, the molecules in a Solid are compacted.
Liquid flows like a river. Gas is everywhere.
100
What is a food chain/web
What is the series of steps by which energy, derived from the Sun, moves from one living thing to another?
100
Riddle: I have forests but no trees, rivers but no water. I have cities but no buildings. What am I?
What is. A map
200
A student observes the shadow cast by a flagpole at school in the morning (6 am). What should the student expect to observe about the shadow throughout the day?
A. It will get longer and then shorter.
B. It will get shorter and then longer.
C. It will continue to get longer.
D. It will continue to get shorter.
What is B. It will get shorter and then longer.
200
What does Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle mean?
What is. Reduce (make smaller/use less of), reuse (use again), and recycle (the process of taking something that would be thrown away and turning it into something new and useful).
200
What are 5 examples of properties of matter?
What is ... Ex. The wall is smooth or bumpy, the whiteboard is white and can be drawn on, soda fizzes when shaken up, some metals are magnetic, etc.
200
Where does the energy come from in every Food Web/Chain
What is the Sun?
200
Joke: Why did the scarecrow win a Nobel Peace Prize?
What is, because he was outstanding in his field.
300
Which best explains why stars seen in the night sky are less bright than the Sun?
What is, the other stars are further from Earth than the Sun.
300
Which source of air pollutants would be best to limit to cause the most significant effect on the environment? What would be the 3rd best to limit?
What is Industry and Agriculture
300
What happens to the weight when a state of matter changes?
Weight stays the same no matter the change in state
Conservation of Matter
300
What are the different organisms that make up a food chain?
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
300
What are Mr. Pendarvis' favorite drinks? Write down three of them.
What is: Water, Sweet Tea, Cheerwine, ICEEs, and Dr. Pepper
400
Which location represents Earth when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is location V
400
If we have so much water, why are places all over the world in a water crisis? (Give three reasons why)
What is... the amount of saltwater to freshwater. Most freshwater is hard to get, not all freshwater is clean, etc.
400
What is the difference between a physical change and a chemical change?
Physical Change: A change in the physical properties of matter, such as color, size, or shape.
Chemical change is forming a new substance, becoming something different than before.
400
What do the arrows represent in a diagram?
What is, arrows on food chains show the path that energy flows.
400
What is Mr. Pendarvis' Favorite fast food restaurant?
What is Zaxby's?
500
Give me the reasoning on why we know that all matter has gravity.
What is, if mass determines gravity and all matter has mass, it means all matter has gravity?
500
What does WED (WEDnesday) stand for, and what does each word mean?
What is, Weathering (to break apart), Erosion (to move), and Deposition (to drop/stop).
500
What is a mixture, and what is a solution?
(Describe a mixture and solution, and give 3 examples for each.)
What is:
Mixture: A combination of two or more substances in which each keeps its own properties and both can be easily separated (Ex. Zaxby sauce, Trail Mix, Salad)
Solution: A liquid mixture in which one substance is mixed evenly throughout another substance. (Ex. Chick-fil-A sauce, Sweet Tea, Cheerwine)
500
What is the 10% rule? Give a definition and example.
What is, approximately 10% of the energy consumed by an organism is passed on to the next link in a food chain.
100%->10%->1%->0.1->0.01
500
What is the constellation that I, Mr. Pendarvis, made when I was in 2nd grade?
The name and the exact shape of the constellation.
What is Cheez-It and an Equilateral Triangle