Solar System
What is the word for Earth's spin?
Rotation
Describe potential vs kinetic and give an example
Potential is before the action begins, kinetic is during it. Examples: top of hill, ball before it is thrown
Difference between predator and prey
Predator kills prey
What is the difference between mass and volume?
How many molecules in something vs how much space something takes up
Which ways do latitude and longitude lines run? Which one tells us how far from the equator a place is?
Lat: east to west (equator)
Long: north to south
What is the reason for Earth's seasons?
Hint: your answer should contain Earth and sun.
Earth revolves around the sun and tilts on its axis.
Push or pull that acts on an object
Force
Define producer, consumer, decomposes
Makes their own food, needs to eat, breaks down dead things
Is air matter? Why or why not?
Yes bc it's made of atoms
What is weather vs climate
Weather is day to day, climate is consistent weather pattern
Why does the moon have phases?
BONUS: WHAT DOES THE MOON CONTROL?
The sun casts a shadow, the Earth blocks the moon obscuring its shape depending on the time of month
Describe potential vs kinetic and give an example
Potential is before the action begins, kinetic is during it. Examples: top of hill, ball before it is thrown
Define carnivore, omnivore, herbivore.
meat, both, plants
A ball with a density of 2 g/mL is placed in a liquid with a density of 5 g/mL. Will it sink or float? Why?
It will float due to having a lower density.
You're going on vacation to Australia in July. How should you pack and why?
Winter clothes bc southern hemisphere
Name two characteristics of inner planets and two characteristics of outer planets?
Inner: small, hot, not a lot of moons
outer: opposite (gas giants)
Every force has a ... (two factors)
Strength and direction
Difference between community and population
All living things in a region vs one species
What is the difference between mass and density?
Mass is how many molecules are in an item, density is how tightly packed together they are.
What is a rain shadow
When there is a mountain and on one side there is a body of water, the water evaporates into clouds on one side, the rain turns to run off and back in body of water, while the other side is dry
What are Earth's four spheres? Describe them.
Biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere
What is the relationship between friction and speed?
As ____ goes _____, _____ goes ______
As friction goes up, speed goes down.
What is a biome?
A large area with a specific climate.
Describe the difference between solids, liquids, and gases in terms of their shapes and volumes, and how fast or slow the particles move
Solid: fixed shape, particles don't move
Liquid: fixed volume not shape, particles move slowly
Gas: no fixed shape or volume, particles move fast
How does precipitation form and why do some areas have more than others?