Eerie Matter & Energy
When you mix baking soda and vinegar in a witch’s cauldron, the fizz releases this gas.
What is carbon dioxide?
Frankenstein’s monster jolts to life when lightning strikes. This is an example of electrical energy transforming into this type of energy that makes muscles move.
What is mechanical energy?
A haunted graveyard is shaken by an earthquake! These waves travel through the ground during that event.
What are seismic waves?
The ghostly fog rolling across the floor is made from dry ice, which skips the liquid stage as it turns into gas. What is this process called?
What is sublimation?
The creaking door in the haunted house makes a scary noise because of this type of energy traveling in waves through air.
What is sound energy?
Dry ice is the solid form of this common gas used for spooky fog effects.
When a witch’s broomstick speeds up, she’s experiencing this kind of change in motion.
What is acceleration?
A “witch’s brew” of clouds forms as warm air rises and cools, leading to condensation. This is part of which major Earth system cycle?
What is the water cycle?
A witch’s cauldron is made of metal because it has this physical property that allows heat to flow through easily.
What is thermal conductivity (it’s a good conductor of heat)?
A ghost appears glowing in the dark because of light energy. Light is a type of this form of energy that travels in waves.
What is electromagnetic energy?
A “zombie potion” might glow without heat — this phenomenon, that plants use, is called photosynthesis, which produces this.
What is light?
The “floating ghost” appears weightless because gravity seems weaker far from Earth. According to SC.8.P.8.2, the greater the distance between two objects, the weaker this force becomes.
What is gravitational force?
During a full-moon storm, a coastal town floods. The pull of the moon causes ocean tides because of this force.
What is gravity?
The mad scientist separates a potion into layers because one liquid is denser than the other. Density is calculated by this formula.
What is density = mass ÷ volume?
The mad scientist’s lightning experiment transforms electrical energy into this form of energy you can see.
What is light energy?
In the “haunted lab,” you’re observing atoms. The scientific theory says atoms are the smallest units and are composed of these sub-atomic particles.SC.8.P.8.7
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
In the haunted mansion, a creaky door moves when pushed. Under SC.8.P.12.1, describe what must happen for an object’s motion to change.
What is an unbalanced force must act on it?
The “mummy’s desert” has sand dunes formed by this agent of erosion.
What is wind?
The mummy’s bandages start to burn — this change creates new substances and can’t be reversed easily. Under SC.8.P.9.2, identify if it’s a physical or chemical change.
What is a chemical change?
In the haunted lab, a bubbling potion gives off heat — evidence of this kind of energy transfer.
What is thermal energy (heat transfer)?
A vampire might “turn into mist,” which leads to a change of state. You explore solids, liquids and gases. Identify the state of matter and one example of particle motion.SC.8.P.8.1
What is gas; the particles move freely and far apart?
The mad scientist drops two pumpkins from a tower — one large, one small, or both. Ignoring air resistance, which hits first, and why?
What is both hit at the same time because gravitational acceleration is constant (9.8 m/s²)?
After a volcanic eruption, ash blocks sunlight and cools the atmosphere for months. Which sphere of Earth (under SC.8.E.7.1) does the ash directly affect first?
What is the atmosphere?
In the haunted lab, you test a glowing green powder and find it conducts electricity, is magnetic, and has a high melting point. Based on its physical properties, what type of element is it likely to be?
What is a metal?
The vampire’s echo in the cave is sound bouncing off the walls. The scientific term for this reflection of sound waves is what?
What is an echo?