SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS
WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM?
AN ECOSYSTEM THAT IS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING PRESSURE AND GIVING SUPPORT TO A VARIETY OF ORGANISMS (K/U)
WHAT IS A PURE SUBSTANCE?
MATTER THAT CONTAINS ONLY ONE KIND OF PARTICLE (K/U)
WHAT IS AN ASTRONOMER?
A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES ASTRONOMY, WHICH IS THE STUDY OF THE NIGHT SKY (K/U)
IN YOUR OWN WORDS, DESCRIBE WHY LIGHTNING HAPPENS.
THE AIR CURRENTS CAUSE THE CHARGES TO SEPERATE, MEANING THAT THE POSITIVE CHARGES MOVE TO THE UPPER PART OF THE CLOUD, WHILE THE NEGATIVE ONES, COME CLOSER TO THE GROUND. THE NEGATIVE CHARGES CAUSE THE NEGATIVE CHARGES ON EARTH TO REPEL, LEAVING THE POSITIVE ONES CLOSER TO THE CLOUD. ONCE THE CHARGES BECOME STRONGER CAUSING THEM TO ATTRACT EACH OTHER. THEY CAUSE A CONNECTION WHICH IS WHAT LIGHTNING IS. (C)
NAME THE 4 SPHERES THAT MAKE UP EARTH
LITHOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, AND BIOSPHERE (T/I)
NAME ONE WAY TO SEPERATE MIXTURES
A FILTER, DISTILLATION, A MAGNET (A)
WHY DO SOME STARS APPEAR BRIGHTER THAN OTHERS?
BECAUSE OF THEIR APPARENT MAGNITUDE(T/I)
DO YOU THINK LIGHTNING RODS ARE IMPORTANT IF WRITE AN EMAIL TO THE MEYER EXPLAINING WHY ALL HOUSES SHOULD HAVE LIGHTNING RODS
ANSWERS WILL VARY. (A)
HOW DO YOU PREVENT EUTROPHICATION?
SINCE IT IS CAUSED BY NUTRIENT LEVELS IN THE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS INCREASING, YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE MUCH FERTILIZER FOR YOUR PLANT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NEAR A BODY OF WATER (A)
WHAT'S THE FORMULA FOR DENSITY?
D=m/v (K/U)
DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENS IN A LUNAR ECLIPSE?
THE PHENOMENON IN WHICH THE FULL MOON PASSES INTO EARTH'S' SHADOW.(T/I)
WHAT IS CHARGING BY CONTACT?
GENERATING A CHARGE ON A NEUTRAL OBJECT BY TOUCHING IT WITH A CHARGED OBJECT.(K/U)
WHAT ARE THE CONSUMERS IN THE THIRD TROPHIC LEVEL CALLED?
SECONDARY CONSUMERS (K/U)
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE SUBATOMIC PARTICLES TO A FRIEND?
A PARTICLE THAT IS SMALLER THAN THE ATOM. ANSWERS WILL VARY (T/I)
DRAW THE PLANETS IN THE ORDER OF THEIR DISTANCE FROM THE SUN. LABEL THEM : )
MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, URANUS, NEPTUNE (C)
WHAT IS A CONDUCTOR? GIVE ONE EXAMPLE
A MATERIAL IN WHICH ELECTRONS CAN MOVE EASILY BETWEEN ATOMS. EX, METALS (T/I)
HOW WOULD YOU TRY TO CONVINCE A FRIEND TO HELP PREVENT EUTROPHICATION?
(C)
AN ATOM HAS 14 ELECTRONS, DRAW A BOHR RUTHERFORD DIAGRAM FOR THIS ATOM
ANSWERS WILL VARY (C)
DRAW A QUICK PICTURE EXPLAINING HOW DINOSAURS WENT EXTINCT. HOW DOES THIS PICTURE SPREAD AWARENESS?
ANSWERS WILL VARY (A)
WHAT IS THE VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR?
A DEVICE THAT ACCUMULATES VERY LARGE CHARGES (K/U)