Listed below are three objects. Match the object to the letter of the simple machine it corresponds with.
Fishing Rod
Wheel barrow
Bicycle tire
A) Wheel B) Lever C) Pulley
Fishing Rod - Pulley
Wheel Barrow - Lever
Bicycle Tire - Wheel
100
If you place a boulder at the top of the hill are you storing kinetic or potential energy?
Potential
100
These unique structures made of rock are unique to the Grasslands region in Alberta.
Hoodoos.
100
What is the name of the Dam in the Foothills region?
The Brazeau Dam
100
True or false: When two gears are touching they always spin in the same direction.
False, the spin in the opposite direction.
200
If I have a 5 gear system, does the final gear in the train move in the same direction, or opposite direction of the driver gear?
Same
200
If you push a boulder down a hill are you experiencing kinetic energy at work or potential energy?
kinetic.
200
This large event takes place every year in Calgary.
The Calgary Stampede.
200
Where are the Foothills located?
At the base of the Rocky Mountains
200
Potential energy is transformed into what kind of energy?
Kinetic.
300
If Ryan wants to lift Mr. K with a lever, where would the best position for the fulcrum be?
Closest to Mr. K.
300
True or false: Friction slows down moving objects that are touching a surface.
True.
300
This is the name of a Highway that touches on all but one of the regions in Alberta.
The Cowboy Trail.
300
What is a chinook?
A warm blast of air coming from the Pacific Ocean over the Rocky Mountains.
300
Which of these does NOT use a wheel and axle?
a) model car
b) gear system
c) pulley system
d) roller system
d) roller system
400
Name 1 difference between a wheel and a roller.
Rollers can't turn
Wheels have a shorter cylinder
Rollers don't have an axle
400
In a fair test the things that remain the same are called:_________ or ___________.
Controls or constants. Only one is needed to be correct.
400
When farmers use water from lakes or rivers to water their crops, this is called _________.
Irrigation.
400
Who was David Thompson?
An explorer.
400
Why is important to use water resources carefully in the Grassland region?
Because it is very dry there and they need the water for crops.
500
If Lyneah tries to lift Mr. K with a fixed pulley, does he seem lighter or is Lyneah only changing the direction of pull?
Changing direction of pull.
500
The thing that you change in a fair test is called a ______________ variable. (Hint: its starts with m)
manipulated.
500
How would you describe the climate in the Grasslands region?
Arid and hot.
500
True or false: The Foothills region is flat.
FALSE!
500
When we did our experiments in the science lab, what was our "guess" called?