When the moon passes directly between us here on earth and the sun.
What is a LUNAR ECLIPSE?
100
When a metal can be beaten or molded into a different shape, it is this.
What is MALLEABLE?
100
This is the last name of the scientist from centuries ago who came up with the three laws of motion.
Who was NEWTON?
100
These are the two kinds of energy that the sun provides.
What are HEAT and LIGHT?
200
This planet is closest to the sun.
What is MERCURY?
200
This is what we call the process of liquid changing to a gas.
What is EVAPORATION?
200
A dad is sitting on the ground at one end of a see-saw, and his 5-year-old daughter is sitting on the other end but she's way up in the air. This is an example of these kinds of forces.
What are UNBALANCED FORCES?
200
This is the kind of energy we can use if we build special clear panels that face upward at the sun.
What is SOLAR ENERGY?
300
It is called "the red planet," it's our next-door-neighbor planet and it's farther away from the sun than our earth is.
What is MARS?
300
Of all the minerals, diamond has the most and talc (what we use to make talcum powder for sweaty, stinky feet) has the least.
What is HARDNESS?
300
This is the word for something that Sir Isaac Newton discovered - objects that are moving tend to keep moving until a force acts upon them, and things that are at rest (or still) stay that way until some force makes them move.
What is INTERTIA?
300
This kind of energy heats water naturally as the water is pumped through pipes far below the earth's surface.
What is GEOTHERMAL?
400
This is how many days it takes for the earth to make a full lap around the sun and go through all the seasons. (HINT: It's a decimal number!)
What is 365.25?
400
This is the process of a gas changing to a liquid.
What is CONDENSATION?
400
Mrs. Pearl's and Mrs. Abad's classes are in a tug of war, but they are evenly matched, and the rag tied around the rope in the middle is not moving. This is an example of this kind of forces.
What are BALANCED FORCES?
400
This is the phrase that describes energy sources such as oil, coal and natural gas.
What are FOSSIL FUELS?
500
This is the biggest planet and it has nine moons.
What is JUPITER?
500
This is how much space matter takes up.
What is VOLUME?
500
When you put some liquid dishwasher soap on your fingertips and rub them together, they slide against each other easily. When you don't use the dishwasher soap, they don't slide against each other smoothly and easily - it's because of this.
What is FRICTION?
500
This is the word for energy produced when water flows over a dam to spin turbines that are connected to a generator, and it can turn on our lights and many other things in our home