weather
matter
sound & light
magnets
miscellaneous
100
In the Northern hemisphere, winds move around in which direction?
A clockwise direction.
100
What causes a substance to become less dense?
When it is heated.
100
What is it called when something is curved or rounded outward?
Convex
100
What kind of magnet is made by passing an electric current through a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core?
An electromagnet.
100
What is it called when birds fly to a warmer climate because the weather has turned cooler?
Migration.
200
The Canadian air is usually warm and dry or cool and dry?
Cool and dry.
200
What happens to a substance when the temperature decreases?
The substance contracts.
200
What do you get when you mix all the colors of the rainbow?
You get white light.
200
What is a material that always acts as a magnet?
A permanent magnet.
200
What is material that acts like a magnet for only a short time?
A temporary magnet.
300
true or false; Tornadoes' are always found in the mountains?
False; they are generally found in flat lands.
300
What happens to a blob in a medium that is cooled?
The blob sinks.
300
What is the acronym for the colors of the rainbow?
Roy-g-biv.
300
What it the name of the magnetic field that surrounds the Earth?
The Earth's magnetic poles.
300
True or false; a liquid will change to a solid when heat is added.
False.
400
If an air mass is at 3000 ft. what will need to happen to the air mass before it will get colder?
The air must rise in the atmosphere.
400
If something has more mass is it easier to move it or harder to move it?
It is harder to move it.
400
What are the colors of the rainbow in order?
Red, orange,yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
400
What would you call the northern most and the southern most points on the globe?
Earth's geographic poles.
400
When does summer begin? HINT:(do not give the date)
On summer solstice.
500
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
The troposphere.
500
When the temperature increases past boiling point, a substance changes from what to what?
From a liquid to a gas.
500
What does white light do to light?
It reflects the light.
500
What is the flow of electric charges through a circuit?
An electric current.
500
true or false; water is constantly changing form one form (liquid, gas, & solid) to another?
True.
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