SOLAR SYSTEM
ENERGY
EARTH SCIENCE
LAB SAFETY & EQUIPMENT
End of Year Riddles!
100

I’m your home and the third from the Sun. I’ve got water and life—aren’t I the fun one? What am I?

Earth

100

What basic form of energy is present in the lighting bold?

electrical energy (electricity) 

100

Name 4 landforms.

Any of the following are correct: plains, mountain, valley, hill, island, peninsula, canyon, plateau

100
What lab safety equipment should you use for exploring mixtures of solids and liquids?
Safety goggles
100

I change shape but never disappear. I can be solid, liquid, or gas, and I’m found everywhere. What am I?

Water

200
What keeps the Moon traveling in nearly the same path each time it orbits Earth?
Gravity
200
What type of energy must be added to change water from ice to steam?
Heat Energy
200
The source of an earthquake is usually.....
movement of Earth's plates
200
What is an object used to look at VERY small objects?
microscope
200

I’m hot and bright, but don’t touch! I shoot up from the Earth in a big rush. What am I?

volcano

300
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
300
What is the main source of energy for our Earth?
The Sun
300
Trystin placed dead leaves, cut grass, and bits of twigs in a container with a lid. After a month, he opened the container and noticed soil had started to form. What process created the soil?
decomposition
300

What small object would you use to pick up small items? 

a. tweezers

b. cylinder 

c. cup 

a. tweezers 

300

What has keys but can't open locks?

piano

400

I’m the hottest planet, though I’m not closest to the Sun. What am I?

Venus

400

Which is the transfer of energy through matter from particle to particle? 

A. electrical energy 

B. conduction 

C. evaporation

B. conduction 

400
True or False 

Volcanoes erupting is a fast change taking place on Earth's Surface 

True,

The column collapses, coating the surrounding area with dust causing a fast change to occur

400
What is lab equipment is used to measure the volume of a liquid?
Graduated Cylinder
400

What can you catch but not throw?

A cold

500
Name the planets in order from closest to the Sun to farthest from the Sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
500

Energy in an object due to its motion or position, or both is what type of energy?

A. Protentional energy 

B. Kinetic energy 

C. Mechanical Energy

C. Mechanical Energy

500
Why is cotton a natural resource?
Parts of the plant are used to make clothing.
500
What is a scientist who forecasts the weather called?
Meteorologist
500

Mrs. Brown has 5 daughters. Each of these daughters has a brother. How many children does Mrs. Brown have?

Answer: They have 6 children. Each daughter has the same brother. There are 5 daughters and 1 son.

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