Motion and Weather
Matter
Heat Transfer and Genetics
Weather
Biology
100
What can cause a moving object to increase its speed in a forward direction?...a force pushing from the opposite direction, a force continually acting on it the same direction it is moving, an increase in mass, a decrease in mass
What is a force continually acting on it in the same direction the object is moving?
100
Process that changes a liquid to a gas?
What is evaporation?
100
Why do dogs have traits like their parents?...inherit them from their parents, live in the same habitat, learn by observing parents, eat the same food as parents
What is they inherit them from their parents?
100
a stream of air that forms a boundary between cold air masses and warm air masses across the United States
What is the jet stream?
100
Which is an example of a unicellular organism?...insect, amoeba, fish, worm
What is amoeba?
200
Which description best matches the speed of a ball that is thrown straight up into the air?...goes up at a constant speed, stops, and comes down at a constant speed..goes up at a constant speed, stops, increases speed down... goes up slower and slower, stops, comes down faster and faster.....goes up slower and slower, stops, comes down at constant speed
What is goes up slower and slower, stops, and comes down faster, and faster?
200
Process that changes a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
200
A pot is heated on a stove. Which process causes the metal handle of the pot to also become hot?
What is conduction?
200
What is the best explanation for how air masses move across the United States?...prevailing westerlies move air masses west to east, trade wides move air masses east to west, jet stream moves air masses from Gulf Stream to the Pacific Ocean, jet stream moves air masses from Pacific Ocean across the United States
What is prevailing westerlies move air masses west to east across the USA?
200
What is the function of the cardiovascular (heart/lungs) system?
What is to transport gases(O2 and CO2) throughout the body?
300
A pen falls off a desk. What makes the pencil move toward the floor?
What is gravity?
300
An example of a different substance being formed?...glass breaking, metal melting, water freezing, or wood burning
What is wood burning?
300
People around a fire are able to feed the heat. How can they do this without touching the fire?
What is radiation?
300
Which best describes why winds at the beach change direction between day and night?...temperatures over water and land change, warm air over land sinks and stays in place, cool air rises and is replaced by warm air, cool air sinks and stays in one place
What is because the temperatures over water and land change?
300
Which body system send electrical signals to all other body systems?
What is nervous system?
400
Name 4 weather instruments and what each one measures.
What is barometer/air pressure, thermometer/temperature, rain gauge/precipitation, anemometer/wind speed, or wind vane/wind direction, or hygrometer/humidity?
400
A puddle of water remains on a sidewalk. After a day, the puddle is gone. Which process is most likely responsible for the disappearance of the puddle?
What is evaporation?
400
Which would most likely result from a low-pressure weather system?...warm temperatures, cloudy conditions, clear conditions, cool temperatures
What is cloudy conditions?
400
Which organism is a producer?...frog, mushroom, grass, lizard
What is grass?
500
causes rising temperatures in the Pacific Ocean and droughts and flooding along the Pacific Coast
What is El Nino?
500
An inflated balloon gets larger when it is warmed by a lamp. What can be said about the mass?..the mass increases because the size changed, the mass increases because the temperature increased, the mass stays the same because the amount of gas is the same, the mass stays the same because warming decreases mass
What is the mass stays the same because the amount of gas stayed the same?
500
What happens to metal tracks during a hot summer day?...decrease in weight, increase in weight, decrease in length, increase in length
What is increase in length?
500
If a high pressure air mass is over an area, what type of conditions would be expected?...stormy, sunny, snowy, or hot
What is sunny?
500
These organs belong to which system: esophagus, stomach, and intestines?
What is digestive system?
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