Energy
A term that describes the ability to make something move.
- Energy
- Friction
- Gravity
- Inertia
What is... energy
Which part of the human body is an internal structure?
- Brain
- Hair
- Foot
- Ear
What is... brain
True or false?
Both plants and animals can break down rocks
What is.. true
The top of a wave is called the...
What is... crest
Explain how an earthquake occurs
shaking and shifting of tectonic plates
As a golf ball rolls down a ramp, it is gaining...?
- Mass
- Shape
- Speed
- Height
What is... speed
One way scientists describe systems is by describing their...
- uses
- functions
- components
- ideas
What is... components
Which of the following can help prevent erosion?
- plants
- ice
- sun
- gravity
What is... gravity
A ________ wave does not need anything to travel, which is how sunlight reaches Earth
- light
- ocean
- mechanical
- solid
What is... light
What type of natural disaster occurs the most?
What is a flood
Truck one weights 40kg. Truck two weights 80kg. Truck three weighs 100kg. This truck will travel the fastest.
What is... truck one.
This internal structure makes food for plants
What is... chloroplasts
Volcanos form in a pattern along _________ ________.
What is... tectonic plates
A mirror ______ light, while a window ______ it.
- transmits; refracts
- refracts; absorbs
- absorbs; reflects
- reflects; transmits
What is... reflects; transmits
Explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. Give examples of each.
Renewable = can be restored within our lifetime. Examples include solar panels and wind turbines.
Nonrenewable = not able to be restored. Examples include fossil fuels and oil.
During the winter months, ice covers the windshield. Once the engine runs for a while, the ice begins to melt. The engine is releasing ______ energy.
- Chemical
- Heat
- Light
- Electrical
What is... heat energy
Which of the following lists of external structures represents a lizard?
- Beak, claws, wings
- Feathers, wings, beak
- Legs, claws, skin
- Spines, hair, flippers
What is... legs, claws, skin
Which layer of the Earth is responsible for moving tectonic plates?
What is... mantle
The height of the wave.
What is.... amplitude
A storm that has a rotating column of air touching the ground.
What is a tornado.
Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because they __________?
- have turned to solid rock
- take a long period of time to form
- located deep within the earth's crust
- are expensive to dig up
What is.... take a long period of time to form
An eye's pupil will most likely __________ in bright sunlight?
- increase in size
- decrease in size
- change color
- not change
what is... decrease in size
Which of the following is accurate?
- different landforms can only be found in one type of biome.
- landforms, landscapes, and biomes change over time.
- weathering and erosion only affect landscapes.
- a plateau is a large flat area covered in grass.
What is... landforms, landscapes, and biomes change over time.
Seismic waves cause......?
What is an earthquake
Give an example and the purpose of an external structure of an animal.
Shells, skin, spines, fins, beaks, claws, feathers, flippers, etc...