A rock on top of a cliff has a lot of this kind of energy
What is Potential Energy?
100
Creator of the Laws of Motion
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
The movement of weathered materials on Earth's surface
What is Erosion?
100
The Moon reflects light from this source
What is the Sun?
100
3 parts of an atom and what type of charge they carry
What are:
Proton (+)
Neutron (0)
Electron (-)
200
An exploding firework has this type of energy
What is Kinetic Energy?
200
Energy can not be created or destroyed
What is Law of Conservation of Energy?
200
Seasons occur due to this
What is Earth's tilt on it's axis?
200
Name of hit song:
"Now a Quarter Moon's a Half Moon,
You See,
A half Moon's a Quarter Moon,
A Quarter Moon's a Half Moon,
They call a Half Moon a Quarter Moon,
Word,
Because it made a Quarter of its turn around the Earth..."
What is "Phases of the Moon"?
200
When warm air rises and expands and then cooler air sinks and moves in
What is Convection Currents?
300
While on a roller coaster it slows down when it reaches the top of a hill. This is the type of energy you now have.
What is Potential Energy?
300
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's Third Law?
300
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, name the season the Northern Hemisphere experiences.
What is Summer?
300
When the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned, there are exceptionally strong gravitational forces, causing very high and very low tides which are called
What are Spring Tides?
300
Distance light travels in a year
What is a Light Year?
400
Kinetic energy can be described as:
A. Stored energy
B. Energy in motion
C. A chemical reaction
D. Connected energy
What is B. Energy in motion
400
Anyone riding in an automobile must wear one of these
What is a seat belt?
400
Splits Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
What is the Equator?
400
The direction the Moon travels around the Earth
What is counterclockwise?
400
This best describes the physical change of an aluminum soda after it is crushed:
A. There is a change in mass of can
B. There is a change in weight of can
C. There is a change in volume of can
D. There is a change in specific heat of can
What is C. There is a change in volume of can
500
Name 3 forms of energy
What is chemical, light, electrical, thermal, potential, kinetic?
500
The principle that matter can neither be created nor be destroyed
What is Law of Conservation of Mass?
500
Day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment
What is Earth Day?
500
Starting with New Moon, name the phases of the Moon
What is: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon