What is Energy?......................................................
Bonus: Who said "energy can be created under certain conditions?"
100
Distance divided by time will give me an objects ________
What is Speed?.......................................................
Bonus: What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Bonus: What is the difference between average speed and speed?
100
This is the SI unit for length
What are meters?
100
When a toddler tries out new foods for the first time, he/she is primarily using this step of the scientific method.
What is observation? He/she is using one or more of his/her senses to find out information about the food.
100
If I notice there are 13 stripes and 50 stars on an American flag, I am making this type of observation
What is a quantitative observation?...............................
Bonus: Make a quantitative observation about this room.
200
This is a push or pull exerted on an object
What is Force?
200
This is an object's tendency to resist any change in its motion
What is inertia?.......................................................
Bonus: As the mass of an object increases does the inertia increase or decrease??
200
This is the unit for Force
What are Newtons?
200
You see your favorite teacher get off the train in Highland Park when you usually see that same teacher drive to work. This is something you might infer
What is that teacher _________ (many possible responses)
200
If I notice that an American flag is red, white and blue I am making this type of observation.
What is a qualitative observation?................................
Bonus: Make a qualitative observation about this room.
300
This is the energy an object has due to its motion
What is Kinetic Energy?...........................................
Bonus: Give an example of an object that has kinetic energy.
Bonus 2: Kinetic Energy increase as ______ and ______ increase
300
This is the overall rate of speed at which an object moves. It is calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time.
What is average speed?
300
This is the unit used for Energy?
What is a Joule?
300
When a weather man makes a forecast of the amount of snow that will fall the next day, he/she is using this step of the scientific method.
What is prediction?
300
This is the theory that pieces of Earth's outer layer are in constant motion.
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?.......................
True/False: The plates of the Earth move as fast as the Earth rotates.
400
A roller coaster reaches the top of a hill and stops before it barrels down the other side. This is an example of what type of energy(ies)
What is potential energy being converted into kinetic energy?.......................................................................
Bonus: Give an example of elastic potential energy
400
This is a place or object used for comparison to determine if an object is in motion.
What is a Reference Point?
400
There are 1,000 mm in one of these.
What is one meter?
400
This is a possible explanation for a set of observations to a scientific question
What is a hypothesis?...............................................
Bonus: Name all the steps of the scientific method in order.
400
Beyonce sprays so much perfume that Jay-Z can smell it all the way downstairs. The fact that Jay-Z can smell the perfume from so far away is because of this.
What is diffusion?
500
This is the total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
What is Thermal Energy?
500
Tom the truck driver travels east for 180 miles to get to his final destination of Chicago. It takes him three hours to get there. This is his velocity.
What is 60miles/hr going EAST
500
There are 10mm in one of these
What is one cm?.................................................
True/False: SI units are only used in America
500
You create an experiment to test how water affects plant growth. This is the responding (dependent) variable
What is plant growth?.............................................
Bonus: What is the independent (manipulated variable)?
Bonus: What are some controls in the experiment?
500
The absorption of water by the roots of a plant is an example of this scientific principle.
What is osmosis?....................................................
Bonus: Give another example of osmosis