Properties of Matter
What are the three physical states of matter?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
What is force?
A push or pull
Batteries use what type of energy to generate electrical energy?
Chemical Energy
At what time of day do object cast the shortest shadows?
Noon
What is a food chain?
What is a food web?
A food chain is the flow of energy within a certain type of organisms within a specific habitat.
A food web is a collection of food chains within a certain ecosystem.
What is Mass?
What is solubility?
What is magnetism?
What is Relative Density?
Mass: How much space or matter an object takes up
Solubility: If materials dissolve in water
Magnetism: Objects ability to attract or repell to a magnet
Relative Density: If an object is more dense (sinks) or less dense (floats) than water
What do you call forces with equal strengths on objects from opposite directions?
Balanced Forces
Equal Forces
If the circuit is open, then its ________________.
If the circuit is closed, then _______ __________.
If the circuit is open, then it's broken.
If the circuit is closed, then electrons flow.
Name all the outer planets within our solar system.
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
What is abiotic?
What is biotic?
Non-living things (water, wind, fire, wood, metal)
Living things (plants, bacteria, animals)
What doesn't allow energy to flow through?
What does allow energy to flow through?
Insulators: Poor Conductors are wood, plastic, rubber
Conductors: Good Conductivity are metals, Aluminum Foil, Glass
Unbalanced Forces
Unequal Forces
Sound occurs from _____________ that travel in _____________.
Sound occurs from vibration that travel in waves.
Name all of the inner planets within our solar system.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
What is the water cycle?
Evaporation (liquid heated to gas)
Condensation (gas begins to cool & forms clouds)
Precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail)
Runoff (overflow of water on land)
What are mixtures?
What are solutions?
Mixtures: combination of two or more substances
Solutions: type of mixture in which an item dissolves in another
What force is always pulling objects towards the center of the Earth?
Gravity
What is reflection & refraction?
Reflection: Light bounces off a smooth surface at an angle
Refraction: Light bend through one transparent object to another medium
How long does it take for Earth to complete a full rotation on its axis?
How long does it take for Earth to complete a full orbit around the sun?
24 hours or 1 day
365 days or 1 year
What is needed to create coal?
What is needed to create gas and oil?
Non-renewable resources; dead swamp plants/ animals & heat
Non-renewable resources; dead marine plants/animals & heat
Name the following transformations of matter
1. Liquid changes to gas after being heated
2. Solid changes to liquid after being heated
3. Liquid changes to solid after being cooled
4. Gas changes to liquid after being cooled
1. Evaporation
2. Melting
3. Freezing
4. Condensation
What force slows down or goes against a moving object?
Friction
What are the main type of energies?
Light Energy (you see)
Sound Energy (you hear)
Mechanical Energy (Potential-position/stored & Kinetic-motion)
Thermal Energy (you feel)
Magnetism (attract or repell from a magnet)
Electrical Energy
Chemical Energy
What direction does the Earth rotate on its axis?
What direction does the sun rise and sun set?
Earth rotates from West to East.
Sun rises from the East and sun sets on the West.
What is the process of creating a sedimentary rock?
Weathering (Breaks it)
Erosion (Takes It)
Deposition (Drops It)
Compaction (Squeeze It)
Cementation (Glues It)