SKY SCIENCE
TREES AND FORESTS
EVIDENCE AND INVESTIGATION
AIR
FLIGHT
100
what is the name of our North Star?
Polaris.
100
What is Clearcutting?
A method of harvesting trees where all standing trees are removed.
100
Examples of physical evidence.
gun powder residue, fibers from clothing, biological fluid, debris, finger prints, foot prints, shell casing or bullets, vehicle tire prints, soil samples, tool marks, handwriting, and DNA.
100
What are the 4 forces of flight?
Lift, Thrust, Drag, and Gravity.
100
Slower moving air creates .....1..... pressure ....2... the wing, and higher moving air creates ....3... pressure ...4..... the wing.
1- low 2- over 3- high 4- under
200
Name 3 things that emit light and 3 things that reflect light.
EMIT -sun -stars -meteorites or shouting stars REFLECT -planets -satellites -moons -comets -asteroids
200
What is a Double Compound Leaf?
The leaf has several other leaflets on both sides of the branch or blade.
200
What is the difference between running footsteps and walking footsteps?
Running footsteps have a longer stride and are on their toes, unlike walking where the entire footprint is showing and are closer together.
200
True or False- Objects are not attracted to low air pressure.
False.
200
Name 4 things you need to make a parachute.
A hole, a canopy, a shroud line, and a load.
300
What are the 3 types of stars that a Protostar turns into?
A Red Dwarf, a Yellow Star (the sun), and a Blue Giant.
300
What is a Scale Like needle?
Where there are no needles, instead there are scaly bumps.
300
What are 4 things you look for in writing samples?
Size in loops, slant of writing, crossing T's and dotting I'S, size ow writing, letter connections, above and below line writing, space of letters and words, letter formation and stopping in the middle of a word.
300
What does and airfoil do?
An airfoil generates lift, with fast air and low air pressure on the top of the wing, with slow air and high air pressure on the bottom of the wing.
300
Where do the ailerons need to be to make a left bank?
Right one down and the LEFT one up.
400
How many full moons do we get per year?
13 moons.
400
What is in the Forest Ecosystem?
The sun, Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, and Decomposers.
400
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
This states that speed increases, pressure decreases like an airfoil.
400
What is the front of a airfoil called?
The Leading Edge.
500
Name 4 parts of the sun.
The Corona, the Chromosphere, the Photosphere, the Convection Zone, the Radiation Zone, and the Core.
500
What are 4 things that happen to tree cookies?
A Fallen Tree, a Fire, a Drought, a Insect Attack, Constitution, Growing on a Slope, and a Dead Branch.
500
Name the 4 types of finger prints?
Loop, Arch, Whorl, and Composite (mixed).
500
What is the symbols for Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, and Water.
almost like this O-O = oxygen o+o O-O \ / = carbon dioxide o+o+c O-O = waterh+h+c O \ / O
500
What is the bake of the airfoil called?
The Trailing Edge.
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