Trees & Forests
Sky Science
Mixed
Flight
Air
100
To classify bark, we look at what?
What is color, texture, pattern
100
Name the biggest and smallest planet.
biggest - Jupiter Smallest - Pluto
100
The Earth rotates counterclockwise ... this means that the sun rises and sets where?
What is rises in the east and set in the west.
100
The amount of air placed in or around an object is known as?
What is air pressure?
100
How do we know that air exists?
What is it takes up space, has volume, has weight, has mass, has pressure.
200
How can we classify trees?
What is by their general shape or their silhouette
200
How often does the moon rotates on its axis? Ex: Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hrs.
What is 27 1/3 days
200
March 21 and September 21st are known as? On these dates, there are 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of night.
What is equinoxes
200
Forces of flight include
What is lift, gravity, drag, thrust
200
Faster flowing air has lower pressure than slower moving air, is known as?
What is Bernoulli's Principle
300
Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall. What are deciduous trees and what are the native trees found in Alberta?
Deciduous trees have leaves, often have fruit or flowers. Native trees are poplar and aspen.
300
New moon means no moon...what does this mean?
That you cannot see it...no lunar surface is available
300
This part is curved on the top and flat on the bottom. The air moves faster over the top of the _____ than on the bottom.
What is airfoil
300
flaps on the wings of a plane that move up or down; not not need to move together. This controls the roll of a plane
What are the ailerons
300
The amount of air that pushes against an object
What is Air resistance
400
Explain what a coniferous tree is and give 2 examples of native coniferous trees found in Alberta.
They have needles leaves and cones, they do not lose their leaves. Lodgepole pine, Jackpine
400
2 similarities of our moon compared to other moons are?
What is are called satellites, orbit around the planet
400
How do parachutes work? What force of flight is increased?
Work by increasing drag.
400
This controls yaw...which is what?
What is rudder. Yaw - when the plane turns left or right.
400
State high or low pressure for the following: Cold air - Warm air - Still air - Moving air-
What is cold air - high warm air - low still air- high moving air - low
500
What are producers, consumers and decomposers? Give an example using hawk, grass, snake, and mouse.
Producers - an organism which uses energy from the sun to produce its own food. Consumer- Organism which feeds on other organisms in the ecosystem. Decomposers - An organism which breaks down material and litter. Grass --->Mouse --->Snake --->Hawk
500
Summer starts on June 21st, that means taht the tilt of the northern hemisphere is towards what? During winter (December 21), the northern hemisphere is tilted where?
What is the sun winter - away from the sun
500
When do we have the longest day of sunlight and the shortest night? What is this called?
What is June 21 - solstices
500
How does a hot air balloon work?
What is hot air rises. Blowing hot air into the balloon makes the air less dense causing it to be more buoyant and create lift.
500
When gravity acting on the plane is greater, what happens to the plane? b) What happens when thrust is great on the plane?
What is it will go down b) plane will speed up
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