Investigating Forces
Track 1 History
Weather and Climate
Ancient Rome
Earliest Americans
100

A force that pulls objects towards Earth's surface is called?

Gravity

100

The Nile River is located on which continent?



Africa
100

A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds, is visible as a funnel-shaped cloud, and touches the ground is called?



A tornado

100

How was Pompeii destroyed?

Volcano

100

The land bridge that connected Asia and North America is called...

Beringia 

200

What makes magnets repel each other?

They have the same poles



200

What were the letters of the Viking alphabet called?



Runes

200

What are the two items that climate and weather both focus on when determining forecast?



Temperature and Precipitation



200

What did the Romans watch at Circus Maximus?

Chariot Races

200

The population of Native Americans decreased rapidly because Europeans brought...

Germs and Disease

300

Who builds machines or parts to create or improve ways to make work easier?



An Engineer

300

Another name for a Viking is....

The Norse

300

In weather, the amount of water vapor in the air is called?



Humidity

300
What does "Veni, Vidi, Vici" mean?

I came, I saw, I conquered

300

What does the word Pueblo mean?

Village

400

What happens to objects that experience a pull force?



They move closer to each other



400

Daily Double!

When a dam is built, what is the result?

A reservior  
400

Which climate types is a result of little precipitation?




A desert and a tundra


400

What mountain range did Hannibal cross with elephants in tow?

The Alps

400

What were Haudenosaunee Three Sisters?

Corn, Squash, and beans

500

What is a collection of forces that result in a change in the objects motion called?



Unbalanced Forces

500

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or Mark Twain, wrote about which people?

Mississippi River Pilots

500

Name at least 2 tools used to measure weather and climate.

(Any 2) A wind vane, weather balloon, radiosonde, thermometer, anemometer, or barometer.

500

What year did the Roman Empire finally fall?

476 CE

500

Name 3 of the Tribes in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

The Mohawk, the Oneida, the Seneca, the Cayuga, and the Onondaga. 
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