Grab Bag
Energy
Water Cycle
Weather
Vocab
100
What is an adapation?
100
Energy is the ability to do _________.
Work
100
_____________ is just a fancy word for clouds and the water on the outside of cups.
Condensation
100
What is the weather today in Escondido?
Hint: Look out a window. :)
100
Glacier
a slowly moving mass or river of ice
200
All living things are made of _________ and cells are made of ___________.
Cells; Organelles
200
Kinetic energy is the energy of ___________.
Motion
200
Name two types of precipitation.
Snow, rain, sleet, hail, freezing rain.
200
How does altitude effect the weather?
The higher you go in elevation, the colder it gets.
200
Biosphere
Parts of Earth occupied by living things
300
Name an organelle only found in plants cells.
Name an organelle found in animal cells.
cell wall or chloroplasts
Mitochondria, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm or vacuole
300
Give an example of conduction, convection and radiation.
300
What are the differences between run off, ground water and infiltration?
run off is when water runs off the land.
ground water is water underneath the ground.
infiltration is the process of water going into the ground.
300
What is albedo?
Albedo is the amount of light or radiation reflected by a surface-- think back to the black vs white sweatshirt example or the fact that concrete gets hotter then grass.
300
Eerie
Creepy, weird, scary
400
What offspring will result if a Rr and Rr are crossed?
1 RR: 2 Rr: 1rr
400
What will keep you warmer on a sunny day a white jacket or a black jacket? Why?
The black jacket will keep you warmed because darker colors absorb the sun's energy and lighter colors reflect the sun's energy.
400
What is transpiration?
Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant via evaporation.
400
Explain what is happening in this image.
Water evaporates from the ocean and winds push it towards the mountains. As the air gets pushed further up the mountain, it cools down and condenses and is released as rain so by the time the air goes over the mountain there is no more moisture and a desert is formed.
400
Rural is the opposite of what other vocab word?
Urban
500
Name three of the six steps in the scientific method.
Question
Research
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion
Share
500
Explain how your solar oven got the energy to cook your s'more.
The energy came from the sun's radiation.
500
What is the first step of the water cycle? Why?
There is no start nor end to the water cycle because it is a continuous cycle that never stops.
500
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the day to day state of the atmosphere (ex. sunny or rainy) whereas, climate is the long term conditions of a specific location.
500
Stomata/Stoma
Tiny holes in the skin of a leaf