Science Labs
Light and vision
Eyes on the prize
Sound and hearing
Energy transformations
Heat transfer
100
The number of Science Labs in GHS
What is 5?
100
The three primary colours of light
What are red, green and blue?
100
This animal was the source of the eyeballs we dissected in term 1
What is a cow?
100
This kind of energy, picked up by one of our senses, is a vibration through air, water, or solid
Sound energy
100
This kind of power plant is an example of something which can change gravitational potential energy into electrical energy
What is a hydroelectric dam?
100
Plastic, wool, and rubber are materials that have this property (I__________)
What is an insulator?
200
Lab equipment that is placed on top of a tripod
What is a gauze mat?
200
This "tinted" kind of material will reflect or absorb some wavelengths of light while letting others through
What is a filter?
200
This photosensitive part of your eye absorbs light, and sends the signal to your brain
What is the retina?
200
The units to describe how loud a noise is
What is decibel?
200
This word describes the process of a liquid changing states, into a gas
What is evaporation?
200
This kind of heat transfer is how the sun keeps us warm
What is radiation?
300
Fire from a bunsen burner set up like this will be this
What is hot, blue, loud, and hard to see?
300
Light refracts when passing from one medium through ot another. refraction is when light...
What is bending?
300
This kind of light is visible to bees, but invisible to humans
What is UV light?
300
This number (a multiple of 10) is the loudest recorded human yell
what is 130 decibels?
300
This state of matter is when the particles are moving very very fast
What is a gas?
300
This kind of heat transfer happens through direct contact - metals are particularly good at it
What is conduction?
400
The best lab equipment for measuring the volume of water in a spoon
What is a measuring cylinder?
400
This kind of lens bulges out, found in magnifying glasses, helping bend light to a single point
What is a convex lens?
400
These cells, located in the retina, come in three kinds (in humans) and give us colour vision
What are cones?
400
If a sound has a very low pitch, it will have a ____ wavelength and a ____ frequency
Long wavelength, high frequency
400
The units to measure energy - whether it's how much you need to heat up water, or how much is in an energy drink
What are joules/kilojoules/calories?
400
This "secret ingredient" in double-glazed windows and Pink Batts is an excellent insulator - but only when you can keep it close!
What is air?
500
These gas taps are currently switched to...
What is on?
500
This "radiation spectrum" covers a bunch of different wave-based energy types, including infrared, ultraviolet and the visible light spectrum
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
500
These two "humours" help the eye maintain their shape - they're not so funny when you slice wrong and squirt juice everywhere
What are the vitreous and aqueous humours?
500
This kind of sound will create a wave with large amplitude, and very short wavelength
What is loud, and high-pitched?
500
These three kinds of energy are also called "stored" energy (G_____, C______, E______)
Gravitational, Chemical, Elastic
500
This form of heat transfer is minimised the most, when you add insulation into the roof of your house
What is Heat loss through convection?