Physical Science
What are the three states of Matter?
What is Solid, Liquid, Gas?
Put the steps of the Scientific Method in the correct order.
Question, Research, Hypothesis, Analyze Data, Conclusion
What type of energy does the sun produce?
What is light energy?
What is a push?
What position is the Earth in from the sun?
What is the third planet?
Casey is given a sample mixture containing calcium carbonate, glucose, iron filings, and silica sand. Which of the materials could be separated out with a magnet
What are iron filings?
Give one example of a testable question and one example of a non-testable question.
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How do you know that a circuit is open in a lightbulb?
The lightbulb does not light up
What is an unbalanced force?
What is when the Newtons are unequal and the object is in motion?
Why does the sun appear to be the brightest star?
What is because it is closest to Earth?
Which statement describes the difference between static electricity and electric current?
A. Only electric current involves energy.
B. Only electric current involves the movement of electrons.
C. Only static electricity involves sudden electric discharges.
D. Only static electricity involves negative and positive charges.
C. Only static electricity involves sudden electric discharges.
In the paper airplane experiment at the beginning of the year, what was the Independent Variable? Dependent Variable?
What is type of paper used; What is the distance each plane travelled.
Explain what mechanical energy is.
What is when one object with kinetic energy gives another object energy?
Which force causes a piece of paper to fall slowly to the ground?
What is air resistance?
How long does it take the Earth to make one rotation? One Revolution?
What is one day; one year?
What happens when a mixture is separated?
A. A. substance is lost.
B. A new substance is formed.
C. The substances stay the same.
D. The mass of the substances changes.
C. The substances stay the same. (It is a physical change!)
Jasmine wants to do an experiment to test which color of light will most affect the height of a plant. Give an example of a hypothesis Jasmine can use for this experiment.
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What energy transfer happens when you plug in a toaster?
What is electrical energy to heat energy?
Give an example of Newton's first law: An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
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Name the four inner planets
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
A student replaces a switch in an electrical circuit with an object. A light bulb in the circuit does NOT light up. What can the student conclude about the object?
A. It is too large.
B. It is an insulator.
C. It is a conductor.
D. It is made of metal.
B. It is an insulator.
Why is it important for scientists to analyze their data?
It is important so they can identify any trends in the experiment or inconsistencies.
Explain the correct energy transfer that occurs in a hairdryer (3 transfers).
What is electrical energy to mechanical energy to sound/heat energy?
What type of force is present when two teams are pulling on a rope in different directions, but the rope does not move?
What is a balanced force?
List three differences between the inner and outer planets.
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