Tools for Learning
This tool is used to measure the amount of heat in an object
What is a thermometer?
As heat is added, water escapes and floats in the air
What is evaporation?
When grouped together these types of matter maintain their original properties
What is a simple mixture?
Geologists found evidence of a variety of animals such as frogs, salamanders, and fish
What is a pond? (marsh)
Magma erupts from Earth's core and then cools off to form this structure
What is a volcano?
This tool is used to find the volume of small amounts of liquid
What is a graduated cylinder?
At this temperature, water is a solid
What is 0 degrees Celsius? (freezing point of water)
Mixture or solution?: Water, lemon juice, and sugar
What is solution?
Geologists found evidence of birds, insects, fungi, and plants in layers of rock in this ecosystem
What is a forest?
Sediment that is carried by rivers and then deposited near the ocean
What is a delta?
This tool is used for holding materials that are very hot or cold
What are tongs?
When water reaches this temperature, it rapidly escapes as a gas
What is 100 degrees Celcius? (boiling point of water)
When grouped together, one part of a mixture dissolves into another
What is a solution?
Geologists found evidence of cactus plants in sandy soil layers
What is a desert?
When plates slowly collide, these beautiful structures are created
What are mountain ranges? (or mountains)
This tool is used to find the mass of objects
What is a triple beam balance? (or balance)
In this state, tiny droplets cool off and rejoin to form larger droplets
What is condensation?
Tools needed to separate sand, water, and gravel
What is a filter and a strainer?
Geologists found evidence of shells, coral, and fish skeletons
What is an ocean?
This structure is carved when sediment is slowly carried by the movement of glaciers
What is a U-shaped valley?
This tool is used to find the length or width of larger objects
What is a meter stick?
At this temperature, water is the same temperature as the air around it
What is 24 degrees Celcius?
(water at room temperature)
Tools needed to separate iron filings, sand, and marbles
What is a magnet and tweezers (or magnet and a strainer)
Geologists found evidence of a wooly mammoth preserved in this ecosystem
What is an arctic tundra? (tundra)
This structure is carved by rivers that carve into the land with their rushing waters, wearing away the land and over millions of years
What is a canyon?