Human Machine
Energizing
Everything!
Waves of Sound
The Birth
of Rocks
It's a MYSTERY!
100

Which two systems of the body needed to work together to catch the ruler in our reflex activity?

Muscular and nervous systems

100

Name two examples of conductors.

Metal, foil, salt, playdoh...

100

What three materials can sound move through?

BONUS 200: Which one does sound travel best through? Which are you able to hear best?

Gas, liquids, and solids

BONUS: solid

100

Which type of volcanoes can tourists usually walk close to?

Shield volcanoes

100

True or False. All prehistoric volcanoes are in the Ring of Fire.

False

200

If I walked out of a dark movie theater into the bright sunlight, my pupils would _____________.

Constrict (become smaller)

200

Joe and Rob go to an amusement park. Joe's roller coaster is 50 feet high and Rob's is 30 feet high, who's has less potential energy?

Rob's since it does not have as much height.

200

What do you call the height of a sound wave?

BONUS 100: What do you call the width of a sound wave?

Amplitude

BONUS: frequency

200

Are most volcanoes found along the coast or on the land?

BONUS 100: What do we call the horseshoe-shaped pattern where volcanoes are found?

Along the coast

BONUS: Ring of Fire

200

Would a coyote that hunts for its prey at night have the same eyes as a human? Why or why not.

No, nocturnal animals have larger pupils that humans.

300

What is the difference between the iris and the cornea lens of an eye?

BONUS 100

Iris is the colored part of the eye and cornea helps the image come into focus

300

Draw it! 

If you had a battery, three wires, and two light bulbs, how could you get both lights to turn on?

Answers will vary

300

How high or how low a sound sounds is called ___________.

Pitch

300

What eventually revealed the baby prehistoric rhino bones to the scientists so they were able to see them?

Landslide

300

Which body system is responsible for an optical illusion?

Nervous system

400

Why does it sometimes look like people have red eyes when their picture is taken using a camera’s flash?

People’s eyes look red because the camera flash is lighting up the blood vessels at the back of our eyes.

400

If a town is trying to use renewable energy and install solar panels, what would they need to consider in order to decide if solar panels would be a good investment for the town?

Is it sunny? There will not be sun at night to create energy. Can the energy be stored?

400

Describe how a tall sound wave that has many, many peaks would sound.

Loud and high pitch

400

If you found a shiny, smooth purple rock and a blue, rough holey rock, how would you decide where each rock came from? What types of landscapes would you suspect each came from?

Color, smooth vs. rough, shiny versus holey

400

Can there be different types of blindness? Describe two types.

Optic nerve doesn't send image to brain (see nothing)

Cornea sees blurry images

Pupil does let in right amount of light (see shadows)


500

Would you be able to move if you did not have tendons? Why or why not?

BONUS 200: What attaches to tendons?

No, tendons attach the muscle to the bone.  The muscles would not be able to move the bones without tendons.

500

Jane stretched a rubber band so far that when she let go, the rubber band made a snapping sound.  What caused the rubber band to make noise?

Potential energy was converted into sound energy

500

What did Doug call the high frequency sound that was too high pitch for adults to hear?

Mosquito Sound

500

Describe three ways that a larger rock could become a smaller rock.

Ice wedging

Root wedging

Falling down a mountain/ landslide

500

What did Doug call the machine that measured the size of a sound wave?

oscilloscope