The reason that stores put salt on the parking lot during wintertime
What is salt lowers the freezing point of water (melts ice)
100
Easy way to separate sand from iron filings
What is using a magnet
100
What does the following statement describe "In El Paso, it is sunny outside and slightly windy"
What is weather... remember, short term!!!
100
The Earth rotates once every
What is 24 hrs
100
Breaded chicken wrapped in ham and cheese
What is Chicken Cordon Bleu
200
Describe the energy conversion that happens when you use a radio
What is electric to sound energy
200
The reason your toaster has plastic around the electrical cord
What is insulation
200
A hypothesis must be this in order to be scientific
What is testable
200
The Earth is larger than the moon by this much
What is four times as big
200
A plane crashes on the border between the U.S. and Mexico. 43 people pass away during this tragic accident, 17 of which are Mexican. Where are the survivors buried?
They're not, they're alive!!!
300
The type of energy used to ride a bike
What is mechanical energy
300
If you drop the toaster into the water, you will be electrocuted to death because of this property of water
What is conductor of electricity
300
Plant sweat
What is transpiration
300
The moon revolves around the Earth once every
What is 28 days (27.3 days to be exact!)
300
The number of fingers (hands only, including thumbs) in this classroom right now
What is... give Mr. Arroyo some time to calculate it, there may be a student absent or something
400
Name three examples of alternative energy resources
What are wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, biofuuels
400
A magnifying glass does this to light
What is refracts... think about it, it bends it to a single point!!!
400
The reason alternative energy is called alternative
What is "because it is an alternative to fossil fuels"
400
Formed over millions of years from the deposition of organic (living) materials in layers. Pressure and heat helps form these
What are fossil fuels
400
Aww man... this one's science If a rubber ducky floats on water, it is said to be less _________ than water
What is dense
500
What am I describing? "El Paso receives an average of 8.8 inches of rain per year and has an average of temperature of 63.2 degrees"
What is climate... remember LONG TERM, like one year!!!
500
Name for the process by which plants pick up water from the ground
What is capillary action
500
If someone is winning a tug of war, forces are said to be this
What is unbalanced
500
Life cycle for complete metamorphosis and life cycle for incomplete metamorphosis
What is Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult and Egg, Nymph, Adult
500
Bob's mother has five children, David, Daniel, Dennis, and Donald... what is the name of the fifth child?