Matter
What property do these objects NOT have in common?
Sand, Sugar, Salt, Lemon Juice, Marbles
What is the energy of motion?
Mechanical
Weathering, erosion and deposition constantly change the surface of the earth. What event causes a U-shaped valley to be formed?
What do the arrows represent in a food chain/web?
The direction of energy flow.
Jupiter
Name 3 insulators of electricity.
Foam, rubber, plastic, glass, wood.
A complete circuit where everything works and is connected is called....
Closed circuit
Name two landforms that could be created from deposition of sediment.
Sand Dunes and Deltas
Name two adaptations cacti have developed to help it survive in the desert.
Thick waxy stems, spines, short roots that spread out far
Name 3 rapid changes to earth’s surface.
Volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, sink holes.
Name 3 metals that are exceptions and are non-magnetic?
Aluminum, Brass, Copper (ABC)
When light bends as it passes through a medium.
Refraction
Name 2 things that the Earth's rotation creates.
Day/ Night cycle, Shadows, Sun appearing to move across the sky
A student observed the following activities while on a nature walk. Which organism was interacting with another organism?
- A spider spinning a web
- A deer drinking from a puddle
-A bird building a nest in a tree
-A cricket digging in the dirt
A bird building a nest in a tree
Does this describe weather or climate?
The average high temperature in October has decreased over 5 decades
Climate
Water has a density of 1 g/cm³. If an object has GREATER density then water. It will do what when placed in water?
Sink
What is the difference between a series and parallel circuit?
A series circuit has only 1 path that electricity can follow and if one part breaks then it all breaks. In a parallel circuit there are many paths for the electricity and some parts can still work if one part breaks.
Name the four “ingredients” to make a fossil fuel.
Organic matter, pressure from layers of sediment, heat, millions of years.
Name 3 things you CAN tell by looking at a fossil and 2 things you CANNOT tell.
Size, Shape, Teeth, Bones, Structures on body, etc.
Cannot tell- oxygen, sunlight, color/ pattern of skin, etc.
Describe the process of Condensation.
Water vapor gets colder in the atmosphere and turns back into liquid water and forms a cloud.
Juliet mixes sand, water, and salt together. How can she separate this mixture so she can put sand in one container and salt in another?
Place the mixture in a beaker of water. Filter out the salt water solution so you have just sand. Then evaporate the water so you only have salt.
Hamlet wants to see if the height of a ramp effects how far a car will roll. He uses a toy truck, a toy car, and a toy airplane and changes the height of the ramp each time she uses the different car. What could he do to make the results more reliable?
Use the same toy each time he increases the height of the ramp.
Name two characteristics that the Earth, sun and moon ALL have in common.
Sphere shape, have gravity, have layers, rotate
How can you figure out which organisms are herbivores in a food web?
Find the producers at the start of the food web. The arrow points from the producers to the herbivores.
What type of life cycle does an organism have if it has a pupa stage?
Complete metamorphosis