M.E.L.T.S.
Planets
Finding the question
Forces and work
Vocab
100
Energy being used during football
Mechanical
100
first planet from the Sun
Mercury
100
You put one scoop of cocoa powder in milk. After tasting it you put one more scoop. What physical properties changed between the first and second scoop?
Color and taste
100
If you kick a soccer ball north, what direction should it travel?
North
100
a push or pull
force
200
Source of energy for a lamp, cell phone, radio, and microwave.
Electrical
200
Mars is the _________ planet from the Sun
Mars
200
Using the same ramp for each trial, you set a rubber eraser at the top of the ramp and observe what happens. Next, you set a metal key at the top and observe what happens. What question are you most likely testing?
How does friction affect how far an object will slide?
200
To raise the flag in front of the building, I would pull ______ on the rope and the flag would go ________.
Down, Up
200
a force is used, object moves in the direction of the force, object does NOT come back to the start
Work
300
Floating in a tube down the Guadalupe river. What energy is used to move down the river?
Mechanical
300
The fourth planet from the Sun
Mars
300
Why would you want to run at least 3 trials in an experiment?
To make sure your conclusion is valid or accurate
300
The force that pulls you to the center of the Earth
Gravity
300
matters ability to dissolve in a liquid
soluble or solubility
400
Electrical energy requires a _____________ path to flow.
Complete
400
4 inner planets in sequence from the Sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
400
Heidi rolls a marble down a ramp across the grass. She rolls the same marble down the same ramp on the gym floor. What question is she trying to answer?
Which surface has more or less friction?
400
Pushing force that cause things to slow down or stop
friction
400
correct or supported with evidence
valid
500
When light passes through a medium and bends is _______.
Refraction
500
4 outer planets in sequence from the Sun
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
Using three different height ramps, you roll a car down them and measure how far it goes. You test each ramp 3 times. What is the question you are trying to answer?
How does the height of a ramp affect the distance a car travels?
500
Using a spring scale in Newtons, what are you measuring?
Force
500
Something that can change or be different in an experiement
variable