Cause, Effect and Patterns
Energy & Matter, Systems & Models
Scale, Proportion Quantity
Structure/Function
Stability/Change
100

You water a plant and…

You water a plant and…IT GROWS [CAUSE/EFFECT]

100

Light enters your eyes and your brain…processes what you see and responds to the world around you. HOW does this describe energy and matter?

 It describes energy and matter because light energy is transferred into your eyes, converted into signals, and processed by your brain to produce a response.

100

How is this an example of S,P&Q; A speed dial on a car tells you…HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING

It shows scale, proportion, and quantity because the dial measures the quantity of speed on a scaled display that lets you compare different rates of motion.

100

Cells have different shapes so they can…

PERFORM DIFFERENT JOBS

100

A society slowly evolving over time is an example of…

CHANGE

200

A honeycomb has a repeating

A honeycomb has a repeating…HEXAGONAL PATTERN

200

Returning, reshelving, and re-checking out a book shows…

A SYSTEM CYCLE

200

About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside…

THE SUN

200

A water bottle is designed so you can…

HOLD AND DRINK WATER EASILY [FORM FITS FUNCTION]

200

A river cutting out a canyon is an example of…

SLOW SHIFT IN LANDSCAPE SHAPE

300

Humans, octopuses, and owls all share the pattern of having…

TWO EYES [PATTERN]

300

Dropping a feather takes 20 seconds. Predicting how fast a heavier object falls tests…

A MODEL OF THE SYSTEM

300

A city has 5,000 people per square mile, a town has 50 people per square mile, and a rural area has 5 people per square mile. Comparing these areas shows differences in scale, proportion, and quantity because…

  • THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE (QUANTITY) RELATES TO THE SIZE OF THE AREA (SCALE), AND THEIR RATIO TO THE AREA SHOWS THE DENSITY (PROPORTION)

300

A crochet hook’s size is chosen based on…

THE SIZE OF THE YARN

300

SLOW CHANGE IN LANDSCAPE

SLIP [INSTABILITY]

400

Historical periods of dictatorship, utopia, and war continue…

REPEATING PATTERNS IN SOCIETY

400

Energy is never created or [finish, name the law]

or destroyed, only…
 TRANSFERRED OR TRANSFORMED. Law of conservation of Matter

400

A river carries 500 cubic meters of water per second, while a small creek carries 2 cubic meters per second. This demonstrates…

HOW QUANTITY AND SCALE RELATE TO FLOW RATE IN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS

400

Without eyes, a person would not be able to…AND INSTEAD...

SEE, WHICH IS ONE WAY OF PROCESSING THE WORLD AROUND.   INSTEAD, HEARING MAY BE STRONGER!

400

Tectonic plates build mountains while erosion…

WEARS THEM DOWN

500

Dropping a fishing line on the water results in…

THE LINE BREAKING THE SURFACE [EFFECT]

500

In photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. This is an example of energy and matter because

LIGHT ENERGY IS TRANSFORMED INTO CHEMICAL ENERGY WHILE MATTER (CO₂ AND H₂O) IS REARRANGED INTO NEW SUBSTANCES

500

A model car is 1/24 the size of a real car. If the real car weighs 2,400 pounds, the model weighs 100 pounds. This compares...

HOW SCALE AND PROPORTION AFFECT MASS IN DIFFERENT-SIZED OBJECTS

500

Animals fill specific ecosystem niches because of their…

ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY-- WHAT THEY EAT & PRODUCE IS CYCLED TO OTHERS

500

Predator numbers growing too large can cause an…

ECOSYSTEM TO FAIL