Scientific Inquiry/Density
Energy/Heat Transfer
Electricity
Plate tectonics/ Rock Cycle
Carbon Cycle/Water Cycle
100
Your lab group's average mass lost from an abrasion experiment was 4.5 grams. The true value was 4.4 grams lost. The closeness of the average mass lost to the true value makes this data ______________.
What is accurate?
100
You leave a hot pizza out on the kitchen table. The pizza will _________________ in temperature because heat ALWAYS flows from ____________ to ___________.
What is - the pizza will decrease in temperature because heat ALWAYS flows from hot to cold?
100
Incandescent light bulbs give off more __________ than the newer CFL bulbs which makes them less efficient.
What is - thermal or heat energy?
100
This explains the movement of magma from the core to the crust.
What is convection currents in the mantle?
100
Solid water, ice, floats on liquid water because _________.
What is - ice is less dense than liquid water?
200
In conducting three trials measure the distance that a car would roll down an inclined ramp at a given height, which of the following sets of data exhibit precision? Explain why. a. 25m, 26m, 32m b. 24m, 25m, 24.5m c. 21m, 21m, 25m
What is (b) because the data collected in each trial is close to each other
200
Describe the flow of heat energy as an ice cube changes phases (melts) into liquid water
What is - the ice molecules absorb (gains) heat energy, causing its particles to move faster as it melts to become a liquid?
200
Use Ohm's Law to find the resistance of a circuit whose voltage is 110 and use current is 11 amps. R = V/I (current). Be sure to include units of measure in your answer.
What is - 10 Ohms? R = V/I R = 110/11 = 10
200
This type of Earth's crust has the greater density causing it to subduct or sink at convergent boundaries ( HINT: It is made up of basalt rock)
What is the oceanic crust?
200
(a) This process in the water cycle changes liquid water to a gas, water vapor. (b) This process in the water cycle releases of water vapor from plants into the atmosphere
(a) What is evaporation? (b) What is transpiration?
300
A rock is floating in a beaker of water. A conclusion that you can make about density is _________.
What is that the rock is less dense than the water because it is floating? OR the rock has a density less than one g/cm cubed (the density of water)? Less dense objects float and more dense objects sink.
300
You put a spoon in a cup of hot chocolate and soon the spoon begins to feel warm. This is an example of heat transfer by ___________________.
What is conduction? (heat transfer by direct contact)
300
A light cord plugged into an outlet to light up a lamp goes through the following energy transformations.
What is - from electrical to radiant (light) to thermal (heat)?
300
When magma cools and hardens it forms _____ rock
What is igneous?
300
The heating curve of water has 2 flat lines on it. The temperature does not increase during these times even though heat is being added. The heat energy, instead, is going ____________________ _____/ vaporization __/ melting /
What is - going into the water molecules to add movement to change phases? (for melting or for vaporization)
400
If a rock sample has a mass of 12.9 grams and a volume of 3 cm cubed. Then the rock's density would be ______? Hint: D = M/V
What is 4.3 g/cm cubed? (Be sure to include the units of measure!)
400
Land heats up faster than water during the day, so warm air rises over the land and the cool air sinks and is pushed towards the land causing a sea breeze during the day. This is an example of heat transfer by ______________.
What is convection? (heat transfer through liquids/gases by temperature/density differences)
400
A. In a series circuit with 3 lights, if one light burns out then __________________. B. In a parallel circuit with 3 lights, if one light burns out, then _________________.
A. What is - All of the lights in the series circuit will not light because the circuit has been broken and there is only one loop for all three lights? B. What is - The other two lights will be able to light up because each light has its own loop to the power source?
400
The effects at convergent plate boundaries can be
What is subduction zones that can create volcanic islands/mountains, deep sea trenches, tsunamis and earthquakes (South America) AND collisions that builds mountains and creates earthquakes (Himalaya Mts)
400
This is the only process in the carbon cycle that removes CO2 from the atmosphere. Plants use this process to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
500
The following substance were poured into a beaker: water (density = 1), oil (density = .75) and mercury (density = 13). Which substance would be at the bottom of the beaker and which substance would be at the top? Be sure to include why!
What is - Mercury would be at the bottom of the beaker because it is most dense. Oil would be at the top because it is least dense and water would be in the middle because its density is in between the two substances.
500
You are walking barefoot on the beach on a hot summer day. The sun is warming your face by (a) ________________ and the sand is making your feet feel hot by (b) ____________. (Choose the correct method of heat transfer for each)
(a) What is radiation? (heat transfer through electromagnetic waves (infrared radiation is heat felt on your face) (b) What is conduction? (heat transfer by sand touching feet)
500
If the battery (voltage) in an electromagnet was reduced from 9 volts to 6 volts, then the current would
What is - decrease or be reduced? (If voltage increases, then current increases. (If voltage decreases, then current decreases)
500
Compare mechanical and chemical weathering and include an example of each type
What is - Mechanical weathering breaks existing rock into smaller pieces Examples: ice wedging and abrasion Chemical weathering breaks the rocks down changing their chemical composition Examples: acidic rain on calcite rocks (limestone or marble)
500
Describe 2 impacts that the burning down the rain forests would have on the carbon cycle
What is - (1) there would be more CO2 in the air because there would be fewer trees to remove it through photosynthesis? (2) burning the wood (combustion) also adds CO2 to the air that could make the atmosphere warmer?