The Big Picture
How do we describe energy?
What is the ability to do work.
What is a renewable energy source?
Solar Panels, hydroelectric, wind power etc.
What are ways we negatively impact the environment?
What is water pollution, air pollution, littering etc.
What happens if an animal is removed from a food web?
What is there would be an over population of other animals.
what is an example of thermal energy?
What is a heater, a pot on a stove etc.
What is nonrenewable energy?
What is burning coal, using oil and fossil fuels etc.
What is a climate?
What is temperatures that stay constant throughout the year
What is a niche?
What is the animals job. (producers, consumers, decomposers)
What are two ways we can conserve energy?
What is turning off lights, not keeping the ac on, unplugging electronics etc.
What is an example of energy being able to move from place to place?
What is stereo in the car, airpods etc.
What is it takes a long time to get the resource back.
What is weather?
What is environmental factors that change throughout the day. (fog, storms, clouds)
What do animals, plants and other components do in an ecosystem?
What is the transfer of matter and energy
What is true about energy?
What is energy can not be created or destroyed.
What is an example of electrical to thermal energy transfer?
What is turning on a heater, turning on a heated blanket, turning on a stove, turning on an oven etc.
Why is burning coal and fossil fuel bad?
What is increases air pollution.
Is a humid environment an example of weather or climate?
What is climate
How do you know if animals compete for food in a food web?
What is they eat the same food
If we converted mechanical energy to electrical energy what material could we use?
What is copper wire
What are examples of energy changing forms?
What is turning on a flashlight, listening to headphones, cooking etc.
What is a way to make energy more efficient?
What is solar panels, water turbines etc.
Is clear skies in the morning and a thunderstorm at night an example of weather or climate?
What is weather
Give an example of Potential and Kinetic energy.
Potential: a ball at the top of a hill, a roller coaster about to go down the hill
Kinetic: a ball being thrown, a roller coaster moving