The Solar System
WHAT is the hottest planet and WHY is it the hottest planet?
Venus because its thick layer of clouds acts like a blanket and insulates it, keeping the heat in.
What is the difference between a mixture and a solution?
A mixture combines substances that all keep their own properties, but a solution contains a substance that is dissolved in another.
Name the three land regions that the original thirteen colonies made up.
New England colonies, Middle colonies, Southern colonies
Who two sides were fighting in the Revolutionary War?
The American Colonists were fighting the British.
Explain what the arrows mean in a food chain.
The arrows in a food chain are used to show the direction that the flow of energy takes when different organisms eat each other.
On a scale from one to ten with ten being "I laugh so hard my side hurts" and one being "I barely crack a smile", how would you rate Mr. Coppola's dad jokes?
10
Name the inner planets AND the outer planets.
Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name five tools we can use to separate mixtures and solutions.
screen, coffee filter, magnet, our hands, evaporation
Why weren't there many farmers in the New England colonies?
The soil was too rocky.
What was the nickname given to the British soldiers because of the color of their uniforms?
The Redcoats
Every food chain begins with a ______________.
producer
What are the only two venomous snakes in the state of Connecticut?
copperhead and timber rattlesnake
What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?
A meteor is a large space rock burning up in Earth's atmosphere, but a meteorite is a space rock that did not completely burn up in the atmosphere and made it to Earth's surface.
When part of a plant is dissolved into a substance and then used for flavoring in food or as a scent in perfume, what is it called?
an extract
Name the four New England colonies.
Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
Throughout the Revolutionary War, many smaller fights took place between the two sides. What were these smaller fights called?
battles
Name the four things a plant needs in order to make its own food.
sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, nutrients
Whose face is on the ten dollar bill?
Alexander Hamilton
Name any three phases of the moon.
Possible answers include: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent
What are the two science words that describe the substance that is being dissolved in a solution AND the substance that it is being dissolved into?
solute and solvent
When large farms, called plantations, only grew a few different crops that were sold to make a lot of money instead of being used for food for the colonists, what were these crops called?
cash crops
Explain what the "shot heard 'round the world" was and what battle it was a part of.
During the famous Battle of Lexington and Concord, the "shot heard 'round the world" was the first gunshot of the fight which no one knows who fired to this very day.
What do we call the animal in a food chain that has no natural predators?
apex predator
What sport played in the U.S. is considered "Canada's Sport"?
Name all five dwarf planets.
Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris
What was the name of the mystery substance that we separated from the gravel in our experiment?
magnetite
Name all five of the Southern colonies.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
When we compared the Revolutionary War to a soccer game, what were three of the six "Success Factors" that were used to win the war and can be used to win any soccer game?
Possible answers include:
Allies, Resources, Expertise, Knowledge, Leadership, Powerful Messaging
When a plant or animal dies in a food chain, what are the organisms called that feed on the dead plant or dead animal?
decomposers
What is the only food that has no expiration date and will never go bad?
honey