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Forces and Motion
Weather
Ecosystems
Heat and the Water Cycle
Mystery?
100
This force causes objects to slow down. They are opposite forces.
What is friction?
100
Jodie sees a cloud that is light, wispy, and high in the sky. It is a beautiful sunny day. What kind of cloud does she see?
What is a cirrus cloud?
100
In this ecosystem, trees lose their leaves and change color in fall. Some animals that live here are deer, birds, and squirrels. What ecosystem is this?
What is a deciduous forest?
100
I burned my hand on the stove. What is to blame for this happening? What form of heat transfer?
What is conduction?
100
Give an example of an acquired trait.
What is learning how to read, being smart, etc?
200
If you are looking at a graph of distance over time (speed), what does a increase in speed look like? What does stopped motion look like?
What is / ? What is ---- ?
200
Michael notices that the air pressure is increasing. What instrument is he using and what kind of weather can he expect?
What is a barometer and sunny weather?
200
These animals pick off of dead animals, but they don't return the nutrients to the soil. A vulture is an example of one. What are these animals called?
What are scavengers?
200
People use plastic handles on kitchen tools because they are good ________________ of heat.
What is insulators?
200
Give an example of a physical change.
What is water freezing, paper tearing, etc.
300
Which force has the greatest effect on the speed of a person in a wagon going down a hill?
What is gravity?
300
Meteorologists say that there is a cold front coming in from the west. What kind of weather can we expect from a cold front?
What is thunderstorms, stormy weather, colder weather, etc.?
300
In this food chain, who is the primary consumer? sun -> grass -> rabbit ->hawk
What is the rabbit?
300
What happens to water vapor during condensation?
What is it cools down and can form a cloud?
300
How does the circulatory system help the respiratory system?
What is the circulatory system brings oxygen from the lungs to the body and brings carbon dioxide to the lungs to be breathed out.
400
If a car traveled 144 miles in 3 hours, what was the speed of the car? REMEMBER: Speed = distance / time.
What is 48 miles per hour?
400
Juan notices that the water in the Pacific Ocean is getting warmer than usual. Fish are dying near his home in Panama and there is more rain. What might Juan be experiencing?
What is an El Nino?
400
What is so special about an estuary ecosystem?
What is it contains fresh and saltwater.
400
What happens during transpiration?
What is water evaporates from trees?
400
Name a unicellular organism.
What is an amoeba, bacteria, paramecium, etc?
500
Natasha is riding in the back seat of her family’s car. She is recording the amount of time it takes for the car to travel each mile on the trip in the chart below. Mile Time 1 2 minutes 2 1 minute, 30 seconds 3 1 minute, 15 seconds 4 1 minute 5 55 seconds When is the car traveling the fastest?
What is during the fifth mile?
500
Suzan lives in Wilmington, NC. She lives on the beach and she notices that the weather is always warm and moist. The water is also warm. What in the ocean causes the weather to be like this?
What is the Gulf Stream?
500
What would happen to the deer population if there was a drought and no plants could grow? What would happen if there was an abundance of grass? What would happen to the deer? How about the bears?
What is the population would decrease? The population would increase, so the bears would thrive.
500
Explain convection.
What is when cold gases or liquids sink and warm liquids and gases rise, they create a circular pattern?
500
Create a food web of an ocean ecosystem.
What is show me the picture?