Matter
Ecosystems
Space
Water Cycle
Lab Analysis
100
Copper can be stretched out into wires and used to carry electricity. It is shiny and it can be hammered into flat pieces. What type of material is copper?
What is metal
100
List 3 Abiotic (nonliving) factors in the ocean.
Water, sand, rocks, air,
100
What is the best reason why the Sun is the brightest star in the sky?
It is the closest star in our solar system.
100
Where is the largest supply of water on Earth?
Our Oceans (97%)
100
Taylor puts a chocolate bar into a bowl and weighs it. The chocolate and bowl together weigh 150g. She puts the bowl into the microwave and melts the chocolate into a liquid. She weighs the bowl and liquid chocolate. What amount in grams do you predict that the bowl and melted chocolate would be? Explain why.
What is 150 g
200
Natasha placed salt water in a beaker and left it on his desk for a week. After a week, there was only salt. What happened?
The water evaporated and only the salt remained
200
How do nutrients from dead organisms return to the soil of Earth?
Through decomposers breaking down dead animals and plants
200
In a model of our solar system, a tennis ball is used to represent the Earth. A marble would be a good representation of Mercury in this model because compared to Earth, Mercury is....
What is smaller
200
Where is the largest amount of FRESHWATER?
Polar Ice caps
200
Cory mixed 5 grams of salt into 23 grams of water which made it dissolve. Cory then measured the mixture again. What is the mass of the mixture?
What is 28 g
300
Soraya added baking soda to vinegar in a glass flask. It began to bubble when it reacted. In the end, she was left with water and carbon dioxide. What type of change occured and WHY?
What is chemical change
300
How do plants make their food?
Through photosynthesis. Absorbing sun, water, and CO2 and creating glucose
300
What is larger the the Milky Way Galaxy, our Solar System, or the Universe?
What is the Universe
300
Explain what a watershed is and what is our closest watershed?
What is an area of land that drains water into the ocean, the Neponset watershed
300
Eyad put a cube on a tirple beam balance. It measured 160 grams. What did Eyad find? The _____ of the cube.
What is MASS
400
Mr. Gass placed a glass of liquid water outside on a very cold night in Alaska. The next day the water was solid ice. What happened to the particles of the water both before and after the change?
The particles were loose and in the liquid form and then the particles froze and became a solid and very close together.
400
Jackson was able to see many more living organisms in a forest than a desert. Why is this?
The forest has more water which allows more plants and food for animals.
400
The reason why we have different seasons on Earth. The answer has two parts....
What is Earth orbits the sun on its axis?
400
When water goes down a hill is called________, and then when the water ends up in the ocean is called_________.
What is runoff and collection
400
Mr. Tau has 2 magnets shown below. Will the magnets REPEL or be ATTRACTED to each other?
What is repel
500
List 3 different properties of the object Ms. Carey shows you.
Answers may vary
500
Water Lilies float on the top of water. How do they obtain most of the physical materials needed to make food?
They gather water from where they are floating and the surrounding air.
500
At what time will Ms. Hawkins shadow be the LONGEST, and at what time will Ms. Hawkins shadow be the SHORTEST
What is early morning or evening, and what is noon
500
What is the process of water leaving a plant and going straight into the atmosphere?
What is transpiration
500
What is the mass of the object on the scale on your desk?
Answers will vary