Matter Mysteries Hotline
Name all three properties of matter.
Solid, liquid, and gas.
Where do these animals get the matter they need to grow?
By eating plants or other animals.
What body if water has the most fresh water on Earth?
A. Rivers
B. Glaciers
C. Groundwater
D. Lakes/Ponds
B. Glaciers
What type of celestial object is the Sun?
A star.
Name one property we tested the mystery bag objects for.
Weight, size, electrical conductivity, magnetism, and thermal conductivity.
Every food chain begins with what?
The sun.
What effects might pollution have on the biosphere?
Plants and animals can get sick and die.
What causes the Sun to appear to rise and set?
The Earth’s spinning causes it. As we spin toward the Sun, it appears to rise, and as we spin away from the Sun, it appears to set.
What is it called when a solid, like sugar, breaks down and mixes evenly with a liquid in such a way that it isn’t possible to tell it apart from the liquid anymore.
Dissolve
Name a nonliving thing that could be part of an ecosystem.
Soil, water, air, and rocks.
List one of the two reasons the ocean is salty.
Rain water dissolves salt from rocks. The rivers take the salt to the ocean.
Salt enters the ocean through hydrothermal vents at the ocean floor.
What keeps people at the South Pole from falling off the Earth?
The force of the Earth’s gravity pulls everything down toward the Earth.
Fill in the blank:
Carrying out a ____ test means changing only one thing in the test at a time. If more than one thing is changed, then scientists can’t tell what change caused the results of the test. The results will not be accurate.
A FAIR test
Where do plants get their matter?
Plants use energy from the Sun to make their own matter from water, air, and nutrients.
Why is the Mojave Desert so dry?
The mountains get all the rain. The areas near the mountains stay dry. It'c called the Rain Shadow.
Name the three pieces of data we were collecting in the experiment with the plunger.
The time of day.
The length of the shadow.
The direction of the shadow.