8th Grade Science Wall
Vocab
Scientific Arguments
Energy Diagrams
Miscellaneous
100
What is Key Concept 2?
When something is moving, it has kinetic energy.
100
What is the definition of the word generator?
A machine that can convert kinetic energy into electrical energy.
100
What are the three components of a scientific argument?
claim, evidence, reasoning
100
Draw and label the energy system for how an energy-capturing backpack works
200
What is the Chapter 3 question?
What is the best way for the rescue workers to capture energy from their bodies' motion during rescue missions?
200
Label the following scientific argument with the following components: question, claim, evidence, reasoning:
_Evidence__ Cola contains 4-mel.
_Question____ How does drinking cola affect your health?
_Claim___ Drinking cola is bad for your health.
_Reasoning____ 4-mel is a food coloring that has caused cancer in lab rats. Many things that are bad for rats are bad for other living things, like humans.
300
What is the Unit Question?
How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out?
300
Summarize the article “Energy Inventions.” Be sure to include 1) the two inventions they talked about and 2) where those inventions get their energy.
The article "Energy Inventions" talked about ways people can get cheap, reliable electricity by using alternative energy sources. The two inventions discussed were the Little Sun lamp and the Hollow Flashlight. The Little Sun lamp gets energy from the Sun, while the Hollow Flashlight gets energy from the heat of the human hand.
400
Draw the energy transfer diagram for the hand-crank generator system (be sure to include arrows, labels, and the following items: person turning the hand-crank generator, food, flashlight, and battery):
500
Answer the Unit Question with a CER response.
[It's all you!]
500
Draw the energy transfer diagram for an energy-capturing rocking chair (be sure to include labels, arrows and the following items: food, person using the rocking chair, generator, battery, flashlight):
