Weather
Name 3 types of precipitation.
What is rain, hail, snow or sleet?
What is a force?
The weight of an object
A state of matter
A change in speed
A push or pull on an object
What is a push or a pull on an object?
Which of the following would NOT be an example of chemical change.
Biotic organisms decomposing
Leaves changing color in the fall
Food being digested
A stick breaking
What is a stick breaking?
Which of the following is an example of a unicellular organism?
Bacteria
Dog
A Muddy Sneakers instructor
Grass
What is bacteria?
What trait or characteristic would a bird most likely inherit from its parent?
Broken wing
Chip on beak
Feather coloring
Missing tail feather
What is feather coloring?
A fox drinks from a small puddle in the cool morning. He goes back in the warm afternoon and notices the small puddle has dried up. What process is most likely responsible for the puddle drying up?
Evaporation
Transpiration
Convection
Condensation
What is evaporation?
A leaf falls from a tree, what force pulls it towards the forest floor?
Friction
Gravity
Mass
Speed
What is gravity?
Which of these is an example of a gas?
The air in a bug box
The water in a water bottle
A blade of grass
The paper this question is written on
What is the air in a bug box?
Which example best describes structures that make up the Nervous System?
Heart, arteries, veins
Lungs, nose, mouth
Brain, spinal cord, nerves
Intestines, stomach, esophagus
What is brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
Which best explains why bear cubs resemble their parents?
They eat the same food
They have similar DNA
They play the same games
They both like to swim
What is they have similar DNA?
Name and describe one part of the water cycle.
What is Condensation, Precipitation, Run Off, Accumulation/Collection, Evaporation, or Transpiration
A student runs and slides down a wet grassy hill. The student eventually slows down, then stops. Which is most responsible for causing the student to stop?
Gravity acting on the student
Mass of the student
Acceleration of the student
Friction acting on the student
What is friction acting on the student?
What is the process in which green plants control the amount of water stored in their leaves?
Transpiration
Condensation
Evaporation
Runoff
What is transpiration?
What is the function of the digestive system?
Allows for movement throughout the body
Gets oxygen in and CO2 out
Sends and receives messages
Breaks down food to provide energy and nutrients
What is breaks down food to provide energy and nutrients?
A Muddy Sneakers student finds an interesting leaf on the ground. The student picks it up and observes that it has been eaten by an insect, leaving small holes throughout the leaf. The holes are examples of inherited or acquired traits?
What is an acquired trait?
The forecast is calling for a cold front to move into the area in the next 12 hours. Which of the following best describes the weather it will most likely bring?
Sunny
Hot
Thunderstorms
Light drizzle
What is thunderstorms?
Imagine a boat floating down a river. What two pieces of data do you need to calculate the speed of the boat?
The mass & the color of the boat
The distance the boat traveled & the amount of time it took to travel that distance
The time it took to travel the stream & the name of the boat
The distance the boat traveled & the mass of the boat
What is the distance the boat traveled and the amount of time it took to travel that distance?
Clouds are formed as water vapor rises, cools, and then …
Condenses
Evaporates
Transpirates
Precipitates
What is condenses?
You are walking up a hill on a Muddy Sneakers expedition. You measure your heart rate and noticed it increased, and you started breathing faster. This is showing that your _________ systems are hard at work.
Circulatory and respiratory
Respiratory and digestive
Skeletal and muscular
Digestive and nervous
What is circulatory and respiratory?
Which of the following characteristics of a chipmunk is most likely the result of its environment?
Its preference for eating white oak acorns
The stripes on its back.
The length of its tail.
Its ability to stuff food into its cheek pouches.
What is its preference for eating white oak acorns?
Which will most likely result from a high pressure system?
a. Warm temperatures
b. Cloudy conditions
c. Clear conditions
d. Cool temperatures
What is Clear Conditions
A deer was observed walking across a level open field for 10 minutes. It travelled farther across the field during the last 5 minutes than the first 5 minutes. What can the observer conclude about its walk?
The deer was walking at a constant speed.
The deer had an injured leg during the first 5 minutes.
The deer’s average speed was faster during the last 5 minutes.
The deer’s average speed was slower during the last 5 minutes.
What is the deer's average speed was faster during the last 5 minutes?
You find a stick on an expedition that weighs 10 grams. You decide to break the stick in two pieces and weigh the two pieces. Which could describe the weight of the two pieces of the stick?
11 grams & 1 gram
10 grams & 10 grams
4 grams & 6 grams
1 gram & 4 grams
What is 4 grams and 6 grams?
You find an earthworm in a rotting log and notice its movements. How are its living systems the same or different than a squirrel’s?
It has a muscular system, but no digestive system.
It has a muscular system, but no skeletal system.
It has a digestive system, but no muscular system.
It has a circulatory system, but no muscular system.
What is it has a muscular system but no skeletal system?
If a pair of birds both had long legs and dark feathers their babies would most likely have
Short legs and dark feathers
Short bill and long legs
Long wings and yellow feathers
Long legs and dark feathers
What is long legs and dark feathers?