Science
Mid Unit Questions
Inventors
Spanish American War
Combination
100

What is physical change?

usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape

100

whats the different's between static and current electric?  

Static electric is made from positive and negative charges rubbing together and current electric is when electric runs through something like a computer

100

What did the Wright Brothers invent?

the plane

100

What is Yellow Journalism?

when the US newspaper exaggerated the mistreatment of Cubans and Americans by Spanish soldiers.

100

Ice melting is an example of what kind of change?

Physical change.

200

What is the best way to separate the following from a bowl of water:

iron filings, rocks, and sand from a bowl. 


iron filings: use a magnet

rocks: tweezers/pick them out

sand: use a coffee filter

200

Why was Alexander Graham Bell's invention important?

it helped people communicate long distances.

200

What was the catchphrase used to encourage the war with Spain?

"Remember the Maine!"

200

Chemical or Physical Change:

Yeast in bread

chemical change

300

True or false

When you touch an ice cube, heat leaves your body causing you to feel cold. 

True

300

Who invented the light bulb?

Thomas Edison

300

Who sought permission from Congress to send troops to Cuba to fight Spain?

President William McKinley

300

Who was president when the Panama Canal was finished?

Theodore Roosevelt

400

What happens when an ice cube melts?

the ice cube gains heat causing it to melt.

400

Where was the first flight taken?

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

400

Name the countries that the US gained control over once they won the Spanish American War.

Philippines, Guam, (“South Pacific”) and Puerto Rico

400

How do you know a chemical change has occurred?

there is a: color change, odor, temperature change, and it has turned into something new.

500

Explain how molecules move in the different states of matter.

gas: molecules are moving fast

liquid: molecules move freely

solid: molecules do not move much

500

What did George Washington Carver invent? 

Hint: not peanuts

crop rotation

500

What were the two reasons that caused the Spanish American War?

Yellow Journalism and the explosion of the USS Maine

500

What did the Panama Canal do?

Made it so it would take less time to get to the west from Europe