Force, Motion & Energy
Life Cycles, Inherited Traits, Learned Behaviors
Structures, Functions and Ecosystems
Alternative Energy and Landforms
Earth and Space
100
These items are the best for allowing electricity through them: Copper pipe, metal rod, wires and aluminum foil. We call them this...
What is a conductor?
100
A cockroach, a beetle and a walking stick all are missing the pupa, or resting, stage of the life cycle. This means they go through this type of life cycle.
What is a incomplete metamorphosis?
100
A rose bush has thorns to keep animals from nibbling on it's branches. The thorns on a rose bush are an example of this.
What is a structure?
100
These are 3 examples of rapid changes to land.
What is volcano, a landslide, and an earthquake.
100
This causes shadows to appear and look longer throughout the day.
What is Earth's rotation around its axis?
200
Energy that travels in visible waves that can bounce off a shiny surface or be bent into colors.
What is light energy?
200
An eagle has a sharp beak that is hooked at the end so they can easily eat the food they catch. A sharp, hooked beak is an example of this.
What is an inherited trait?
200
A rose bush has thorns to keep animals from nibbling on it's branches. The fact that the thorns on a rose bush keep animals away are an example of this.
What is a function?
200
Electric energy generated, or made, from water moving through a dam is what from of alternative energy?
What is hydroelectric.
200
This is what we call the average weather of a place that has been observed for at least 20 years.
What is climate?
300
This is the energy that creates movement in molecules so that heat is transferred from the warmest object (faster molecules) to the coolest object (slower molecules).
What is thermal energy?
300
A plant would play this role in a food web.
What is a producer?
300
This is an example of what? deer-> coyote ^ ^ / / Sun-> grass ->bug-> bird
What is a food web?
300
This is the type of energy generated from heat released from deep within the earth.
What is geothermal energy?
300
The Sun, Earth and Moon all have this one characteristic in common.
What is gravity?
400
True or false: A light bulb will NOT turn on with a complete circuit.
What is false? It requires a COMPLETE circuit to turn ON. We use a switch in everyday life to complete a circuit. A car key completes the circuit in a car so it will turn on.
400
At the Safari Animal Park, the animals will come to your car for food because they are born doing this or they have learned the behavior.
What is a learned behavior?
400
A tree loses its leaves in the fall because of this.
What is fewer hours of daylight?
400
A canyon is created by these things.
What is water and wind?
400
Water evaporating off of a lake is an example of this being absorbed.
What is solar energy?
500
The unit on a spring scale that measures the amount of force required to move an object.
What is Newtons?
500
In order to find out if playing fetch is a learned behavior in a dog, scientists should do this.
What is observe dogs that have never played fetch and see if the dogs will bring back the ball when it's thrown?
500
This would happen if rabbits were introduced to an ecosystem and the population of coyotes and owls was reduced.
What is the number of plants in the ecosystem would begin to decrease because the rabbits would be eating and the rabbits would be increasing without many predators.
500
This type of energy is formed from sediment being laid on top of decaying material and sitting for millions of years.
What is fossil fuel?
500
What side of the house should you put your window on if you want to get the sunset through that window each day?
What is west?