Web of Life
What is a decomposer?
What is the hydrosphere?
All water on Earth.
Which direction does gravity pull you? Tell me what you get pulled towards.
You get pulled towards the Earth.
Why can't we land on a gas giant? Tell me TWO reasons.
We can't stand on it, the gravity is too heavy.
Name all THREE states of matter.
Solid, liquid, gas.
!DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the biosphere?
All living things on Earth.
Why is rain freshwater and not saltwater?
Salt does not evaporate with water.
What season is the sun the highest in the sky? What does that mean for us?
Summer, we have the longest daytimes.
What is a rover's job on a planet like Mars?
Collect data for humans that can't get there yet.
What is an acid? Give me an example of how you can tell.
A liquid that dissolves things, it is sour, it breaks things down.
The only reason we have life on Earth is because all living things get their energy from what?
The Sun.
99% salt vs. 1% fresh, OR 97% salt, 2% frozen fresh, and 1% fresh.
Why can't you see the constellation Leo in the winter?
It is a summer constellation/we are in a different part of space.
What is an exoplanet?
A planet not in our solar system.
How can you change something from a solid, to liquid, to gas?
Make it hot or make it cold.
Describe a food chain with at LEAST 4 animals that get their energy from each other. Include the start (plants) and the end (an apex predator).
EXAMPLE: flowers --> rabbits --> foxes --> wolves.
How can you protect a town from flooding? Give me at least THREE ways.
Levees, seawalls, wetlands, stilts, etc.
Earth is sitting in the middle of the ____, which means we have life on this planet.
The habitable/Goldilocks zone.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (Pluto).
Strong acid is dangerous and dissolves things. EX: nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, acid in our stomachs.
Weak acid is not as strong and is edible. EX: citric acid (lemons, limes), acetic acid (vinegar).
Why did the dinosaurs (most likely) go extinct? Tell me what happened!
When the asteroid struck, dust and ash filled the air, which killed plants, then herbivores starved, then carnivores.
What is an aquifer? Why is an aquifer important for towns that do not live near lakes and ponds?
Underground water stored between rocks. They can build a well to get drinking water.
Does our Moon orbit the Earth, AND does the Moon rotate itself?
Yes it orbits, no it does not rotate. We always see the same side of the Moon.
What is the name for BOTH features of our solar system with many small rocks floating in a huge ring?
The Asteroid Belt AND the Kuiper Belt.
Absolute Zero is a state where NOTHING moves, not even molecules. Why is this state impossible for us to make happen?
There is always some way for heat to get to the molecules, we can't make a complete vacuum.