Unit 1: Intro to Science
Unit 2: Ecosystems
Unit 3: Weather & Climate
Unit 4: Space
Unit 5: Waves
Unit 6: Cells & Body Systems
Misc
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What should you do immediately upon entering the Science classroom?
Read the board!
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Water is an example of a _____ factor in an ecosystem.
Abiotic
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What is the difference between weather and climate?
Time: weather is short-term, climate is long-term.
100
What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter
100
True or false: light is a transverse wave
True
100
This is the structure that living things are built out of.
A cell/cells
100
What is the name of Miss Smith's chicken?
Cluck Norris
200
Where were you expected to turn in graded, paper assignments?
To the clip on the top shelf for that assignment.
200
Miss Smith blackmails you to give her your chicken patty at lunch, telling you she will give you recess detention for the rest of the year if you don't. What kind of symbiosis is this an example of?
Parasitism/parasite
200
Earth's tilt causes this, which leads to different areas having different climates.
Uneven heating of the Earth
200
Name the four terrestrial, or Earth-like, planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
200
What type of wave is shown in this image?
Longitudinal
200
A group of cells that perform the same job is called what?
A tissue
200
What is Miss Smith's favorite cafeteria lunch?
Chicken patties
300
What is most of the land in the United States used for?
Pasture/rangeland/animal farming
300
What is an ecosystem?
All of the living and nonliving things in an area, and the relationships between them.
300
What are two things that would likely be true about the weather if the air pressure is low?
Reasonable answers include:
The weather will be bad.
It will rain/storm.
It will be humid.
It will be warmer than average.
300
What force causes objects to move towards each other?
Gravity
300
How is wavelength measured?
From crest to crest or trough to trough.
300
Name an organ in the nervous system.
The brain or the spinal cord
300
What transferable skill has Science class been tracking this year?
Citizenship (or Responsible & Involved Citizenship)
400
What type of creature did 7th graders let loose in the school while learning scientific drawing skills?
A beetle
400
Name a biotic factor in the Lyndon Town School ecosystem.
Any example of a living thing that could be found in or around the school is acceptable here.
400
High air pressure means that air molecules are moving in which direction?
Down/towards the ground
400
What two famous scientists explained what gravity does, and why it does it?
Newton and Einstein
400
Light is a part of this spectrum of waves.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
400
What is an organelle?
A part of a cell that does something to keep the cell alive.
400
What object does Miss Smith collect?
Gnomes
500
A good scientific drawing should cover the ABCDE's. Name what 2 of those letters stand for.
A: Accurate
B: Big
C: Colorful
D: Detailed
E: Explained
500
If the one-celled life forms are the producers, what is the tertiary consumer in this diagram?
The mackerel
500
What direction (north/south and east/west) do weather patterns tend to move across the United States?
North and east
500
What does gravity do to cause planets to orbit?
It warps/bends space, causing objects to move in a curve instead of a straight line.
500
What causes sound waves?
Vibrations that move air molecules back and forth.
500
What is the function of the chloroplast?
Makes sugar in plant cells
500
What is Miss Smith's favorite color?
Purple