Properties of Matter
Force and Motion
Energy
Space
Earth
100

What are the three physical states of matter?

Solid

Liquid

Gas

100

What is force?

A push or pull

100

Batteries use what type of energy to generate electrical energy?

Chemical Energy

100

At what time of day do object cast the shortest shadows?

Noon

100

What is a food chain?

What is a food web?

A food chain is the flow of energy within a certain type of organisms within a specific habitat. 

A food web is a collection of food chains within a certain ecosystem. 

200

What is Mass?

What is solubility?

What is magnetism?

What is Relative Density?

Mass: How much space or matter an object takes up

Solubility: If materials dissolve in water

Magnetism: Objects ability to attract or repell to a magnet

Relative Density: If an object is more dense (sinks) or less dense (floats) than water

200

What do you call forces with equal strengths on objects from opposite directions?

Balanced Forces

Equal Forces

200

If the circuit is open, then its ________________.

If the circuit is closed, then _______ __________.

If the circuit is open, then it's broken.

If the circuit is closed, then electrons flow. 

200

Name all the outer planets within our solar system.

Jupiter

Saturn 

Uranus

Neptune 

200

What is abiotic?

What is biotic?

Non-living things (water, wind, fire, wood, metal)

Living things (plants, bacteria, animals)

300

What doesn't allow energy to flow through?

What does allow energy to flow through?

Insulators: Poor Conductors are wood, plastic, rubber

Conductors: Good Conductivity are metals, Aluminum Foil, Glass

300
What do you call forces with unequal strengths on an object causing it to move?

Unbalanced Forces

Unequal Forces

300

Sound occurs from _____________ that travel in _____________.

Sound occurs from vibration that travel in waves. 

300

Name all of the inner planets within our solar system.

Mercury 

Venus 

Earth 

Mars

300

What is the water cycle?

Evaporation (liquid heated to gas)

Condensation (gas begins to cool & forms clouds)

Precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail)

Runoff (overflow of water on land)

400

What are mixtures?

What are solutions?

Mixtures: combination of two or more substances

Solutions: type of mixture in which an item dissolves in another 

400

What force is always pulling objects towards the center of the Earth?

Gravity

400

What is reflection & refraction?

Reflection: Light bounces off a smooth surface at an angle 

Refraction: Light bend through one transparent object to another medium

400

How long does it take for Earth to complete a full rotation on its axis?

How long does it take for Earth to complete a full orbit around the sun?

24 hours or 1 day

365 days or 1 year

400

What is needed to create coal?

What is needed to create gas and oil?

Non-renewable resources; dead swamp plants/ animals & heat

Non-renewable resources; dead marine plants/animals & heat

500

Name the following transformations of matter

1. Liquid changes to gas after being heated

2. Solid changes to liquid after being heated

3. Liquid changes to solid after being cooled

4. Gas changes to liquid after being cooled

1. Evaporation

2. Melting

3. Freezing

4. Condensation

500

What force slows down or goes against a moving object?

Friction

500

What are the main type of energies? 

Light Energy (you see)

Sound Energy (you hear)

Mechanical Energy (Potential-position/stored & Kinetic-motion)

Thermal Energy (you feel)

Magnetism (attract or repell from a magnet)

Electrical Energy

Chemical Energy

500

What direction does the Earth rotate on its axis?

What direction does the sun rise and sun set?

Earth rotates from West to East. 

Sun rises from the East and sun sets on the West.

500

What is the process of creating a sedimentary rock?

Weathering (Breaks it)

Erosion (Takes It)

Deposition (Drops It)

Compaction (Squeeze It)

Cementation (Glues It)