Motion, Engines, & Flight
What two forces help create movement?
Gravity & Friction
What is ecology?
Ecology is the study of the relationship between living things and their environment.
What causes electrically charged objects either to attract or repel?
Different charges. Oppostes attract.
What do we call the tiny floating plants and animals that live in the ocean?
Plankton
Vegetables
What is the Rule of Threes?
You can survive:
3 minutes without air
3 hours without shelter in a harsh environment
3 days without water
3 weeks without food
When someone is seriously injured, what is the first thing you should do?
Call 911
What is the chemical process whereby plants produce food inside their leaves?
Photosynthesis
We learned a great question to ask ourselves before eating something. What is it?
Would my great grandmother eat this?
What does the 1st Law of Motion explain?
Inertia
An object at rest stays at rest until a force (a push or a pull) acts upon it.
What do we call the job each organism fills within its community?
Its niche.
What is electricity?
Electricity is a form of energy created by the movement of tiny particles called electrons.
What are crustaceans, and how do they grow?
Shrimp, Crabs, Lobsters
Animals with jointed legs and segmented bodies that grow by molting, which means they spilt open and shed their exoskeletons so a bigger one can form.
Food packages are designed to sell, but nutrition labels are designed to __________.
Inform
List the five main survival priorities.
Safety, shelter, fire, water, food in that order.
What are two signs that a cut might need stitches?
It's long and deep (size).
Open and gaping
Continues to bleed after 10 minutes
See yellow fat
Where the cut is located (face, hands, joints)
What is the pigment that gives plants their green coloring?
Chlorophyll
What is the best survival tool you have?
Your brain.
What is needed for combustion?
Oxygen + air/fuel/heat = spark/burning
What are the 3 limiting factors of an animal's habitat?
Food, Water, Shelter
What is electricity that flows continuously called?
Current Electricity
How do sea stars eat?
Using its tube feet, a starfish with long rays can grasp a bivalve, pull apart the two shells, then push its stomach inside the shell to digest the bivalve's soft body.
Where does digestion begin?
In the mouth.
What does S.T.O.P. stand for?
What does R.I.C.E. stand for and when do you use it?
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate
Injuries like sprains and strains.
What is the food plants need to live?
Glucose (hydrogen + carbon dioxide = sugar)
Why do we pray first before starting class?
When we pray first, it helps put our hearts, minds, and priorities in the right place before we face the day. When we pray first everything else falls into order.
What are the four forces of flight that must be controlled to enable an airplane to fly?
Lift, Gravity, Drag, & Thrust
What are the four basic resources every habitat must have?
Air, Soil, Water, Food
What unit is used to measure electrical current?
Amperes or "Amps"
What do we call the study of fish?
Ichthyology
What should we look for on a nutrition label and avoid?
Added Sugar
Trans Fat (partially hydrogenated oil)
If you had no whistle or mirror, what materials in nature could you use to create a signal for rescuers?
smokey fire (add green branches to a fire)
large SOS sign
acorn whistle
What do we call the tight band made from a cloth and a stick used on an arm or a leg to stop life-threatening bleeding?
Tourniquet
What are the three main structural parts of a leaf?
Stem, Veins, Midrib
If you count 15 seconds between a flash of lightening and the thunder, how far away is the lightening?
15 ÷ 5 ≈ 3 miles away
If the time between lightning and thunder is 30 seconds or less, the storm is close enough to be dangerous, and you should go indoors right away.
What part of an internal combustion engine moves up and down to push burned gases out of the exhaust valve, while its motion is turned into spinning power to make a car or plane move?
Piston
What is an riparian buffer?
A strip of land with grass, bushes, or trees next to a river, lake, or stream that helps protect the water from pollution and damage caused by farms or cities.
What makes a circuit complex?
A complex circuit has more than one type of connection (series or parallel parts).
How is a squid similar to a plane?
Both use jet propulsion to move.
What are villi?
Tiny finger like bumps in the small intestine that absorb nutrients.
Describe how to build a debris hut.
1. Find a main pole.
2.Set up the frame.
3. Add the ribs.
4. Stack the debris
5. Fill the inside.
What is epinephrine?
Epi Pen: a lifesaving emergency medication used to stop a life-threatening allergic reaction
What are plants that never touch the ground called?
Epiphytes (vanilla, Spanish moss)
Name the mysterious creature who survives on coffee and rewards her students with stickers and candy bars.
Mrs. Fields