Energy
What are the 5 major forms of energy?
M- mechanical
E- electrical
L- light
T- thermal
S- sound
Mass is how much matter an object has inside it. The "weight" of something
What are the 3 agents of change?
Wind, water, ice
the ant drinks from a water droplet on a leaf
What type of interaction is being described above?
Living to non-living
How long does it take Earth to complete 1 rotation on it's axis?
24 hours/ 1 day
What happens to light as it interacts with a mirror?
It is reflected / bounces
When dealing with density, cork floats in water.
This means that cork is ______ _______ than water.
less dense
What is erosion?
The carrying/moving of sediments from one place to another
A jaguar eats an antelope in the woods. What type of consumer is the jaguar?
Carnivore
Name the planets in order starting from the Sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
A lamp is used in a terrarium for a lizard.
What types of useful energy does the lamp turn the electricity into?
Light and thermal energy
When a substance is added into water and it dissolves, what physical property are we dealing with?
Solubility
What do fossils tell us?
About the past.
what the land use to be like as well as what types of organisms use to live in certain areas.
What is the role of a decomposer in an ecosystem?
Their role is to break down the remains of dead organisms and to place their nutrients back into the soil.
Both mixtures and solutions are created when 2 or more things are mixed together.
What makes a mixture different from a solution?
A mixture can be easily separated, while a solution cannot.
What is the bending of light called?
What type of surfaces cause light to bend?
Refraction
Glass, plastic, water
While cooking in the kitchen Mr. Hayes noticed that the pan on the stove had a rubber handle. Why would the handle have rubber on it?
Rubber is an insulator, and insulators stop the flow of heat. The rubber is there to keep Mr. Hayes from burning his hand.
Which landforms are created mainly by:
1. Glaciers(ice)
2. Water
3. Wind
Glaciers: U-shaped valley
Water: Canyon, Delta
Wind: Sand dune
Identify each below with their appropriate behavior/ trait:
1. The stripe pattern on a zebra
2. A cat playing the piano
3. The missing leg of a fox
4. Butterflies wrapping themselves into a cocoon
1. Inherited trait
2. Learned behavior
3. Acquired trait
4. Instinct behavior
Name the 3 fossil fuels.
Which fossil fuel is different than the others and why?
Oil (petroleum), coal, natural gas
Coal is different because it is created only by dead plants.
Which sentence below is different than the rest, and why?
1. Mr. Hayes walks his dog down the street
2. Mr. Hayes drives to work early in the morning
3. Mr. Hayes charges his phone before bed
4. Mr. Hayes writes the lesson for the day on the whiteboard in class.
Sentence 3 is different because it uses electrical energy while the others use mechanical energy.
What physical property would you use to separate the following mixtures:
1. sand & iron fillings
2. Water & oil
3. water & glass marbles
1. magnetism/ magnet
2. density or solubility
3. physical state ( solid & liquid)
Give the key words associated with each of the 5 steps in the sedimentary rock formation process:
weathering= breaking
erosion = carrying/taking
deposition= dropping
compaction = pushing layers together/pressure
cementation= glue
Grass-->Rabbit--> Fox-->Wolf--> Worms/Bacteria
What is the role of each organism in the food chain?
Grass= Producer
Rabbit = Herbivore (consumer)
Fox= Carnivore (consumer)
Wolf= Carnivore (consumer)
Worms/Bacteria = Decomposers
While in Galveston pulling a wagon, Mr. Hayes noticed that it was a lot easier to pull the wagon on the concrete sidewalk than it was on the beach sand. What force is responsible for the difference in pulling the wagon on these two different surfaces?
Friction