Physical Science
Three states of matter?
What are solid, liquid, gas?
Reflection occurs when...
What is when light rays bounce off shiny or smooth objects?
What is a Sedimentary Rock?
What is a rock formed from layers of sediment being compacted and cemented by heat and pressure over time?
What is a delta?
What is a landform created by the deposition of sediments at the mouth of a river?
What is an ecosystem?
What is an interaction between living and non-living things in an environment?
What is density?
What is how tightly packed the particles are in an object?
A conductor
What is something that allows thermal/electrical energy to flow through?
A Parallel Circuit...
What is a circuit that has two or more pathways for electricity to flow through?
What are some examples of RAPID changes to the Earth's surface?
What are landslides, wildfires, tsunamis, earthquakes?
The following statement is an example of weather or climate?
"On average, the temperature in Houston can range from 55'F to 88'F"
What is climate?
What is a predator?
What is an animal that hunts others for food?
What is CONDENSATION?
What is when hot water vapor rises to the sky, cools down, and turns back into liquid water droplets?
Oil will sinks in water? (T/F)
FALS
How do you separate a solution of salt and water?
What is by evaporating the water?
What are the 5 steps of sedimentary rock formation?
What are Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation?
Why are coal, oil, and natural gas considered non-renewable resources?
What is they are fossil fuels that take millions of years to form and cannot be replaced quickly once they run out?
What is overgrazing?
What is when animals eat the plants in an area before the plants have a chance to regrow?
What is an ABIOTIC factor?
What is something in an ecosystem that is NON-LIVING?
How would you test the magnetic properties if you were given a bag of random items?
What is running a magnet over the items?
What are four types of metal that are NON-MAGNETIC?
What are copper, gold, silver, aluminum?
What agent of change creates a SAND DUNE?
What is wind?
What organic matter is responsible for the formation of COAL?
What is PEAT (decayed swamp plant matter from millions of years ago )
Why are invasive species so dangerous to an ecosystem?
What is they can take over the resources of a habitat and harm the native plants/ animals from the environment?
What is Overpopulation>
What is when there are too many of one type of species, which causes harm to the food webs/ chains in the ecosystem
If you take an ice cube tray with 15 grams of ice cubes outside and the ice cubes melt.. what is the mass of the puddle of water left behind?
What is 15 grams?
How would you test for solubility if you were given a bag of random items/substances (i.e chalk powder, salt, etc.)?
What is mixing the substances in water?
How is a u-shaped valley and a v-shaped valley (canyon) formed
What is a u-shaped valley is created by a glacier and a v-shaped valley is created by a rive?
What is the difference between EVAPORATION and CONDENSATION?
What is Evaporation is when liquid water goes from liquid to a gas, while condensation is when that same water vapor rises to the sky and COOLS down, changing from gas--> liquid?
What is air make up of?
What is about 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen?
What is the definition of insoluble?
What is a substance or material that does NOT dissolve in water?