Science Investigations Questions



Earth

• Describe our solar system.
• Describe Earth’s movement.
• Explain and give examples of the ways in which soil is formed.
• Give examples of how the surface of the Earth changes.

Life

• The bald eagle is our national bird. Describe three things we can do
to help prevent the bald eagle from becoming extinct.
• Pick two animals whose lives depend on one another and describe their
relationship.
• Describe some adaptations that help fish live under water.
• Describe some adaptations that help animals live in the water.
• Describe a food chain.
• Identify the structures in plants that are responsible for food
making, reproduction, growth, and protection.
• Give examples of how change in the environment has caused some plants
and animals to die or move to new locations.

Physical

• Give examples of how energy can be transferred from one form to
another.
• Describe an electrical circuit.
• Give several examples of materials that conduct electricity well and
materials that conduct electricity poorly.
• Describe what magnets are and how they work.
• Describe how magnetism affects each of the following materials: a
cotton ball, a metal spoon, a wooden spoon and a paperclip.

Technology/Engineering

• Your community wants to build an airport.
o Explain two positive ways an airport would effect your community.
o Explain two negative ways an airport would affect your community.

• A company would like to build a factory on a piece of land next to a
river.
o Describe two ways the factory might pollute the air around the
factory or the water in the river.
o How might the company prevent the pollution you described in part a?

• Identify an invention that has led to a major change in the way we
live, and explain how it led to that change.