Daily Problems

12/17/09 #34
List three things that are needed for a fair test?
(When we did our pendulum experiment,what was important to rememberto collect 
reliable data?)



12/16/09 #33
1.What is the best thing about our class?

2.What would you do to improve our class?


12/15/09 #32
In your own words, explain the Law of Conservation Of Mass and Energy:

12/14/09 # 31
(Use pages 16-19 to help you)
1. How would the distance change if the marble used was 3x more mass?
2. How would the distance change if the ramp was 3x higher?


12/10/09 # 30
1.Give an example of potential changing into kinetic energy.
2.Kinetic changing into potential energy.

12/9/09 #29
List 3 Examples of each:
Potential E.  Kinetic E
1.            1.
2.            2.
3.            3.

12/8/09 #28
Draw an example of both potential and Kinetic energy:

12/7/09 #27
What is the difference between potential*kinetic energy?
*Use your facts to assist you!

11/17/09  #26

Give an example of a MEASURABLE GOAL: 

Give an example of a UNMEASURABLE GOAL: 


11/16/09 # 25
If you live in a hot climate,what color roofing would be the best to keep you 
cooler?EXPLAIN


11/12/09 #24
List five things you learned about heat from our video:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

11/11/09 #23
Desribe how molecules move in convection:
(include temperture)
a drawing is ok if it is explained/labelled!

11/10/09 #22
What is the main difference between radiation and the other two ways of 
transfering energy?
(conduction/convection)

11/9/09 #21
what are the three different ways energy can be tranferred?
hint:look at your packet!

11/4/09 # 20
What are the TWO things that determine whether something is a solid, liquid, 
or a gas?


11/2/09 # 19
My goal in science is...

What I am doing to achieve this goal is...

10/29/09 # 18
List 5 examples of Melting
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


10/28/09 # 17
List 5 Examples of FREEZING from your life. BE SURE TO INCLUDE EXAMPLES THAT 
HAPPEN AT ROOM TEMPERATURES, too! (Not just ice!)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


10/27/09 # 16
List 5 Examples of CONDENSATION occurring from your every day life:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

10/26/09 # 15
List 5 examples of EVAPORATION occurring from your every day life:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


10/22/09 # 14 ALL CLASSES
(4th & 6th Hour students--skip a space in your lab packet for this one.)
List 5 Things You learned about Fluids from our video today:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

10/21/09 1st/2nd/7th Hours # 13  10/23/09 4th/6th Hours
Why does the liquid in a thermometer rise when it is warmer and fall when it 
is colder? (Hint: Think about what you already know about how molecules 
behave.)

10/20/09 # 12
Describe what happens to the molecules in a marshmallow when you heat it over 
a campfire: (Hint: Look at pages 8 & 9 for ideas!)

10/14/09 # 11
How would LESS PRESSURE on a substance affect the molecules in that substance?

10/12/09 # 10 (This is the first one in PACKET # 2)
Read fact #24 from page 1 in your new packet. Write it in your own words.
(HINT: Also read fact #25 and think about the labs we did where the amount of 
matter did not change.)

10/6/09 # 9
You notice your bike tires are kind of FLAT in the winter. There are NO holes 
or leaks in your tires. EXPLAIN how this could happen:

(HINT: LOOK AT LAB PAGES 14 & 15 and what we learned in our lab!!!)


10/5/09 # 8
Describe how molecules move differently at hot and cold temperatures:

9/30/09 # 7
List 5 things you learned about atoms and molecules from our video today:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

9/29/09 #6
How are GASES and PLASMAS different from each other?

9/28/09 # 5
How are LIQUIDS and GASES different from each other?

9/25/09 # 4
Give examples of solids, liquids, and gases:

SOLIDS              LIQUIDS                GASES
1.                  1.                     1.
2.                  2.                     2.
3.                  3.                     3.
4.                  4.                     4.
5.                  5.                     5.
              
9/24/09 #3
How do the particles in solids, liquids, and gases move? (fast/slow) How are 
they spaced? (close/far)

Solids--
Liquids--
Gases--


9/23/09 #2
How are SOLIDS and LIQUIDS different from each other?

9/22/09 #1
How are SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, and GASES different?