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Grade Life Science Daily Science Questions Mrs. Slifer GO JAGS!!!!!!!!! Day 1 4.4.1 Sept. 4 • The Moon’s gravity affects the ocean’s… – A) Currents – B) Tides – C) Waves • Answer: – B) Tides Day 2 4.3.1 Sept.5 • Is gravity the same on all planets? – Yes or No • Answer: – No Day 3 4.4.1 Sept. 6 • Explain what causes the phases of the moon. • Answer: – The Sun causes the Earth’s shadow to fall on the Moon. As the Moon revolves around the Earth (27 days per revolution), the shadow falls differently on the Moon’s surface. Day 4 4.4.1 Sept. 7 • Explain what causes day and night. • Answer: – As the Earth rotates positions change relative to the Sun. Day 5 4.4.1 Sept. 10, 2011 • Name the planet • closest to the Sun. What former planet is furthest from the sun? • Answer: – Mercury – Pluto Day 6 4.3.1 Sept. 11, 2011 • What is the largest object in the solar system? • Answer: – The Sun Day 7 3.4.1 Sept. 12,2012 Club Day • Name two ways that humans have affected the squirrel’s food habits. – – – – A) Find food in trash B) Bird feeders C) Pets D) Zoo’s • Answer: – A) Find food in trash – B) Bird feeders Day 8 3.3.1 Sept. 13,2012 • An organism’s response to an internal or environmental stimulus is called: – – – – A) Behavior B) Habit C) Skill D) Trick • Answer: – A) Behavior Day 9 3.3.1 Sept. 14,2012 PLEASE put name on each side before turning in. • What would happen to an • Answer: organism that is unable to maintain stability in a changing environment? – A) Population of the organism would increase – B) The organism would become endangered – C) The organism would make a rapid change in its body structure – B) The organism would become endangered Day 10 3.4.1 Sept. 17.,2012 • What must an organism do in order to survive in addition to taking in nourishment, growing and remaining healthy? • Answer: – Reproduce Day 11 3.1.2 Sept. 18,2012 • Name any four organ systems of the body. • Answer: – – – – – – – – – Digestive Respiratory Skeletal Muscular Reproductive Excretory Circulatory Nervous Hormonal(Endocrine) Day 12 3.1.2 Sept. 19,2012 • What do you call different tissues that are grouped together to form functional units? • Answer: – Organ Day 13 3.1.2 Sept. 20,2012 • Name two organs that • Answer: are part of the digestive system. – – – – – – Stomach Tongue Esophagus Liver Pancreas Large and small intestines Day 14 3.1.2 Sept. 21,2012 • What is formed when specialized cells are grouped to work together? • Answer: – Tissue Day 15 3.1.1 Sept. 24,2012 • The unit out of which all living organisms are composed is called what? • Answer: – A Cell Day 16 3.4.1 Sept. 25,2012 • Which of the following • Answer: best illustrates the definition of a population? – A) A watering pond in the desert – B) Bald eagles in North America – B) Bald eagles in North America Day 17 3.4.1 Sept. 26, 2012 • An ecosystem is made • Answer: up of all the populations living together and the physical factors with which they interact. Name three different things in a deciduous forest ecosystem. – Trees with leaves (oaks, maples, etc…) – Animals (owls, deer, fox, rabbits, etc…) – Plants (violets, poison ivy, etc…) – Temperature and climate Day 18 3.4.1 Sept. 27,2012 • Name the type of ecosystem that would include each of the following: – A) yucca, lizard, sidewinder snake, hawk, jack rabbit, hot dry climate – B) blue stem grass, rattle snake, coyote, turkey vulture, vole, temperature and climate • Answer: – A) Desert – B) Prairie Day 19 • What is a • 3.5.2 Sept. 28, 2012 decomposer? Name Two types of decomposers. • A decomposer is a • • • • living thing that breaks down animals and plants. (Nature’s recyclers) Bacteria Fungi Turkey vulture Dung beetle Day 20 3.5.2 Oct. 1, 2012 • For the following • items tell if they are a producer, consumer,or a decomposer. Mold, fox, vulture mushroom, rabbit, worm, moss, wheat • Producers = wheat • • and moss Consumers = fox, vulture, rabbit, Decomposers = mold and mushrooms, worm Day 22 3.5.2 Oct. 2, 2012 • What is the name for the relationship that links the producer, consumer, and decomposer • Food Web or • Food Chain Name a three part food chain. • 3 part food chain = • grass • mouse • Decomposer: worms,bacteria Day 23 3.4.2 Oct. 3, 2012 • What is the major source of all energy for the Earth? • The Sun Day 24 3.5.2 Oct.4, 2012 • Scientist believe that • • the diversity of species developed through a slow process over many generations. True False • True Day 25 3.2.1 Oct.5,2012 • What are the names of the reproductive cells of males and females? • Male = sperm • Female = egg Day 26 3.2.1 Oct. 8, 2012 • What process needs to take place in order for a new organism to begin life? • Egg and sperm must • • unite Fertilization of egg It is now a zygote Day 27 3.2.1 Oct. 9,2012 • Sexually produced • offspring are identical to one of their parents, True or False False Day 28 3.1.2 Oct. 10, 2012 • Define Heredity • Passage of genetic instructions from one generation to another Day 29 3.1.2 Oct. 11,2012 • From the list below • • • • which is contained in a human cell A) one gene B) hundreds of genes C) thousands of genes D) millions of genes •C Day 30 3.2.2 Oct. 12,2012 • An inherited trait can • be determined by one gene or by more than one gene True or False • True Day 31 2.1.2 Oct. 15.2012 • Are the physical and chemical properties of a substance dependent on or independent of the amount of a substance? • Independent Day 32 2.1.1 Oct. 16, 2012 • A mixture of salt and • • • • pepper could easily be separated by which of these properties? A) color B) solubility C) boiling point How would you do it? •B • Add water to dissolve the salt, filter out the pepper, evaporate the water, leave the salt Day 33 2.1.1 Oct. 17, 2012 • • • • • Which are mixtures? A) oil and water B) salt and sugar C) rocks and soil D) baking soda and vinegar • • • • A B C Why not D?????? Day 34 2.1.2 Oct. 22,2012 • Are the properties of • a compound different from the properties of the individual substances from which it was formed? Explain • Yes Day 35 2.1.3 Oct. 23,2012 • Which of the following • C happens to the mass • Called the Law of • • • of a substance when it is involved in a chemical reaction? A) it is increased B) it is decreased C) it is conserved (stays the same) Conservation of Mass Energy Day 36 2.1.1 Oct. 24, 2012 • The motion of an object can be described by its position, speed, and what else? • Direction of motion Day 37 2.1.1 Oct. 25, 2012 • An object that is not • • • subjected to a force will continue to move: A) in a curved line B) in a straight line C) in an orbital pattern •B • In a straight line Day 38 2.3.3 Oct. 26,2012 • If more than one force • • • acts on a n object along a straight line, then forces will reinforce or cancel one another depending on their magnitude and: A) speed B) direction C) position •B • direction Day 39 2.4.3 Oct.27, 2012 • Can energy be transferred from one object to another? • Yes Day 40 2.4.3 Nov. 4, 2011 • Heat moves in • • predictable ways. In which direction does heat flow? A) from warmer objects to cooler objects B) from cooler objects to warmer • A) from warmer to cooler Day 41 2.4.2 Nov. 7, 2011 • Does a mirror reflect or refract light? • Reflect Nov. 7-11,2011 • Monday• ? If the formula for speed is: S=distance/time: which is going faster? • A train travels 649 km in 11 hours or a car travels 442km in 8.5 hours? • Nov. 8, 2011 • Tuesday• ? What is the average speed if you travel 280 miles in 6 hours? Nov. 9, 2011 • Wednesday• ? label the picture with the following: • Where would as baseball have the greatest potential energy if it fell from • • • the housetop? (A) Where would the baseball have the greatest kinetic energy? (B) Nov. 10, 2011 • Thursday• Using the scientific method, write a good problem or question and as hypothesis to determine if a golf ball will bounce higher off of grass, concrete, steel, or wood. • Problem: • Hypothesis: Nov. 11, 2011 • What are two of the main categories for energy? • Kinetic and potential Nov. 14, 2011 • • Are your lungs identical? • No, one side has three and one side has two lobes Nov. 15, 2011 • How many miles of blood vessels are contained in the body? • 60,000 miles Nov. 16, 2011 • How much does human hair grow in a year? • 6 inches a year Nov. 30, 2011 • What is a syzygy? The sun and moon and earth are all lined up with one another. Dec. 1, 2011 • What is the shape of a raindrop? • teardrop Dec. 2, 2011 • Why can we observe stars at night? • The sky is darker and the stars reflect better. Dec. 5, 2011 • • Why can we observe the moon better at night? Dec. 6, 2011 • What is solar energy? How is it used today? Dec. 7, 2011 • When light strikes an object it does these three things: absorption, reflection, transmission. Give an example of each. Dec. 8, 2011 • What is refracted light? Give an example. Dec. 9, 2011 • Draw a compass rose with directions. Draw a compass rose with directions. •