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Comprehensive Science 1 – 6th Grade Regular
1. What tool is used to measure temperature?
2. What tool is used to measure wind speed?
3. What tool is used to measure wind direction?
4. What tool is used to measure air pressure?
5. What tool measures the amount of rainfall?
6. All forms of energy can be in either of two states _____________ & _____________
7. Give an example of kinetic energy.
8. Give an example of potential energy.
9. What is the name given to the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves?
10. What is the name given to the transfer of energy through direct contact?
11. What is the name given to the transfer of heat through liquids and gases?
12. What is the changing from a solid to a liquid is called?
13. What is the changing from liquid to gas called?
14. The earth’s atmosphere is mostly made up of which gas?
15. The thin layer of gas that surrounds the Earth is called the Earth’s _______________
16. Which is the layer where humans live and weather occurs?
17. Which is the coldest layer?
18. Which is the hottest, uppermost layer?
19. How many layers does the atmosphere have?
20. List the layers of the atmosphere starting closest to the Earth’s surface.
21. Why does the Earth heat up? What does the atmosphere absorb?
22. What are greenhouse gases?
23. What is carbon dioxide? F
24. In the water cycle, the sun causes water to _______________
25. When water vapor cools and sticks to dust particles, it is called _______________
26. Hail, sleet, rain and snow are forms of _______________
27. What is weather?
28. What is climate?
29. Can weather affect agriculture, industry and transportation? How?
30. What are the main factors that affect weather?
31. All hurricanes begin as _______________ ________________.
32. At the center of a hurricane there is a peaceful area called the ______________.
33. How many millimeters are there in 10 centimeters?
34. How many meters in one kilometer?
35. How many meters would 3.5 km be equal to?
36. How does erosion move stuff?
37. What are the two types of weathering?
38. What is the process by which rock is worn away over time?
39. In which part of a lab report does one make an educated guess?
40. What is the boiling point of water? ______ºC / ______ºF
41. What is the melting point of water? ______ºC / ______ºF
42. What happens when light shines through tiny drops of water in the air?
43. Which unit of measurement is used to measure work and energy?
44. Cows and livestock affect global warming because they produce a greenhouse gas
called _______________.
45. What is the ozone layer?
46. List two ways mankind is causing the ozone layer to deplete.
47. Which type of energy is the most concentrated type of energy?
48. Which type of energy comes from moving molecules?
49. Which type of energy travels in waves?
50. Define Matter. What is it?
51. Define Energy. Is heat energy?
52. The _________________ is the liquid water component of the Earth.
53. Excessive exposure to the sun’s radiation can cause _________________. What can we
do to protect ourselves from ultraviolet radiation?
54. The earth’s crust is divided into several puzzle pieces called ___________________.
55. Where would rainforests most likely be located?
56. Describe the climate of a rainforest.
57. What is absolute humidity?
58. How is metamorphic rock formed?
59. How is sedimentary rock formed?
60. ___________ is formed from breaking down plant and animal remains.
61. In what direction do plates move at a divergent boundary?
62. In what direction do plates move at a convergent boundary?
63. What natural disaster occurs at transform boundaries?
64. What landform commonly occurs at a convergent boundary?
65. The ____________________ is the circular process that forms and changes rocks over
time.
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