DOD Sept and Oct.

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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
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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.
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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:
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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:
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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.
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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
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3.5.2 Sept. 28, 2012
decomposer?
Name Two types of
decomposers.
• A decomposer is a
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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
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items tell if they are a
producer,
consumer,or a
decomposer.
Mold, fox, vulture
mushroom, rabbit,
worm, moss, wheat
• Producers = wheat
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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
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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
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unite
Fertilization of egg
It is now a zygote
Day 27 3.2.1 Oct. 9,2012
• Sexually produced
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Which are mixtures?
A) oil and water
B) salt and sugar
C) rocks and soil
D) baking soda and
vinegar
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A
B
C
Why not D??????
Day 34 2.1.2 Oct. 22,2012
• Are the properties of
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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
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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
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subjected to a force
will continue to move:
A) in a curved line
B) in a straight line
C) in an orbital
pattern
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• In a straight line
Day 38 2.3.3 Oct. 26,2012
• If more than one force
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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
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• 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
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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?
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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
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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
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• 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
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• 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.
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