Essential Science Standards Let’s get essential! -or- Essentially, the most fun science!

? The sun is composed primarily of ____________ and ____________

Hydrogen and Helium

? What are the nine planets of our solar system?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Let’s just include Pluto for the fun of it.

? Our solar system includes the nine planets as well as their ____________.

satellites

? Our solar system includes the nine planets and their satellites as well as the ____________ and ____________ that orbit the sun. HINT: A___ and C____

Asteroids and comets

? Path of a planet around the sun is due to the ____________ attraction between the sun and the planet HINT: G ____________

Gravitational

? Most of Earth’s water is ____________ water in the ____________. HINT: S ___________ ; O ___________

Salt Oceans

? Does the amount of water on planet Earth change?

No

? ___________ or decreasing water ___________ can extend the availability of water here on Earth HINT: R ___________; U ___________

Recycling Usage

? Wind is caused by the uneven ___________ of the Earth’s ___________. HINT: H ___________ ; S ___________

Heating Surface

? Earth’s atmosphere exerts a ___________ that decreases with distance above the Earth’s ___________ HINT: P ___________; S ___________

Pressure Surface

? Earth’s atmosphere exerts a pressure that is exerted equally in all ___________ at a given point HINT: D ___________

Directions

? Atoms in reactants rearrange to form ___________ with different properties during a ___________ reaction HINT: P ___________; C ___________

Products Chemical

? All matter is made of ___________ which may combine to form ___________ HINT: A ___________; M ___________

Atoms Molecules

? Chemical Symbol of Al = _________

Aluminum

? Chemical symbol of Fe =

Iron

? Chemical symbol of Cu = _________

Copper

? Chemical symbol of Ag = _________

Silver

? Chemical Symbol of Ag = _________

Gold

? Chemical symbol of Ni = _________

Nickel

Examples of metals that are pure substances: –_________(Al) –_________ (Fe) –_________ (Ni) –_________ (Cu) –_________ (Ag) –_________ (Au)

Aluminum Iron Nickel Copper Silver Gold

? Examples of compounds that are metals: _________ and _________ HINT: S _________ and B _________

Steel Brass

? Periodic Table arranges elements by their _________ properties HINT: C _________

Chemical

? Periodic Table arranges elements by their chemical properties such as the _________ number HINT: A_________

? Periodic Table arranges elements by their chemical properties. Those include the element’s _________ number HINT: A _________

Atomic

? Periodic Table arranges elements by their chemical properties. Those include the element’s atomic number and whether the element is a _________ or a _________ HINT: M _________; N _________

Metal Nonmetal

? Differences in chemical and physical _________ of substances are used to separate _________ and identify _________ HINT: P _________; M _________; C _________

Properties Mixtures Compounds

Identify the following compounds:

? CH O HINT: S _________

Sugar

? HO 2

Water

? He

Helium

? O 2

Oxygen

? N 2

nitrogen

? C O 2

Carbon Dioxide

? NaCl

Sodium Chloride

? Another word for sodium chloride is _________ HINT: S_________

Salt

? Living organisms are composed of just a few _________ E_________

Elements

? _________ circulates through the heart chambers, lungs and body HINT: B _________

Blood

? Blood circulates through the _________ chambers, _________ and body HINT: H _________, L _________

Heart Lungs

? Carbon Dioxide and _________ are exchanged in the lungs and _________ HINT: O _________; T _________

Oxygen Tissue

? Digestion has _________ steps. In other words, it progresses through defined steps beginning with insertion of food into your mouth. HINT: S _________

Sequential

? Steps of digestion: 1._________ and mouth 2._________ 3.Stomach 4.Small _________ 5.Large Intestine 6. _________ HINT: T _________; E _________; I _________; C _________

1.Teeth 2.Esophagus 3.Intestine 4.Colon

? Function of the Kidneys: –remove cellular _________ from blood –Convert waste to _________ –Store urine in the _________ –HINT: W _________; U _________; B_________

Waste Urine Bladder

? Sugar, water and minerals are transported in _________ plants HINT: V _________

Vascular

? Vascular plants transport _________, water and _________ HINT: S _________; M _________

Sugar Minerals

? Plants use carbon dioxide and energy from _________ to build molecules of _________ and release _________ HINT: S _________; S _________; O_________

Sunlight Sugar Oxygen

? Plant and animal _________ break down _________ to obtain energy HINT: C _________; S _________

Cells Sugar

Thunderstorms? A thunderstorm forms when a mass of _________ air overtakes a mass of warm air The warm, _________ air rises quickly As it rises, it cools and _________, forming _________ HINT: Co_________; H _________; Con_________; Cl _________

Cold Humid Condenses Cloud

Thunderstorms? Cont… As warm, humid air rises, cools and condenses into clouds, the _________ of the condensed air falls back to the ground which pulls the cold air high up in the _________ back to the Earth’s surface This builds _________ charges in the cloud which build and escape. HINT: W _________; A _________; E_________

Weight Atmosphere Electric

? The air along a bolt of _________ exceeds 28,000 Celsius. This heat makes the _________ expand so fast it breaks the _________ barrier HINT: L _________; A _________; S_________

Lightning Air Sound

? Hurricanes start as _________- _________ areas over an _________ –Also known as a tropical _________ HINT: L _________-P _________; O_________; D _________

Low-pressure Oxygen Depression

? As winds blow into a low pressure zone (tropical depression), the _________ of the Earth causes the wind to _________ If the winds reach a constant speed of 63 Kk/hr, it is a tropical _________ If winds reach 119 Km/hr, it is a _________ HINT: R _________; S _________; S_________; H _________

Rotation Spiral Storm Hurricane

? 2 Functions of the Digestive System: 1.Breaks food down into _________ 2.Gets nutrients to the _________ HINT: N _________; B _________

Nutrients Blood

? Digestion (STEP 1) begins as you _________ food –_________ moistens food and begins to break it down HINT: C _________; S _________

Chew Saliva

? Digestion (STEP 2): Swallowed food travels down the _________ –_________ juice breaks food down further HINT: E _________; G _________

Esophagus Juice

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