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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