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Mr. Little's Science Study Guide Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one liter is close to: | 1 quart |
| one yard is close to: | 1 meter |
| 1 yard = | 3 feet |
| bioluminescent | living thing that gives off light |
| hertz | measures frequency of sound |
| mushrooms, mold, mildew, yeast | fungi |
| amoeba and paramecium | protists |
| bacteria | monera |
| instrument that measures mass | balance |
| measures milliliters | graduated cylinder |
| 1,000 meters = | 1 kilometer |
| 1/100 meter = | 1 centimeter |
| 1/1000 meter = | 1 millimeter |
| granite, pumice, basalt | igneous rocks |
| limestone, sandstone | sedimentary rocks |
| marble, slate, gneiss | metamorphic rock |
| tin foil is: | opaque |
| wax paper is: | translucent |
| most plant reproduce with seeds, but ferns and mosses (and fungi) reproduce with: | spores |
| 2,000 pounds = | 1 ton |
| 32 F = | freezing point |
| 212 F = | boiling point |
| the role an organism plays in its environment: | niche |
| two objects rubbing together create | friction |
| energy of motion is: | kinetic energy |
| stored energy is: | potential energy |
| quadrilaterals have: | 4 sides |
| pentagons have: | 5 sides |
| hexagons have: | 6 sides |
| octagons have: | 8 sides |
| the 3 angles of a triangle always add up to: | 180 |
| animals hibernate, plants go into: | dormancy |
| Dogs, bats and other animals can hear ________ sounds that humans cannot hear. Whales can hear lower frequency sounds. | higher frequency |
| Musical instruments _____ to produce sounds. | vibrate |
| An instrument that uses sound echoes to measure see the ocean floor or underwater objects is a: | sonar |
| _______ is a combination of several different wavelengths of light traveling together. | white light |
| The wavelengths of light from longest to shortest are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. To remember this we use: | Roy G Biv |
| The color light with the longest wavelength is: | red |
| The color light with the shortest wavelength is: | violet |
| Light travels much _____ than sound through the atmosphere. | faster |
| Light travels in straight paths called: | rays |
| When light bounces off an object, it is: | reflected |
| When light bends, it is: | refracted |
| When light passes through an object, it is: | transmitted |
| Light passes easily through a window because the glass is: | transparent |
| Some light can pass through wax paper. Wax paper is: | translucent |
| If you cool a gas, it may _______ into a liquid. | condense |
| If you cool a liquid, it may ______ into a solid. | freeze |
| Clouds, dew, water droplets on the outside of a glass on a hot day, are all caused by: | condensation |
| In a solid, the molecules are: | tightly packed and barely moving |
| In a gas the molecules are: | moving fast and spread apart |
| Living things are made of: | cells |
| Using a ______ you can see many parts of a cell. | microscope |