Ch 1-6 Review

Question 0

The most useful metal to man

Answer 0

Iron

Question 1

Metal that is the best conductor of electricity

Answer 1

Silver

Question 2

metal that is liquid at room temperature

Answer 2

Mercury

Question 3

Metal used as a source for nuclear power

Answer 3

Uranium

Question 4

Igneous rock used to scrub and scour

Answer 4

Pumice

Question 5

Sedimentary rock made up of seashells

Answer 5

Limestone

Question 6

Mineral used to make pencils

Answer 6

Graphite

Question 7

The rarest gemstone

Answer 7

Ruby

Question 8

A rocklike object that looks like a mudball

Answer 8

Geode

Question 9

The kind of energy a book on the shelf has

Answer 9

Potential

Question 10

The kind of energy a rolling ball has

Answer 10

Kinetic

Question 11

Running water

Answer 11

Kinetic

Question 12

A stretched rubber band

Answer 12

Potential

Question 13

Water behind a dam

Answer 13

Potential

Question 14

A leg kicking a ball

Answer 14

Kinetic

Question 15

Pushing a lawnmower

Answer 15

Kinetic

Question 16

A sled at the top of a hill

Answer 16

Potential

Question 17

The energy of motion

Answer 17

Kinetic energy

Question 18

The result of a force moving an object

Answer 18

Work

Question 19

Energy released when atoms are either split apart or joined together

Answer 19

Atomic energy

Question 20

Stored energy

Answer 20

Potential energy

Question 21

Devices that convert energy from natural sources into useful work

Answer 21

Engines

Question 22

A fish that looks like a snake

Answer 22

Moray eel

Question 23

Mammal that looks like a fish

Answer 23

Whale

Question 24

Largest flying bird

Answer 24

Wandering albatross

Question 25

Most poisonous fish

Answer 25

Stonefish

Question 26

Mollusk with two shells hinged together

Answer 26

Bivalve

Question 27

"Wing-footed"

Answer 27

Pinniped

Question 28

Small crustacean that is a scavenger

Answer 28

Shrimp

Question 29

Substance that composes reefs

Answer 29

Coral polyps

Question 30

This happens when one object gives some or all of its energy to another object

Answer 30

Transfer of energy

Question 31

The parts of a steam engine

Answer 31

Wheel, connecting rod, piston rod, piston, cylinder

Question 32

Force that resists motion

Answer 32

Friction

Question 33

Attraction that exists between any pair of objects

Answer 33

Gravity

Question 34

Force that causes electrically charged objects to either attract or repel each other

Answer 34

Electricity

Question 35

Push or pull

Answer 35

Force

Question 36

The amount of matter in an object

Answer 36

Mass

Question 37

The ability to do work

Answer 37

Energy

Question 38

An animal uses this to blend in with its surroundings

Answer 38

Camouflage

Question 39

And immature insect that looks like the adult

Answer 39

Nymph

Question 40

When an animal moves from place to place with the changing seasons

Answer 40

Migration or migrating

Question 41

An animal that is active at night

Answer 41

Nocturnal

Question 42

An animal that eats mostly meat

Answer 42

Carnivore

Question 43

The largest group of mammals

Answer 43

Rodents

Question 44

Animals that eat plants

Answer 44

Herbivores

Question 45

Animals that eat insects

Answer 45

Insectivores

Question 46

An object that does not allow light to pass through it at all

Answer 46

Opaque

Question 47

An object that allows light to pass through it but objects on the other side are not clearly visible

Answer 47

Translucent

Question 48

An object that allows light to pass straight through it so that objects on the other side are clearly visible

Answer 48

Transparent

Question 49

And object that makes its own light

Answer 49

Luminous

Question 50

The bouncing back of light

Answer 50

Reflection

Question 51

The bending of light

Answer 51

Refraction

Question 52

Everything that takes up space and has mass

Answer 52

Matter

Question 53

The state of matter that has a definite shape

Answer 53

Solid

Question 54

The state of matter that has no definite shape and flows from one place to another

Answer 54

Liquid

Question 55

The state of matter that has no definite shape in which the contents diffuse

Answer 55

Gas

Question 56

The tendency of gases to float away and spread themselves out thinly in their surroundings

Answer 56

Diffusion

Question 57

The point at which a solid changes into liquid

Answer 57

Melting point

Question 58

The point at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid-state

Answer 58

Freezing point

Question 59

The point at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas

Answer 59

Boiling point

Question 60

The boiling point of water

Answer 60

212°F

Question 61

Water as a gas is called this

Answer 61

Steam

Question 62

When steam cools it condenses back to

Answer 62

Water vapor