science 8th grade Flashcards
How far can a middle school student throw a “Bi-plane” design airplane from 1 meter off the ground in the middle school gym?
not testable
Which BRAND OF TOILET PAPER, using one 10cm x 10cm square that has been soaked with 15ml of room temperature water, can hold the most stacked quarters before ripping? What name is given for the brand of toilet paper part in this experiment?
independent variable
Which of the following is a good testable question? How high can three different types of birds fly?
How high can three different types of birds fly?
Which brand of toilet bowl cleaner cleans the best in a middle school?
Which brand of toilet bowl cleaner cleans the best in a middle school?
Why is the sky blue?
Why is the sky blue?
Which brand of golf ball rolls the farthest in cm when hit by a putting machine?
Which brand of golf ball rolls the farthest in cm when hit by a putting machine?
which brand of toilet paper, using one 10cm x 10cm square that has been soaked with 15ml of room temperature water, can HOLD THE MOST STACKED QUARTERS before ripping? What is the name for the number of quarters counted after each trial in the experiment?
dependant variable
Which brand of toilet paper, USING ONE 10cm X 10cm SQUARE THAT HAS BEEN SOAKED WITH 15ml OF ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER, can hold the most stacked quarters before ripping? The size, temperature and water amounts are all considered what part of the experiment?
Control
Which brand of vanilla ice cream tastes the best?
Not testable
When you use your data to create a graph (visual way to show/finding the answer to your original question from all of your trials), what information goes on the X and Y axis
X- axis has your independent variable, the Y- axis has your dependent variable.
In the Data section, what do you document?
Every single trial you did, including the units of measure in metric units
Which step in the following procedure makes this experiment with results you can’t trust?
- Gather all of your supplies and bring to the middle school gym.
- Use painter’s tape to secure the meter stick to the side wall.
- Place a ladder next to the wall by the meter stick.
- Tell your partner to start the video on their phone for the trials.
- Climb the ladder and drop the ball from 3m onto the gym floor.
- Record only the bounces that your group agreed were good enough.
- Repeat step 4-6 ten times for each brand of volleyball.
6 because you must use bounce heights from every trial
Which thickness of Staples-brand 7cm diameter rubber band can stretch the furthest before breaking with a stretching machine?
Testable
How should a “conclusion” be written for your science experiment?
As an example with the toilet paper brand experiment, it would include the ranking of every brand tested from best to worst.
The conclusion restates the entire original question but includes the answer you found from your trials.
Which brand of new tennis balls will bounce the highest when dropped on a gym floor from 2 meters?
Testable
Which brand of shampoo makes hair the shiniest, cleanest, and fullest?
Not testable
Which of the following is an example of a properly written hypothesis for a question dealing with flying different designs of paper airplane for longest distance?My hypothesis was incorrect, all airplanes flew exactly the same distance when I threw it as hard as I could.
My hypothesis was incorrect, all airplanes flew exactly the same distance when I threw it as hard as I could.
I think that airplane design B will fly the farthest when launched from a robotic paper airplane launcher.
I think that airplane design B will fly the farthest when launched from a robotic paper airplane launcher.
Our paper airplanes did not fly far because we could not fold each design exactly the same.
Our paper airplanes did not fly far because we could not fold each design exactly the same.
Our airplanes flew the following distances, 150cm, 201cm, 85cm, 182cm, 221cm, 190cm, and 178cm for an average distance of 172.4cm.
Our airplanes flew the following distances, 150cm, 201cm, 85cm, 182cm, 221cm, 190cm, and 178cm for an average distance of 172.4cm.
I think that airplane design B will fly the farthest when launched from a robotic paper airplane launcher.
What part of the scientific method is described by the following statement? “I think that the Northern brand 10cm x 10cm toilet paper square soaked with 15ml of room temperature water can hold the most stacked quarters before ripping
Hypothesis
A tennis racket smacks a bowling ball traveling at 5m/s with a force of 155N. What would the force be with Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion in mind? (You know the law, dont over think it!)
The bowing ball would experience 155N in the opposite direction it was rolling from the tennis racket.
How does Newton’s 3rd Law explain Mr. Raupp sitting still on a chair?
The upward push force of the chair is the exact same amount of force as Mr. Raupp’s downward force due to gravity.
A Semi Truck windshield strikes a large moth while traveling at 50km/hr…SPLAT! What does Newton’s 3rd Law tell us about that interaction?
Upon impact, the moth and the windshield experienced the exact same amount of force.
If I was in space and accidentally started floating away from the space station while working with and carrying a huge/massive solar panel, how could I make my way back to the ship using my knowledge of Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion?
Put your body between the solar panel and the station. Push the solar panel away from the station as hard as you can which will force you to float towards the space station.
If Mr. Raupp and Mr. Haydamacker had a tug of war. Mr Raupp was pulling with 512N of force. Mr. Haydamacker was pulling with 512N of force. What does that mean.
Neither will win. Their only hope is the rope breaking.
A skate boarder loses his balance and hits a stop sign. The skateboard applies a force of 400N to the stop sign. What would Newton’s 3rd Law of motion also state?
The stop sign applied 400N of force back on the skateboard.
Which is the correct description of Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion?
If two objects collide, their forces will be equal in magnitude and in opposite directions on each othe
If Mr. H was pushing on you with 200N of force and you moved backwards that means…..
You are pushing with less than 200N of force
A car rolls down a hill and hits a mailbox. How would Newton’s 3rd law explain this interaction?
The mailbox and the car would experience equal impact force.
If you put 300N of force downward on a table what is happening?
The table is applying 300N of force back on you.
If you push on the wall with 234N of force and you hands break through the wall what does that mean?
The wall was not able to apply 234N of force back on you so it broke.
You are hanging from your door jam, describe the forces between those two objects.
The door jam and you hands experience the same force but in opposite directions of each other.
When a basketball hits the classroom floor, describe the forces and motion that occur.
The floor and the basketball experience the same force, but the ball is less massive so the force moves it easily
If Mr. H was pushing on you with 222N of force and you moved backwards that means…..
You are pushing with 200N of force
You throw a pumpkin at a wall just to see what would happen. Which options is correct….
The pumpkin experienced more force, you can tell because the pumpkin exploded and the wall had no damage.
The pumpkin experienced more force, you can tell because the pumpkin exploded and the wall had no damage.
The pumpkin and the wall experienced the exact same force upon impact.
The pumpkin and the wall experienced the exact same force upon impact.
The wall was not moving so it can not exert force so all the force came from the pumpkin.
The wall was not moving so it can not exert force so all the force came from the pumpkin.
The wall felt more force because it is much more solid than the pumpkin that caused it to smoosh immediately.
The pumpkin and the wall experienced the exact same force upon impact.
If you are driving in your car and slam on your brakes are you accelerating?
Yes, any change in velocity is a change in acceleration.
What is the acceleration of a free falling object on EARTH due to gravity?
9.8m/s^2
How much mass does a box have if you can accelerate it to 12m/s2 while pushing it with 480N of force?
40kg
Which of the following statements is FALSE of Newton’s 2nd law?
Two cars with different masses are pushed with the same force. The more massive car would accelerate faster.
Which are the correct formulas for Newton’s 2nd law.
F=am, a=F/m, m=F/a
Which statement is true about the statement…..
“Is 2000N worth of force enough to accelerate a 500kg object to 6m/s²?”
You’d need 1,000N more
Which object would be the easiest to accelerate on a flat surface with the same amount of force?
Ping Pong ball
How much force would be needed to accelerate a 1,500kg car 3m/s²?
4,500N
How fast does a 6kg ball accelerate if pushed by a 66N force?
11m/s2
When looking at Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion, what must we as scientists ignore when using the f = ma formula?
You must ignore friction and air resistance that slows everything down on Earth.
How much force would be needed to pull my 25kg little brother in a sled at 2.5m/s2?
62.5N
A 400lb wrestler wants to accelerate a 100kg weight at 5m/s2. How much force will he need to push the weight?
500N
A matchbox car weighing 100g is traveling at .5 m/s². How much force was needed to cause this acceleration?
(Dont forget: 1kg=1000g or 1g=.001kg)
.05N
A boulder is accelerated to 4 m/s² with 10,000N worth of force. How much did the boulder weigh
2,500kg
How fast will a 80kg object accelerate if 3,000N of force are applied to it?
37.5m/s²
Can I move an object with a mass of 100kg and accelerate it to 2m/s2 if I push on it with 200N worth of force?
Yes, that is exactly enough force to accelerate that object to 2m/s2.
How much force would be needed to get a .5kg baseball to accelerate at 10m/s2? (Prove on paper!)
5N
1. A 2,000kg race car to move with 22,400N worth of force applied by its engine.
1/ 1
Which scenario has the faster acceleration?
The motorcycle has more than twice the acceleration of the race car.
If my truck pushes on the back of a 1,500kg non-running vehicle with 2,500N of force, how fast would the car accelerate?
1.6m/s2
Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion states:
How fast an object accelerates depends on its mass and the force applied to it.
If you were to TRIPLE the mass of the 9mm pistol bullet to .0225kg at 353m/s, how much kinetic energy would the bullet now have? (Show you work)
go to doc for picture
1,401 Joules
How does the line represented on a graph look when plotting increasing speed vs kinetic energy changes?
A curving upward line.
If the .22 rifle bullet increase his speed to 670m/s with its mass of .003kg, which bullet on the chart would be the most similar in its amount of kinetic energy? (Be able to prove it with KE amounts in Joules!) Show your work on the paper
KE would be exactly the same as the 357 Magnum bullet.
What would you need to do to an AR-15 bullet to get it to have approximately the same amount of kinetic energy as a 9mm bullet? (Show how you figured it out!)
Reduce its speed by 1/2.
When drawing a graph of the change in mass and the subsequent change in Kinetic Energy, what would the line you draw on the graph look like?
Straight upward diagonal line.
FORMULA for Kinetic Energy: KE = .5 mv^2 (velocity squared)
How much kinetic energy would a 2,000kg pickup truck have if it is traveling at a speed of 20 m/s?
(Show your math on a separate sheet of paper!)
400,000 Joules
How does the line represented on a graph look when plotting increasing MASS vs kinetic energy changes?
REPLACE the word velocity on the X-axis with Mass. Sorry :( (picture is the google doc)
b.
Which would have more energy, a hockey puck with a velocity of 108m/s or Tiger Woods golf ball with a mass of .368kg? ( picture for it is in the google doc)
Tiger Woods golf ball has 212J more KE.
What effect does doubling the speed of an object have on its kinetic energy?
It quadruples the kinetic energy.
If you triple the mass of the 357 Magnum bullet, would it have as much kinetic energy as the AK-47 bullet?
(Show your math on a separate sheet of paper!) ( picture is in the google doc)
The 357 Magnum bullet would still be 29 Joules of energy less than the AK-47 bullet.
If you reduce the speed of an object with a mass of 100 kg traveling at a current speed of 4m/s in half, how does this affect its kinetic energy? (Prove it with math!)
It cuts the kinetic energy of the original amount to 1/4th, which is now only 200 Joules.
How is the height of a wave different than the amplitude of a wave?
The amplitude is from the rest position to the crest or trough, and height is from trough to crest.
The disturbance that propagates energy through matter is called a _________________.
wave
What is the same as a wavelength but measured in time?
the period
If a wave has a period of 1/36 of a second, what is the frequency of that wave?
36 Hz
Increasing only the frequency of a sound wave causes what to happen?
Gives the sound a higher pitch.
Which is which? Drop and drag your answers. (picture is in the google doc)
1st= longitudinal
2nd=transverse
If there is no energy or disturbance in a medium (material), what will you see?
no waves
Which wave has more energy and less energy. Drop and drag your answers. (pics in google docs)
1st=more energy
2nd=less energy
How is a pulse different from a periodic wave?
A pulse is only one wave, where periodic waves are many repeated waves.
A pulse is only one wave, where periodic waves are many repeated waves.
Periodic waves are much larger than the much shorter pulse waves.
Periodic waves are much larger than the much shorter pulse waves.
Pulse waves are much taller waves that periodic waves.
Pulse waves are much taller waves that periodic waves.
A pulse is many waves where periodic waves are only a single waves.
A pulse is only one wave, where periodic waves are many repeated waves.
THINK about it before you answer. MAYBE even draw it!
When you measure the time it takes a particle to move from the rest position, all the way one way, then all the way the other (passing the rest position,) then back to the rest position, this is called a ____________ (or cycle).
period
DRAW IT if it helps!
What happens to the wavelength when you increase the Amplitude?
nothing
In the picture below, describe the wavelength if each line has a value of 1cm. (pic in google doc)
3 cm
DRAW IT if it helps!
What happens to the wavelength when you increase the frequency?
it gets shorter
Doubling the frequency of a wave ________ the energy of the wave.
doubles
What are mechanical waves?
Waves that use a medium
Which wave has the most energy?(pic in google docs)
Blue
What frequency range are most humans able to hear?
20-20,000Hz
Decreasing only the amplitude of a sound wave causes what to happen?
Makes the sound quieter.
Which has a greater effect on energy, doubling the amplitude or doubling the frequency of a wave?
Increasing the amplitude quadruples the energy of the wave.
Either decreasing the number of waves per second or decreasing the height of waves from the rest position results in ___________________.
a loss of energy in the wave.
The particles move perpendicular to the energy
transverse wave
The particles move parallel to the energy
longitudinal wave
The energy in a longitudinal wave is moving down the medium in ______________________
compressions