Final Four

Pokemon STAAR League Bonus day

Something strange happened last week…

For today's warm up Make a mini anchor chart
about any science topic

Last time…

you think this is
over? Think again…

You Couldn't have
forgotten about
us...

The elite 4!

Do you have
what it takes???

• ​The Elite Four is a title given to four Pokemon Trainers that qualify as being the best Trainers in their region.

• In order to challenge the Elite Four, a Trainer must first acquire a total of 8 Badges

• Upon battling them, the challenger must face all of them consecutively.

The elite 4 Want to fight!

Answer the questions to defeat their pokemon...

"​Get ready to lose!"
a voice yelled from behind A door

Elite Member #1 Mrs. Lopez wants to fight!!!

Multiple Choice

Which two objects require electricity to function

• The hot plate and the thermometer

• The triple beam balance and the stopwatch

• The thermometer and the triple beam balance

• The Stopwatch and the hotplate

Multiple Choice

• Light and electrical

• mechanical and electrical

• light and thermal

• mechanical and thermal

Multiple Choice

What change will reduce the amount of force needed to move the masses?

• Decrease the height of the ramp

• Increase the height of the ramp

• Ad an additional mass

• Pull the spring scale with two hants

Multiple Select

Which procedures should be completed during the trial? (Pick more than one)

• Change the length of the balsa wood for each trial

• Use different wads of paper for each trial

• Record data for force and distance for each trial

• use a metric ruler for each trial

• Do at least 3 trials

Elite Member #1 Mrs. Lopez’s Pokemon Fainted!

​"Try as hard as you can, you'll never defeat me!" A voice boomed From behind the second door

Elite Member #2 Mrs. Mclain wants to fight!!!

Multiple Choice

WHich ansert choice best classifies the natural resources in the chart

• Renewable: coal, air, tree

  Nonrenewable: petroleum, wheat, natural gas, sheep, lake, fish

• Renewable: coal, petroleum, natural gas, lake

  Nonrenewable: air, tree, wheat, sheep, fish

• Renewable: tree, wheat, sheep, fish

  Nonrenewable: coal, air, petroleum, natural gas, lake

• Renewable: air, tree, wheat, sheep, lake, fish

  Nonrenewable: coal, petroleum, natural gas

Multiple Choice

Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine. In 1900 at the World Fair in Paris, he used a renewable resource to demonstrate his engine. Which of these fuels did he use?

• Coal

• Crude Oal

• Gasolin

• Peanut Oil

• Petroleum

Elite Member #2 Mrs. Mclain’s Pokemon Fainted!

"​Didn't think you'd make it this far!
You're no match for me!"
A voice screeched From behind the illuminating third door

Elite Member #3 Ms. Sison wants to fight!!!

Multiple Select

Which activities are examples of living things interacting with a nonliving component of its ecosystem? Select more than one

• A caterpillar eating a leaf

• Fish hiding under a rock

• A sunflower turned to face the sun

• Water flowing over a waterfall

• A bee pollinating a flower

Multiple Choice

How many types of organisms in this food web obtain their energy directly from producers?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

Multiple Choice

A student wants to plant a garden. The student knows that the soil needs more nutrients before the garden is planted. Which of these could be added to the soul to provide the plants with the most additional nutrients?

• Sand, because it will help the soil drain

• Gravel, because it will make the soul more stable

• Humus, because it contains decaying organic matter

• Silt, because it contains very small particles

Elite Member #3 Ms. Sison’s Pokemon Fainted!

Finally... The last door...
"​Double, double, toil and trouble

Ready for a double dose of defeat!?"
Two voices cackled From behind the doors. WAIT two!?!?

Elite Members #4 The ELA Teachers want to fight!!!

Multiple Choice

Which diagram models the process of compaction leading to the formation of sedimentary rock

• F

• H

• G

• J

Multiple Choice

Which action is most likely happening in section Y in the diagram

• Wind and rain compacting into larger pieces

• Water carrying rocky material to a new location

• Chemicals in water gluing sediments to each other

• Pressure causing layers of sediment to form over time

Multiple Choice

Which landform is NOT the result of deposition?

• A canyon

• A delta

• A dune

• A floodplain

Elite Members #4 The ELA Teachers’ Pokemon Fainted!

​Congrats!!
You defeated the final four!!!

But wait...
This isn't an exit...

A voice is coming from the door, "HAHAHAHA"
it was so loud, your brain is rattling

"Leaving so soon!?

You can't call yourself pokemon masters yet!!!"

Not without Fighting me!!!!!

Pokemon Champion Ms. Zavala wants to fight!!!

Good Luck!

• Ms. Zavala has been a Pokemon Champion and professor for years.

• She is a Pokemon master in the sense she has caught and studied hundreds of Pokemon

• She has competed in many different Pokemon leagues collecting tens or even hundreds of badges.

• Ms. Zavala has beaten many Pokemon champions from other regions.

• She has gifted you with knowledge, strength, passion, and determination...

• Can you defeat her game???

Multiple Choice

Students collected the data shown and want to know why temperatures are higher when there are more hours of daylight. Which of the following best explains the data in the table?

• The angle of the sun causes the changes in temperature

• More sunlight leads to lower temperature

• Less sunlight leads to higher temperatures

• Winter in Austin is warmer than most places

Multiple Choice

How would the population of these organisms change if the owls move out of the ecosystem

• The population of the skunks would increase and the population of the opossums would decrease

• The population of all organisms would decrease

• The population of skunks and opossums would increase

• The population of all organisms would increase

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between the total mass of all the liquids and the total mass of solids used in the investigation

• 4 grams

• 64 grams

• 84 grams

• 94 grams

Multiple Choice

Based on the table, which anphibian's habitat is most likely on the forest floor of a tropical rainforest?

• Cave salemander

• smooth-sided toad

• acolotl

• amboreal salamander