Amplify Science

Define Environment

• all the living and non living things in an area

• to stay alive

• how an animal gets information from its environment

• the way something is shaped or what it is made out of that makes it good for a specific function

Animals can get a lot of information from their environment by...

• smelling

• hearing

• seeing

• touching

• tasting

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What does it mean to convert energy?

• to change one form of energy to another form

• to use up the power

• to plug something in

• to turn it off

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What is a system?

• some things

• machines

• electricity

• parts that work together

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Analyze results

Draw conclusions

Ask a question

Communicate results

Form a hypothesis

Conduct experiment

Identify an example of each of the three states of matter present when the candle is burning.

• The fire/flame

• Liquid

• The melting wax

• Solid

• The hard wax of the candle

• Gas

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Match the following

• B

• Transpiration

• D

• Evaporation

• A

• Condensation

• C

• Precipitation

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What is energy?

• The ability to make things move or change

• electricity

• eating food

• plugging something into the wall

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Choose all the different forms of energy.

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

• light energy

• electrical energy

• food energy

How does electrical energy travel?

• upstairs

• through wires

• on a train

• in a car battery