Thanksgiving Science

Linda's turkey took two days to thaw. What type of change was the thawing turkey?

• chemical change

• physical change

• malleability

• magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

London helped her mother chop vegetables for dressing. While she was chopping the vegetables, she ate some of them.

What type of change occurred while the vegetables were being chopped?

What type of change occurred while London was eating the vegetables?

• physical: chopped vegetables and chemical: eating vegetables

• physical: eating vegetables and chemical: chopping vegetables

• both are physical changes

• both are chemical changes

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Randy is a vegetarian. His mother decided to make him a salad to eat for Thanksgiving. Salad is an example of a (an)...

• solution

• element

• compound

• mixture

Jamiah's bother wanted to help with Thanksgiving dinner, so their mother let him make sweet tea. Sweet tea is an example of a...

• mixture

• concentrated

• solution

• diluted

Jamiah's brother wanted to help with Thanksgiving dinner, so their mother let him make sweet tea. He added three times the amount of sugar the tea, making it undrinkable. Which of the following describes the tea?

• concentrated

• diluted

• solid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

On the way to their grandmother's house for Thanksgiving, Dominick and Samantha got into a fight over a tablet. Samantha was able to get the tablet away from her brother. Which sibling exerted the most force?

• Samantha

• Dominick

• the Dog

• their Father

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

On the way to their grandmother's house, Dominick and Samantha got into a fight over a tablet. Samantha was able to get the tablet away from her brother. Their fighting over the tablet is example of a (an)...

• balanced force

• magnetism

• non-contact force

• unbalanced force

Abby-Claire had to rearrange the chair and tables in the dining room so all of her family can fit for Thanksgiving dinner. She tried moving a table, but it stayed still. The unmoving table is an example of a (an)...

• unbalanced force

• balanced force

• gravity

• electric force

While making mashed potatoes, Yahir observed that when he added butter to the potatoes, the butter changed from a solid to a liquid. Which term explains why the butter changed from a solid to a liquid?

• freezing point

• boiling point

• melting point

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Mrs. Gratz prepared a spinach casserole for Rankin's staff Thanksgiving dinner. What chemical if responsible for the green color of the spinach?

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• photosynthesis

• mitochondria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6