WorksheetsScientific Models
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which model could be used to show how rocks are changed by tumbling in a fast river?
Using a hammer to smash some rocks.
Using a water bottle to slowly drip water on some rocks.
Shaking rocks in a water bottle or container vigorously.
Hitting two rocks together.
Some students used balls and a flashlight to model the Sun, the Earth and the Moon. What does this model NOT demonstrate?
The direction in which each object moves.
The amount of light Earth gets from the Sun.
The relative sizes of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.
The position of each object relative to others.
Lobsters have claws that allow them to grab and hold on to their food. Which of the following could be used to model the lobster’s claws?
A student wanted to make a model of a volcano. He put sand in the bottom of a shoe box and added a clay model of a volcano. What is the best way to model how volcanic eruptions change Earth’s surface?
Shake the box to move the sand around.
Empty a beaker of water over the volcano.
Place some rocks in the sand around the volcano.
Pour melted wax in the box and let it cool and harden.
A student made a model of the water cycle. She put some sand on one side of a pan and some water on the other side. What could they use to model how the sun causes ocean waters to evaporate?
What can this model help us understand?
What it feels like to breathe in and breathe out.
How our lungs inflate and deflate when we breathe in and breathe out.
The location of the lungs in our body.
How fish breathe under water.
Which of these is NOT a scientific model?
