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Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion) Student Exploration: Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion) Vocabulary: acceleration, free fall, trajectory, vector, velocity Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Eccentric billionaire Veda Hussert has invented a “banana cannon” to help feed the monkeys on her personal wildlife preserve. To feed a monkey high in the trees, simply aim the cannon at the monkey and fire a banana! Unfor...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Evolution Mutation and Selection Student Exploration: Evolution: Mutation and Selection Vocabulary: adaptation, allele, chromosome, evolution, fitness, gene, genotype, mutation, natural selection, phenotype, trait Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Imagine a white lizard and a brown lizard sitting on a brown rock. A hawk is circling overhead hunting for its next meal. Which lizard do you think the hawk would most ...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Digestive System Student Exploration: Digestive System Vocabulary: absorption, amino acid, carbohydrate, chemical digestion, chyme, complex carbohydrate, digestion, digestive system, elimination, enzyme, fat, fatty acid, fiber, food calorie, mechanical digestion, monoglyceride, nutrient, peristalsis, protein, starch, sugar, villus Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Why do we need to eat food? Food provides us with...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Diffusion Student Exploration: Diffusion Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary : absolute zero, controlled experiment, diffusion, dynamic equilibrium, Kelvin scale, kinetic energy Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo .) Have you ever smelled microwave popcorn? The oddly enticing scent can fill a whole house. How do you think t...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Coastal Winds and Clouds Student Exploration: Coastal Winds and Clouds Vocabulary: condensation, convection, convection current, land breeze, sea breeze Condensation: change from a gas to a liquid Convection: Transfer of heat through movement of a fluid. Convection Current: the circular motion of a fluid (such as air) in which hot material rises while cold material sinks. Land breeze: A wind that blows from the land to the sea. Sea breeze: ...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Calorimetry Lab Student Exploration: Calorimetry Lab Vocabulary : calorie, calorimeter, joule, specific heat capacity Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo .) 1. The La tin word calor means “hea t,” and m eter comes from the Greek word meaning “to measure.” What do you think a calorimeter does? Measures heat. 2. Where have you heard the word calorie before? What do you think a calorie is? With food, the amount of...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Building Pangaea Student Exploration: Building Pangaea Vocabulary: continental drift, fossil, glacier, ice age, landmass, Pangaea, supercontinent Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Antarctica is a frozen land, so cold and icy that no trees can grow there. Yet scientists have discovered fossils (remains preserved in rock) of ancient trees in Antarctica. What do you think this means? ________________________________...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Stephanie DeBise Carbon Cycling Student Exploration: Carbon Cycle Vocabulary : atmosphere, biomass, biosphere, carbon reservoir, carbon sink, fossil fuel, geosphere, greenhouse gas, hydrosphere, lithosphere, photosynthesis Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) In the process of photosynthesis , plants take in carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere and water (H 2 O) from the soil. Using the energy of sunlight, plants build molecules of ...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Star Spectra Student Exploration: Star Spectra Vocabulary: absorption spectrum, binary star, blueshift, Cepheid variable, emission spectrum, giant star, nebula, redshift, spectrum, star Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. What happens when light goes through a prism? Light bends and the visible spectrum showing the colors of the rainbow are visible. This band of colors is called a spectrum. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, ...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Solubility Temperature SE Key 2 Solubility and Temperature Answer Key Vocabulary: concentration, dissolve, homogeneous mixture, solubility, solubility curve, solute, solution, solvent Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) [Note: The purpose of these questions is to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking. Students are not expected to know the answers to the Prior Knowledge Questions.] 1. What happens when you stir a spoonful of...