Science Reading

Right now, more than 80 percent of the energy that powers our modern lifestyle comes from oil, coal, and natural gas. These are called __________ (p4)

• Greenhouse gasses

• Fossil Fuels

• Solar Power

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The sun is a powerful __________. (p6)

• superpower

• moon

• star

• planet

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Without the sun, plants would not be able to make __________ to survive. (p8)

• pollen

• stem

• energy

• petals

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Solar power, wind, flowing water, and biofuels are major sources of alternative ____________ energy. (p9)

• non-renewable

• renewable

• power

• electric

Design a project to compare the effects of physical changes (such as temperature and pressure) on different states of matter.

• Heat and cool water, ice, and steam to observe changes in state and record temperatures at which these changes occur.

• Freeze and melt different metals to see which one has the highest melting point.

• Apply pressure to various solids to determine their hardness.

• Observe the color changes in substances when heated without measuring temperature.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Which of the following is not a characteristic of gas?

• Has a definite volume

• Fills the shape of its container

• Can be compressed

• Expands to fill its container

What is not a property of all matter?

• Mass

• Volume

• Color

• Density

What state of matter has a definite shape and volume?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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What is the boiling point of water?

• 100 degrees Celsius

• 50 degrees Celsius

• 0 degrees Celsius

• 200 degrees Celsius

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__________ __________ (p16) work even better in space than they do on Earth.