Lesson 22 of 84 · Electricity
Simulation⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark LabFrom Tadpole to Frog
Electricity.
🎯 Your mission
Push the limits. See what changes.
⚡ The twist
Speed isn't the same as force. Don't mix them up.
Mind = Blown
🔥 A bolt of lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: where does the energy go?
What You'll Learn
Photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose. Plants use carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil, releasing oxygen as a byproduct.
Key Words
- vertebrate
- invertebrate
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Compare the skeletal structures of a bird wing, human arm, and whale flipper using diagrams. Identify homologous bones and write what this tells us about common ancestry.
Observe what happens and describe it in detail.
Record your observations in your science journal with measurements and descriptions.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which is NOT a characteristic of all living things?
Where you see this in real life
This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.
For the dinner table
“Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”
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