Gizmos Student Exploration Exam Bundle|All Units |Questions with Correct Answers Graded A

Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary: density, mass, matter, volume Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. List three objects that you think would sink in water, and three o...

Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary: dipole, dipole-dipole force, dipole-induced dipole force, electronegativity, intermolecular force, ionic bond, London dispersion force, molecule, nonpolar, nonpo...

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 (CO2) from the ...

Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary: acid, base, catalyst, chemical change, coefficient, conservation of matter, decomposition, dissolve, double replacement, endothermic, exothermic, indicator, ion,...

Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) In many science fiction movies, an evil alien spaceship explodes with an enormous KABOOM!! Suppose you were floating in space at a safe distance from a large explosion such as the supernova at left. Do you think you would you hear ...

Vocabulary: antinode, compression, displacement, frequency, interference, longitudinal wave, medium, node, rarefaction, standing wave Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.) In many science fiction movies, an evil alien spaceship explodes with an enormous KABOOM!! Suppo...

[Note to teachers and students: This Gizmo was designed as a follow-up to the Nuclear Decay Gizmo. We recommend doing that activity before trying this one. Vocabulary: chain reaction, CNO cycle, catalyst, deuterium, electron volt, fission, fusion, isotope, nuclear reaction, positron, positron em...

Vocabulary: ATP, bacteria, carbon dioxide (CO2), cell, cellular respiration, compound light microscope, eukaryote, multicellular, muscle cell, neuron, organelle, photosynthesis, prokaryote, protist, red blood cell, root hair cell, tissue, unicellular, white blood cell Prior Knowledge Questions (D...

Vocabulary: Avogadro’s number, balanced equation, cancel, coefficient, conversion factor, dimensional analysis, molar mass, mole, molecular mass, stoichiometry Activity A: Moles Get the Gizmo ready: ● Check that the equation is still: Fe2O3 + 3CO 2Fe + 3CO2 ● If not, click New equation ...

Vocabulary: artificial selection, breed, chromosome, evolution, fitness, genotype, mutation, natural selection, phenotype [Note to teachers and students: This Gizmo was designed as a follow-up to the Evolution: Mutation and Selection Gizmo. We recommend doing that activity before trying this on...

Vocabulary: angle of incidence, angle of refraction, frequency, index of refraction, medium, refraction, Snell’s law, total internal reflection, wave front, wavelength, wave speed Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Two runners ran side by side, each holding one end o...

Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary: attract, bar magnet, ferromagnetic, magnetize, north pole, repel, south pole Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. What happens when ...

Prior Knowledge Questions [class discussion] 1. How are you similar to your parents? 2. How are you different from your parents? 3. A trait is a characteristic. Think about your physical traits (eye color, skin tone, height, hair, face, allergies, etc.) What traits do you think you inherited,...

Vocabulary: angle of incidence, angle of refraction, frequency, index of refraction, medium, refraction, Snell’s law, total internal reflection, wave front, wavelength, wave speed Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Two runners ran side by side, each holding one end of...

Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary: component, dot product, magnitude, resultant, scalar, unit vector notation, vector Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.) An airplane is tr...