Gizmo vocabulary - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Student Exploration: Earthquakes 1 – Recording Station Vocabulary: body wave, earthquake, epicenter, fault, focus, P-wave, S-wave, seismic wave, seismogram, seismograph Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) (2 marks) 1. Have you ever experienced an earthquake? If so, what did it feel like? My mom did. Firstly she felt Inaudible sound around the entire building, Entire building once.

Crumple Zones_Gizmo – ANSWER KEY Student Exploration 2022/2023 2019 Name: Date: Student Exploration: Crumple Zones Vocabulary: acceleration, airbag, collision avoidance system, crash test dummy, crumple zone, force, kinetic energy, Newton’s laws of motion, safety cell, seat belt, work, work-energy theorem Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Two burglars run down an alley at night, trying to escape the cops. Jack is carrying a rigid metal safe. Jill is carry...

Student Exploration: Moles Vocabulary: atomic mass, Avogadro constant, conversion factor, dimensional analysis, mole, molar mass, molecular mass, scientific notation, significant figures, unified atomic mass unit Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. In the image to the right, note a dozen eggs, a dozen donuts and a dozen roses. How many of each item do you have? 2. Would a dozen of each object have the same mass? 3. Suppose you have a dozen carbon atoms, a dozen...

Gizmos Student Exploration: Big Bang Theory – Hubble’s Law Vocabulary: absolute brightness, absorption spectrum, apparent brightness, Big Bang theory, blueshift, Cepheid variable, Doppler shift, Hubble constant, Hubble’s law, luminosity, megaparsec, period, redshift, spectrograph Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Standing by the side of a lonely highway at night, you see two motorcycle headlights, one in each direction. The headlight on your left appea...

Student Exploration: DistanceTime and Velocity-Time Graphs Questions with Correct Answers Name: Alyssa Hernandez Date: Student Exploration: Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs [NOTE TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: This lesson was designed as a follow-up to the Distance-Time Graphs Gizmo™. We recommend you complete that activity before this one.] Vocabulary: displacement, distance traveled, slope, speed, velocity Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Dora runs...

Student Exploration: Waves Questions and Answers 2024 Name: Jackeline Rosales Date: 02/0217 Student Exploration: Waves Vocabulary: amplitude, compression, crest, frequency, longitudinal wave, medium, period,power, rarefaction, transverse wave, trough, wave, wavelength, wave speed Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. A buoy is anchored to the ocean floor. A large wave approachesthe buoy. How will the buoy move as the wave goes by?

Student Exploration: Sled Wars Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary: acceleration, energy, friction, kinetic energy, momentum, potential energy, speed Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. A firefighter is trying to break through a door. Is he more likely to break through if he runs at the door very slowly or if he runs at the door very fast? Explain your answer. 2. Two fir...

Student Exploration: Coulomb Force (Static) Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary: Coulomb’s law, electrostatic force, vector Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.). Have you ever taken clothes out of the dryer and found a sock stuck to your underwear? Static cling is an example of electrostatic forces, or the forces that exist between charged objects. 1. How do you think ...

Gizmo Solar System Explorer 2024 - All Answers are Correct Student Exploration: Solar System Explorer Vocabulary: astronomical unit, dwarf planet, eccentricity, ellipse, gas giant, Kepler’s laws, orbit, orbital radius, period, planet, solar system, terrestrial planet