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"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."-Albert Einstein
Click on the continent of Asia to continue your adventure through the Wild Wild Earth!
Europe
Asia
North America
Africa
South America
Australia
Antarctica
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Click on Myanmar.
Myanmar
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Quick review! Click on the boxes below to correctly complete each sentence. Click on the blue check box to receive the code.
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In the core of the sun, hydrogen nuclei fuse to form one helium atom. During the fusion process, radiant energy is released.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen
Helium
Energy
Back
The energy needed for life on Earth, begins in the sun.
Radiant energy travels through space, over 90 million miles, to Earth!
True or False: The energy animals (including you) need to eat, grow, move, and stay warm orginated over 90 million miles away.
True
False
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Energy from the sun gets used in many ways on Earth!In photosynthesis, plants convert light (radiant) energy, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen gas and sugar (chemical energy).
Animals either eat plants to obtain chemical energy in the form of sugaror they eat other animals that ate plants.
What do plants make, using photosynthesis, that animals need?
Carbon Dioxide and Water
Oxygen and Water
Oxygen and Food
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Scroll over the tiger to learn more
Back
Endotherms, like this Bengal Tiger, maintain a constant body temperature by converting most of the stored chemical energy from their food into thermal energy.
True or False: Energy cannot be converted into different forms.
True
False
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Back
Scroll over the lizard to learn more!
This fan throated lizard is an ectotherm.
Ectotherms have body temperatures that rise and fall along with the temperature of the surrounding environment. In the image above, ________ energy is converting to __________ energy as the sunlight warms up the lizard.
Radiant, Electrical
Thermal, Radiant
Electrical, Thermal
Radiant, Thermal
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Back
If the activity does not load, click BACK and try again.
The Blue Peacock is an endotherm. Most of the food (chemical) energy it eats is converted to thermal energy (body heat). But, some of its food energy is also converted to energy to help it move, such as when males rattle their feathers (trying to catch the eye of the females)!
Arrange the cards in order (by dragging) to correctly show energy begins in the sun and eventually becomes energy the peacock uses. Click on the information icon in each card for helpful information.
Click here when cards are in order.
Click on India.
Back
India
Back
Next you travel through Northern India, just south of the Indian Himalayas.
NEXT
Back
The body temperatures of ectotherms depend on external sources, such as sunlight or a heated rock surface. Endotherms get the energy they need to stay warm mostly from their food. Most of the food (chemical energy) an endotherm eats is converted to body heat.
Select the animal below who has a body that keeps its temperature about the same no matter how warm or cold it is outside.
The Black Panther is an Endotherm.
The Asian Water Monitor is an Ectotherm.
Back
The body temperatures of ectotherms depend on external sources, such as sunlight or a heated rock surface. Endotherms get the energy they need to stay warm mostly from their food. Most of the food (chemical energy) an endotherm eats is converted to body heat.
Select the animal who has a body that changes temperature based on the environmental conditions.
The Indian Flapshell Turtle is an ectotherm.
The Bengal Tiger is an endotherm.
Nuclear Fusion in Sun
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Solar Radiation
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Back
Veiled Chameleon
You must get the next four questions correct.
Question One:
True or False: Energy can exist in many different forms.
False
True
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Fusion in Sun
Solar Radiation
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Veiled Chameleon
You must get ALL four questions correct.
Back
Question Two:
True or False: Energy can change from one form to another.
False
True
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Nuclear Fusion in Sun
Solar Radiation
Click here.
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Veiled Chameleon
Back
You must get ALL four questions correct.
Question Three:
Which option below shows forms energy takes (in order from left to right) from inside the sun all the way to the lizard?
Nuclear Fusion, Thermal Energy, Solar Radiation
Nuclear Fusion, Solar Radiation, Thermal Energy
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Nuclear Fusion in Sun
Solar Radiation
Click here.
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Back
Veiled Chameleon
You must get ALL four questions correct.
Question Four:
Why does the lizard like laying out in the sun?
The solar radiation has a calming effect on the particles that make up the lizard's body.
The solar radiation causes the particles that make up the lizard's body to vibrate faster, which increases its body temperature.
Back
You got all four questions correct. Great work!
Click here to continue on!
Back
Click on Nepal.
Nepal
Back
As you look out at the Himalayas, you notice that bottom of the mountains are green and the tops of the mountains are snowy.
What happens to the air temperature as you move up the mountain?
The temperature increases.
The temperature decreases.
Back
That's correct, the average temperature in June in Nepal is about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. But, the high temperature at the top of Mount Everest is below 0 degrees Fahrenheit!
What happens to the motion of the air molecules as you move up the mountain?
They slow down, a lot!
They speed up, a lot!
Back
Air at the top of the mountain is much less dense than air at low elevations. There are fewer nitrogen, oxygen, and other gas molecules in each breath animals (including people) take.
Click on the mountain peak to continue.
Air at the bottom of the mountain is much more dense than air at high elevations. There are more nitrogen, oxygen, and other gas molecules in each breath animals (including people) take.
Back
Help
Since there are FEWER oxygen molecules way up in here in the mountain air,We have enlarged hearts and lungs that help us get the oxygen we need.
If the image above represents the air at the bottom of the mountain, which option below best respresents the air at the top of the mountain?
Not to brag, but us yaks are pretty amazing. Our bodies are adapted for living in this cold and thin air.
Option A
Option B
Help
Back
What is the main reason that climbers have a hard time breathing on top of Mount Everest compared to on the bottom of the mountain?
The are fewer oxygen gas molecules in every breathe.
The air is too cold.
The air is too dense.
Back
Click on Pakistan.
Great work!
Pakistan
Back
Next you head towards the Indus River in Pakistan.
Click on the solid form of water than can be seen in this image.
Back
Most of the water in the Indus River comes from melted snow and glaciers.
Click on the part of the diagram below that represents the process of a solid turning into liquid.
Condensation
This is where the Indus River begins.
Melting
Evaporation
Back
The Indus River flows into the Arabian Sea. Some of the surface water molecules from the Arabian Sea escape into the atmosphere as a gas.
Click on the part of the diagram below that represents the process of a liquid turning into gas.
Condensation
Melting
Evaporation
Some water molecules from the surface of the Arabian Sea get enough energy to escape into the air as a gas (water vapor).
Back
The colder air higher up in the atmosphere cannot hold as much water vapor as the warmer air in the lower atmosphere. Some of the water vapor turns into liquid water droplets. The water droplets come together to form clouds.
Click on the part of the diagram below that represents the process of a gas turning to liquid.
Condensation
Melting
Evaporation
Back
Water droplets get too heavy to stay suspended in the cloud and they fall to Earth as rain. Click on the heavy rain cloud to continue.
Back
If the activity does not load, click BACK and try again.
- added
- condensation
- freezing
- melting
- redstone
- removed
- vaporization
Word Bank
Complete the crossword puzzle by clicking on the numbers and typing in the correct word from the word bank. The code word you need is the bottom word in the puzzle.
Click here when you know the code word.
Type in the code word from the crossword puzzle.
lower case letters only
Back
Camels can travel up to 100 miles in the hot desert without water.
Where do you think camels store water?
In their humps
In their blood stream
Back
That's right!
Camels have special blood cells that are great at holding a lot of water. Camels can drink over 20 gallons of water at a time!
I'll give you a clue. It takes A LOT of energy to walk 100 miles in the desert. And there's not much food out here.
So what's in my hump then?
Click on the camel's hump to continue.
Believe it or not, camel humps do NOT store lots of water.
Camels have special blood cells that are great at holding a lot of water. Camels can drink over 20 gallons of water at a time!
I'll give you a clue. It takes A LOT of energy to walk 100 miles in the desert. And there's not much food out here.
Back
So what's in my hump then?
Click on the camel's hump to continue.
Our humps are filled with fat that we can use for energy for those times that we go a long time without eating.
Back
Someday I'll have a very impressive hump too! I can't wait!
What kind of energy is stored in the hump of a camel?
Electrical Energy
Chemical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Kinetic Energy
Back
What do you call a camel with no humps? HUMPHREY!
That's right, the fat in my hump is stored chemical energy. When I haven't eaten in a long time, my body metabolizes the fat, turning it into energy I need to keep moving.
A camel's body converts the fat (stored chemical energy) in its hump into energy the camel needs to move.
What kind of energy concerns motion?
kinetic energy
electrical energy
food
Click on Russia.
Back
Russia
Radiant energy is spread out over a larger area when it hits close to the North Pole.
Radiant energy is concentrated over a smaller area when it hits close to the equator.
Radiant energy is spread out over a larger area when it hits close to the South Pole.
Back
You travel from Saudi Arabia (high temperature today is 86°F) to Northern Russia (high temperature is 26°F). Why is it so much warmer in Saudi Arabia than it is Northern Russia?
The sun's rays hit Saudi Arabia more directly (are more concentrated) than Northern Russia.
The sun's rays hit Northern Russia more directly (are more concentrated) than Saudi Arabia.
Back
That's correct. Northern Russia does not get as much solar radiation as places near the equator.
Click on this glacier in the Ural Mountains of Russia to continue.
Back
Click here to simulate the particles in solids and liquids.
The solid water molecules that make up the snow in this Ural Mountain forest vibrate _________ than liquid water molecules and cannot flow because they are in ___________.
slower, changing positions
slower, fixed positions
faster, changing positions
faster, fixed positions
Back
During the warmer months, the snow melts and eventually flows into rivers. The molecules that make up the liquid water have _______ kinetic energy than they did as snow.
more
less
the same
Back
Before leaving Russia, you notice the beautiful Northern Lights. Charged particles from solar winds in space collide with the gases in our atmosphere. The extra energy from these collisions causes electrons to separate from the gas molecules and form plasma, the fourth (and arguably most beautiful) state of matter!
If the activity does not load, click BACK and try again.
Click here when cards are in order.
Arrange the states of matter in order of increasing energy to get the code.
Click here when you have the code.
This page is password protected
Enter the password
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Virtual Science Teachers
Part 1
Part 3
Wild Wild Earth
Part 4
Part 2
Forms of Energy, Transfer of Energy, Temperature, States of Matter
Presentation Version
Select here for access to student version from Virtual Science Teachers website.
Click on Earth to begin.
Virtual Science Teachers Copyright 2022
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."-Albert Einstein
Click on the continent of Asia to continue your adventure through the Wild Wild Earth!
Europe
Asia
North America
Africa
South America
Australia
Antarctica
Back
Click on Myanmar.
Myanmar
Back
Quick review! Click on the boxes below to correctly complete each sentence. Click on the blue check box to receive the code.
System A 27 degrees C
If the activity does not load, click BACK and try again.
Click here when you have the code.
System B 27 degrees C
You can write a title
Write a subtitle
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
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Enter the password
In the core of the sun, hydrogen nuclei fuse to form one helium atom. During the fusion process, radiant energy is released.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen
Helium
Energy
Back
The energy needed for life on Earth, begins in the sun.
Radiant energy travels through space, over 90 million miles, to Earth!
True or False: The energy animals (including you) need to eat, grow, move, and stay warm orginated over 90 million miles away.
True
False
You can write a title
Write a subtitle
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
Back
Energy from the sun gets used in many ways on Earth!In photosynthesis, plants convert light (radiant) energy, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen gas and sugar (chemical energy).
Animals either eat plants to obtain chemical energy in the form of sugaror they eat other animals that ate plants.
What do plants make, using photosynthesis, that animals need?
Carbon Dioxide and Water
Oxygen and Water
Oxygen and Food
You can write a title
Write a subtitle
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
Scroll over the tiger to learn more
Back
Endotherms, like this Bengal Tiger, maintain a constant body temperature by converting most of the stored chemical energy from their food into thermal energy.
True or False: Energy cannot be converted into different forms.
True
False
You can write a title
Write a subtitle
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
Back
Scroll over the lizard to learn more!
This fan throated lizard is an ectotherm.
Ectotherms have body temperatures that rise and fall along with the temperature of the surrounding environment. In the image above, ________ energy is converting to __________ energy as the sunlight warms up the lizard.
Radiant, Electrical
Thermal, Radiant
Electrical, Thermal
Radiant, Thermal
You can write a title
Write a subtitle
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
Back
If the activity does not load, click BACK and try again.
The Blue Peacock is an endotherm. Most of the food (chemical) energy it eats is converted to thermal energy (body heat). But, some of its food energy is also converted to energy to help it move, such as when males rattle their feathers (trying to catch the eye of the females)!
Arrange the cards in order (by dragging) to correctly show energy begins in the sun and eventually becomes energy the peacock uses. Click on the information icon in each card for helpful information.
Click here when cards are in order.
Click on India.
Back
India
Back
Next you travel through Northern India, just south of the Indian Himalayas.
NEXT
Back
The body temperatures of ectotherms depend on external sources, such as sunlight or a heated rock surface. Endotherms get the energy they need to stay warm mostly from their food. Most of the food (chemical energy) an endotherm eats is converted to body heat.
Select the animal below who has a body that keeps its temperature about the same no matter how warm or cold it is outside.
The Black Panther is an Endotherm.
The Asian Water Monitor is an Ectotherm.
Back
The body temperatures of ectotherms depend on external sources, such as sunlight or a heated rock surface. Endotherms get the energy they need to stay warm mostly from their food. Most of the food (chemical energy) an endotherm eats is converted to body heat.
Select the animal who has a body that changes temperature based on the environmental conditions.
The Indian Flapshell Turtle is an ectotherm.
The Bengal Tiger is an endotherm.
Nuclear Fusion in Sun
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Solar Radiation
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Back
Veiled Chameleon
You must get the next four questions correct.
Question One:
True or False: Energy can exist in many different forms.
False
True
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Fusion in Sun
Solar Radiation
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Veiled Chameleon
You must get ALL four questions correct.
Back
Question Two:
True or False: Energy can change from one form to another.
False
True
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Nuclear Fusion in Sun
Solar Radiation
Click here.
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Veiled Chameleon
Back
You must get ALL four questions correct.
Question Three:
Which option below shows forms energy takes (in order from left to right) from inside the sun all the way to the lizard?
Nuclear Fusion, Thermal Energy, Solar Radiation
Nuclear Fusion, Solar Radiation, Thermal Energy
Energy takes several forms and travels a LONG way before heating up the lizard!
Nuclear Fusion in Sun
Solar Radiation
Click here.
1. Nuclear fusion releases energy in the sun. 2. Some of the energy released from nuclear fusion travels through space to Earth (over 90 million miles!) in the form of solar radiation. 3. The solar radiation makes it all the way to Earth's atmosphere and surface where it is converted into thermal energy.
Click here.
I love sitting in the sun because it causes the paricles that make up ME to vibrate faster...which causes my body temperature to increase!
Back
Veiled Chameleon
You must get ALL four questions correct.
Question Four:
Why does the lizard like laying out in the sun?
The solar radiation has a calming effect on the particles that make up the lizard's body.
The solar radiation causes the particles that make up the lizard's body to vibrate faster, which increases its body temperature.
Back
You got all four questions correct. Great work!
Click here to continue on!
Back
Click on Nepal.
Nepal
Back
As you look out at the Himalayas, you notice that bottom of the mountains are green and the tops of the mountains are snowy.
What happens to the air temperature as you move up the mountain?
The temperature increases.
The temperature decreases.
Back
That's correct, the average temperature in June in Nepal is about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. But, the high temperature at the top of Mount Everest is below 0 degrees Fahrenheit!
What happens to the motion of the air molecules as you move up the mountain?
They slow down, a lot!
They speed up, a lot!
Back
Air at the top of the mountain is much less dense than air at low elevations. There are fewer nitrogen, oxygen, and other gas molecules in each breath animals (including people) take.
Click on the mountain peak to continue.
Air at the bottom of the mountain is much more dense than air at high elevations. There are more nitrogen, oxygen, and other gas molecules in each breath animals (including people) take.
Back
Help
Since there are FEWER oxygen molecules way up in here in the mountain air,We have enlarged hearts and lungs that help us get the oxygen we need.
If the image above represents the air at the bottom of the mountain, which option below best respresents the air at the top of the mountain?
Not to brag, but us yaks are pretty amazing. Our bodies are adapted for living in this cold and thin air.
Option A
Option B
Help
Back
What is the main reason that climbers have a hard time breathing on top of Mount Everest compared to on the bottom of the mountain?
The are fewer oxygen gas molecules in every breathe.
The air is too cold.
The air is too dense.
Back
Click on Pakistan.
Great work!
Pakistan
Back
Next you head towards the Indus River in Pakistan.
Click on the solid form of water than can be seen in this image.
Back
Most of the water in the Indus River comes from melted snow and glaciers.
Click on the part of the diagram below that represents the process of a solid turning into liquid.
Condensation
This is where the Indus River begins.
Melting
Evaporation
Back
The Indus River flows into the Arabian Sea. Some of the surface water molecules from the Arabian Sea escape into the atmosphere as a gas.
Click on the part of the diagram below that represents the process of a liquid turning into gas.
Condensation
Melting
Evaporation
Some water molecules from the surface of the Arabian Sea get enough energy to escape into the air as a gas (water vapor).
Back
The colder air higher up in the atmosphere cannot hold as much water vapor as the warmer air in the lower atmosphere. Some of the water vapor turns into liquid water droplets. The water droplets come together to form clouds.
Click on the part of the diagram below that represents the process of a gas turning to liquid.
Condensation
Melting
Evaporation
Back
Water droplets get too heavy to stay suspended in the cloud and they fall to Earth as rain. Click on the heavy rain cloud to continue.
Back
If the activity does not load, click BACK and try again.
Word Bank
Complete the crossword puzzle by clicking on the numbers and typing in the correct word from the word bank. The code word you need is the bottom word in the puzzle.
Click here when you know the code word.
Type in the code word from the crossword puzzle.
lower case letters only
Back
Camels can travel up to 100 miles in the hot desert without water.
Where do you think camels store water?
In their humps
In their blood stream
Back
That's right!
Camels have special blood cells that are great at holding a lot of water. Camels can drink over 20 gallons of water at a time!
I'll give you a clue. It takes A LOT of energy to walk 100 miles in the desert. And there's not much food out here.
So what's in my hump then?
Click on the camel's hump to continue.
Believe it or not, camel humps do NOT store lots of water.
Camels have special blood cells that are great at holding a lot of water. Camels can drink over 20 gallons of water at a time!
I'll give you a clue. It takes A LOT of energy to walk 100 miles in the desert. And there's not much food out here.
Back
So what's in my hump then?
Click on the camel's hump to continue.
Our humps are filled with fat that we can use for energy for those times that we go a long time without eating.
Back
Someday I'll have a very impressive hump too! I can't wait!
What kind of energy is stored in the hump of a camel?
Electrical Energy
Chemical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Kinetic Energy
Back
What do you call a camel with no humps? HUMPHREY!
That's right, the fat in my hump is stored chemical energy. When I haven't eaten in a long time, my body metabolizes the fat, turning it into energy I need to keep moving.
A camel's body converts the fat (stored chemical energy) in its hump into energy the camel needs to move.
What kind of energy concerns motion?
kinetic energy
electrical energy
food
Click on Russia.
Back
Russia
Radiant energy is spread out over a larger area when it hits close to the North Pole.
Radiant energy is concentrated over a smaller area when it hits close to the equator.
Radiant energy is spread out over a larger area when it hits close to the South Pole.
Back
You travel from Saudi Arabia (high temperature today is 86°F) to Northern Russia (high temperature is 26°F). Why is it so much warmer in Saudi Arabia than it is Northern Russia?
The sun's rays hit Saudi Arabia more directly (are more concentrated) than Northern Russia.
The sun's rays hit Northern Russia more directly (are more concentrated) than Saudi Arabia.
Back
That's correct. Northern Russia does not get as much solar radiation as places near the equator.
Click on this glacier in the Ural Mountains of Russia to continue.
Back
Click here to simulate the particles in solids and liquids.
The solid water molecules that make up the snow in this Ural Mountain forest vibrate _________ than liquid water molecules and cannot flow because they are in ___________.
slower, changing positions
slower, fixed positions
faster, changing positions
faster, fixed positions
Back
During the warmer months, the snow melts and eventually flows into rivers. The molecules that make up the liquid water have _______ kinetic energy than they did as snow.
more
less
the same
Back
Before leaving Russia, you notice the beautiful Northern Lights. Charged particles from solar winds in space collide with the gases in our atmosphere. The extra energy from these collisions causes electrons to separate from the gas molecules and form plasma, the fourth (and arguably most beautiful) state of matter!
If the activity does not load, click BACK and try again.
Click here when cards are in order.
Arrange the states of matter in order of increasing energy to get the code.
Click here when you have the code.
This page is password protected
Enter the password