GRADE 6 SCIENCE
BELLRINGERS                                                 Prepared by Paulette Cefalu-Walkwitz


1.  Identify the difference between a description and an explanation. 

2.  Describe the movement of atoms in solid, liquid, and gaseous states.

3.  Identify how particle size of the same reactant affects the rate of chemical reactions.

4.  Identify velocity.

5.  How does velocity differ from speed?

6.  Identify acceleration, deceleration, and constant speed.

7.  Identify balanced and unbalanced forces.

8.  Explain net force.

9.  Identify examples of forces.

10.  Describe friction.

11.  Describe gravity.

12.  Describe how resistance of materials affects electrical flow.

13.  Identify objects with potential and kinetic energy. 

14.  Identify forms of energy.

15.  Explain transmission.

16.  Identify reflection.

17.  Identify absorption of sound, light, and heat energy.

18.  Explain the law of conservation of energy.

19.  Describe energy transformations in a simple system.

20.  Recognize and compare heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation).

21.  Identify ways electricity is produced.

22.  Identify exothermic and endothermic reactions.

23.  Identify wave characteristics.

24.  Explain how humans see an object's color based on the wavelength of light transmitted to the viewer's eye.

25.  Describe how inexhaustible energy is harnessed for energy production.

26.  Identify methods for sustaining renewable resources.

27.  Identify ways to reuse, recycle, and reduce.

28.  Describe how technology influences resource use in an ecosystem.