Green Thumb
Old Bones
Collision Course
Epic Fails
"Loaded" Questions
100
This technique is when you spray fields to prevent mosquitoes
What is a pesticide ?
100
Scientists that study fossils are called
Paleontologists
100
The Rocky Mountains formed by what type of plate boundary?
Convergent plate boundary
100
Twisting is this type of force...
What is TORSION
100
People walking up and down a staircase are an example of a _______________ _____________
Live load
200
The function of petals on a flower.
What is attract pollinators ?
200
When an organism is burried under many layers of sediment, pressure and heat build up, leaving a thin film of carbon residue on the rock surfaces. This residue forms the outline of the organism and is called .
carbonaceous film
200
The region of the Earth that has the highest number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions each year
The Ring of Fire
200
When a structure breaks in a way that it is no longer useable, it is called...
What is STRUCTURAL FAILURE
200
This type of structure has a hollow interior, and spreads out loads across the entire structure.
What is shell structure
300
Rhizomes, Suckers and Runners are all ways that plants do this.
What is reproduce asexually?
300
What process is this..
- Water penetrates the bones of the dead animal and dissolves the calcium carbonate in the bones
- Silica (quartz), a hard mineral, deposits on the bones and stays, turning the bones into a petrified (rock-like) substance.
How bones become petrified
300
When 2 plates collide, one plate is forced under the other in areas called
Subduction Zone
300
This occurs when a twisting force is applied to a piece of metal repeatedly, causing it to break.
Metal fatigue
300
One key difference between mass and weight.
What units are used to measure them?
Mass is measured in kilograms and does not change. Weight is the force of gravity acting on an object, and is measured in Newtons. Weight can change depending on the gravitational force.
400
A plant performs photosynthesis in the _______________ to create _______________ for the plant to grow. Respiration allows the plant to create _________________.
___________________ (water evaporating out of the leaves of the plant) allows the plant to perform _____________ at the roots.
leaves, sugar, energy, transpiration, osmosis.
400
Which is more likely to be preserved as a fossil?
- The fur of a mammal
- The skin from a snake
- The shell of a snail
- An earthworm
Shell of a snail
400
Name the 4 pieces of evidence Alfred Wegener used to support his theory of Continental Drift
1. Geologic evidence (mountain ranges and other landscape formations connect across continents)
2. Biological evidence (same fossils found on different continents)
3. Evidence for climate change (glacier evidence in warm climates, coal formation in cold climates)
4. Puzzle piece continents
400
Picture this: you are trying to find the most stable position to ride the C-train. Your options are:
1. Lay down, flat on your back on the floor
2. Stand on one foot, with your arms out
Which do you pick, and WHY
1. because it allows you to have the lowest center of gravity
400
Small wooden cylinders called dowels are an example of a rigid joint called
Interlocking shapes
500
This is the interior part of a seed that feeds the embryo.
What is the cotyledon?
500
In what type of rock are fossils found?
Sedimentary
500
Explain how a sedimentary rock could be turned into a metamorphic and igneous rock.
500
This is an internal force that acts when scissors are used to cut paper.
What is SHEAR
500
The type of bridge shown here
Cantilever bridge