Ecology
GEOLOGY
Chemistry
Biology
Astronomy
Ms. Keefe Lore
100

What an herbivore eats.

What is plants?

100

The scientist who came up with the Theory of Continental drift.

Who was Alfred Wegener??

100

Anthing that has MASS and VOLUME.

What is matter?

100

The organelle that directs the cells activities.

What is the nucleus?

100

DAILY DOUBLE!!! DOUBLE POINTS FOR A CORRECT ANSWER!!!

The percentage of the moon that is always lit by the sun.  (Except during an eclipse)

What is 50%?

100

Ms. Keefe has a collection of these

What are bugs

200

These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis. 

What are Plants/Producers/Autotrophs?  

200

Going from inner layer to outer layer, name the 4 layers of the earth.

What is the inner core, the outer core, the mantle, and the crust?

200

When water goes from a liquid to a gas.

What is vaporization (evaporation)?

200

The total magnification of a microscope that has an eyepiece that magnifies 5x and an objective lens that magnifies 30x

What is 150x?

200

A diagram showing the earth, sun and moon during a solar eclipse. Include light/dark on objects.

Double points if you include the umbra.

A correct diagram should include all 3 objects in a straight line.

200

This is Ms. Keefe's summer job

What is Summer Camp/Nature Specialist/Animal Carer

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!!! DOUBLE POINTS FOR A CORRECT ANSWER!!!


The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.

What is a host?

300

Name the boundary when two tectonic plates push against each other.

What is a convergent boundary?

300

When the temperature of a substance increases, the particles of the substance do this.

What is gain energy/speed up/spread apart?

(must have at least 2 of the 3 above)

300

The correct order for the following terms, from smallest to largest:

organ-   organelle-   organism-   tissue-  cell-  Organ system-

What is:  organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism?

300

The names of the gas giants, in order from the sun.

What is: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?

300

This is Ms. Keefe's favorite musical

What is Hamilton

400

Which type of symbiotic relationship?

Bacteria and the human colon:  Bacteria live in the colon of humans and are able to feed off the indigestible food that the human body cannot break down (cellulose of plants).  In the process of breaking down the food, the bacteria also make much-needed vitamins that the human body in turn can use to keep healthy.

What is mutualism?

400

Describe what happens at a transform boundary.

What is two plates move horizontally past one another?

400

The state of matter represented in model A. (You must give at least two reasons for your choice)

What is a solid?

Reasons: Particles close together, particles arranged in regular pattern (specific shape), particles strongly attracted to each other

400

Humans have skin, which separates us from the environment around us.  Cells have.....

(name the part of the cell that does what our skin does)

What is a cell membrane?

400

The phases of the moon, starting with a new moon.

What are:  New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent?

400

How many siblings does Ms. Keefe have? (Double points if you can correctly guess their gender(s))

What is 2 (both girls)

500

Examine the food web below. Using just this information, which animal is more likely to be a keystone species? The baleen whale or the leopard seal?

What is the leopard seal (the leopard seal has more feeding relationships with other organisms)

500

The type of space object this is and two pieces of evidence that support your choice:

What is a comet?

    *orbits sun

    *elliptical orbit (distance from sun changes a lot)

     *icy

      *very small

500

Describe the model below using chemistry terms or concepts.

What is:

 *This is a molecule

Below are some possible answers:

 *This molecule is made of 3 atoms

  *The atoms are held together by chemical bonds (difficult/impossible to break attraction)

*This molecule consists of two elements; oxygen and nitrogen

500

Two cell structures that can be found in unicellular autotrophs, but not in multicellular heterotrophs.

What are cell walls and chloroplasts?

500

The force of gravity between the two objects in the diagram below:

What is 

500

This was Ms. Keefe's favorite cartoon in middle school. It was about a set of twins staying with their Great Uncle for the summer in Oregon solving mysteries.

What is Gravity Falls


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