Which system allows matter and energy to enter and leave?
What is an open system
100
What is the name of the process that turns a gas into a liquid?
What is condensation
100
What organism is responsible for converting nitrogen into various forms in the nitrogen cycle?
What is bacteria
100
What is in the center of atoms with protons and neutrons inside of it?
What is a nucleus
100
What is the largest source of energy for the Earth? (Hint: 99% comes from this)
What is the sun
200
Which system doesn't allow matter to enter and leave and only allows some energy to enter and leave?
What is a closed system
200
What is the name of the process in which water is being filtered into the ground?
What is infiltration
200
Where is nitrogen most commonly found/stored on Earth?
What is the atmosphere
200
Are the periods the rows or the columns on the periodic table?
What is the rows
200
If an object is moving, what type of energy does it have?
What is kinetic energy
300
Which sphere includes ALL living things on Earth?
What is the biosphere
300
What is the name of the process in which water is traveling on the surface to nearby larger bodies of water?
What is runoff
300
What is a body of water called with little to no oxygen left causing there to be little to no aquatic life?
What is a Dead Zone
300
Which category an the periodic table has a full outer shell and has low reactivity with other elements?
What is noble gas
300
What is the first law of thermodynamics? Provide an example.
What is energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred from 1 form to another. Possible examples: solar energy powers solar panel to create electrical energy, electrical energy powers light bulb which produces light energy, etc.
400
The atmosphere contains what?
What is a blanket of gasses that surrounds the entire Earth extending to the edge of space
400
List the 6 main processes in the Water Cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, transpiration, and runoff
400
Provide an example of how humans can affect the water cycle by excess nitrogen issues.
What is fertilizer running into a body water; manure running into a body of water, etc.
400
If 2 elements are sharing valence electrons, what type of bond is this?
What is covalent bond
400
As energy changes form what happens to most of it?
What is it is lost as thermal energy
500
List all of the spheres and give an example for each.
What is Hydrosphere (Oceans, rivers, etc.), Biosphere (Humans, animals, etc.), Atmosphere (Carbon, Nitrogen, etc.), and Geosphere (Rocks, sand, etc.)
500
What would happen if a shopping center was built on an undeveloped area of land?
What is runoff will increase causing excess runoff, which can lead to flooding and other environmental issues
500
List at least 3 transfers throughout the nitrogen cycle.
What is cow eats plant, cow produces waste, waste flows into water body, etc.
500
List all of the info given on the periodic table for an oxygen element (Hint: Mass Number cannot be found on your periodic table)
What is Atomic Number:8, Atomic Mass:16.00, Element Name:Oxygen, Chemical Symbol:O, Period :2, Group:6
500
A 10kg ball is rolling down a hill at a speed of 15 m/s. How much energy (Joules) does it have?