Earth Sun & Moon
Plants and Animals
Food webs
Scientific Investigations
Survival in ecosystems
Symbiotic relatioships
Moon Phases
Weather fronts
100
What causes the seasons on Earth?
What is the earths Tilt?
100
A structure NOT found in animal cells
Cell wall
100
What is represented by food webs and energy pyramids?
What is the Energy flow?
100
What is the purpose of asking questions and defining problems in science?
What is to develop Hypotheses and offer solutions?
100
What supports the survival of different species?
What are Symbiotic Relationships?
100
What is it when both organisms are harmed by fighting over a resource?
Competition
100
What is the name of the moon phase that comes immediately after the new moon?
Waxing Crescent
100
What is this?
Warm front
200
If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere.
Winter
200
What organelle is letter A? (Stores water, food, waste and other substances)
Vacuole
200
What feeds only other animals?
carnivore
200
What is the role of hypotheses in scientific investigations?
To indicate relationships between independent and dependent variables
200
What is the primary cause of competition and cooperation among species?
What is the availability and use of limited resources?
200
What is it called when one organism benefits at the expense of the other?
Parasitism
200
Imagine you're on a space adventure, observing the moon as it changes shape! Which moon phase would you spot between the two shown in the pictures above?
Last Quarter
200
These symbols represent a/an ________
Cold front
300
What is the relationship between Earth's tilt and the sun?
It causes the seasons
300
What organelle is letter A? (the powerhouse of the cell)
Mitochondria
300
What feeds on dead organisms
decomposer
300
Four students performed four different investigations by combining different substances. Their results are shown in the table provided. In which experiment are new substances being formed?
Experiment 1
300
State the relationship between a fox and a rabbit
Predator and Prey
300
What is it called when one organism benefits while the other remains neutral?
Commensalism
300
Imagine you are an astronomer observing the moon’s phases as shown in this diagram. If you wanted to explain to your friends where the Sun must be positioned to create these phases, where would you place the Sun?
at the top
300
What type of weather does this symbol represent?
Clear skies and sunny
400
In the hemisphere experiencing winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?
away
400
What organelle is letter B (rigid outer boundary of the plant cell)?
cell wall
400
What feeds on both plants and animals?
Omnivore
400
To develop a hot-pack that will keep food warm throughout the day, engineers developed a model and tested it. During the testing, they recorded the temperatures the hot-pack reached, shown in the graph below. Based on the data provided in the graph, which statement best describes this chemical reaction?
This is an exothermic reaction because the hot pack is releasing thermal energy.
400
Bees and butterflies help pollinate plants, enabling them to reproduce while getting nectar from those plants. Which is best represented by this relationship?
Mutualism
400
What is it called when both organisms benefit? (help each other)
Mutualism
400
Which of the following choices has the moon phases in the correct order?
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third/last quarter, Waning Crescent
400
What type of weather does this symbol represent?
Storms and wind
500
In the hemisphere experiencing summer, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?
Towards
500
These storage structures are present in both animal cells and plant cells. However, in animal cells, there may be many small ones, but in plant cells, there is only a single large one.
vacuole
500
Which of the following best represents the base of most energy pyramids?
Producers
500
Marie had a beaker with a small amount of baking soda. She added a few drops of pickle juice to the baking soda and observed fizzing and bubbling. Based on her observation, which of these can Marie determine about the new substance formed by mixing the baking soda and pickle juice?
A chemical reaction produced a gas
500
In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?
70 deer
500
phids are insects that feed on plant sap, causing growth to slow, leaves to wilt, and in some cases, the death of the plant. Ladybugs, which also live on plants, feed on aphids. Ladybugs and plants show a ______ relationship
Mutualistic
500
What moon phase will occur about 14 days after the phase in the picture?
Full moon
500
What type of weather front occurs when a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass?
Cold Front
600
Why is the Equator warmest?
Because it received the most direct sunlight
600
This is a example of ........
organ
600
If the population of rabbits in a meadow ecosystem suddenly decreases, which of the following is most likely to occur?
The hawk population will decrease
600
Students mixed 2 liquids in a beaker and listed their observations below in the table. Based on these observations which statement contains the best evidence that a chemical reaction occurred?
The two liquids form a new substance referred to as a precipitate
600
What is lions Niche?
Hunt and eat prey
600
In some coral reefs, a symbiotic relationship exists between pygmy seahorses and sea fans. The pygmy seahorse can wrap its tail around the branches of the sea fan. This allows the pygmy seahorse to be camouflaged within the sea fan, protecting it from predators. The pygmy seahorse does not harm or benefit the sea fan while it grasps the branches with its tail.
Commensalism
600
What moon phase should be between the two shown?
Last Quarter
600
Which symbol is used on a weather map to represent a cold front?
A line with triangles pointing in the direction of movement
700
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?
Winter
700
This is a example of........
organ system
700
In a marine food web, if the population of small fish decreases, what might happen to the population of zooplankton?
It would likely increase
700
Students performed a lab investigation on chemical reactions. The students put on goggles and plastic gloves and then followed the steps below. Which observation would indicate that a chemical reaction occurred?
The temperature of the Vinegar increased in step 4
700
What is lions Niche?
Climate, temperature
700
The ocean sunfish is a large, flat fish that spends most of its time in deep water feeding mainly on jellyfish. Sunfish often have many species of copepods, small crustaceans that bury their heads into the soft tissue of the sunfish. Sunfish will swim to the surface of the water and lie sideways allowing seabirds to eat the copepods from their skin. What type of relationship does the Seabirds and the copepods?
Seabirds = Mutualism
Copepods = Parasitism
700
Where would the Sun need to be in this diagram to cause these phases of the moon?
At the Top
700
Near which two cities are the low pressure systems located?
Chicago & Seattle
800
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?
Summer
800
Which sequence describes the levels of organization from MOST organized to LEAST organized?
Organism, Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell
800
What introduces energy into a ecosystem?
the Sun
800
A scientist performed four investigations using eight different liquids. In each investigation, the scientist combined two of the liquids under a fume hood and recorded observations in the table below. In which investigation is it LEAST likely that the liquids reacted chemically?
Investigation 3
800
A biotic factor that limits the size of a population would be:
food
800
Which term best describes two predators living in the same habitat who feed on the same prey?
Competition
800
Which moon phases are "crescents"?
2 and 8
800
Which location is most likely experiencing warmer temperatures and higher humidity?
Location c
900
What are the reasons for the season?
Earths tilt and Revolution
900
What is the name of the organelle that controls the activities of an animal cell?
Nucleus
900
Which statement best explains the flow of energy as it moves through the different levels?
Energy decreases as it is lost as heat to the environment
900
For a laboratory investigation some students put a strip of shiny metal onto a beaker of blue solution and then stored the beaker on a shelf overnight. The next morning, the students recorded observations about the metal and the solution in the box below. Based on their observations, can the students correctly conclude that a chemical reaction occurred?
Yes, Because a new material of a different color formed on part of the metal strip
900
If there is less food and shelter available to a prey animal like mice, how will that effect the population?
The mice population will decrease
900
Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship in which what occurs between the organisms?
One benefits the other is unaffected
900
Which moon phases are "gibbous"?
4 and 6
900
What type of front is over New England?
Occluded front