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100
Draw a picture of the particle motion in a solid
100
This body system includes your brain and nerves
What is your nervous system
100
You use this four square model to determine the probability of traits being passed on from parents to offspring
What is a punnett square
100
A penny oxidizing is an example of this
What is a chemical change
100
An ice cube melting and turning into a liquid, then a gas is an example of this.
What is a physical change
200
Draw the difference between a liquid and a gas in terms of particle motion
200
This body system regulates the speed at which food moves through the digestive system
What is the nervous system
200
What is the genetic makeup of the parents in this diagram
What is Rr and Rr
200
During a chemical reaction this law states that atoms are not created or destroyed, but simply rearranged to make a new substance
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass
200
If you expose a plant to more sunlight during photosynthesis, what will happen
What is it will create more energy, increasing the rate of photosynthesis
300
When a flame is directly hitting a piece of metal, which type of heat transfer is occuring
What is conduction
300
What happens to the total number of carbon atoms during cellular respiration
What is the total number of carbon atoms stays the same because it simply changes form during chemical reactions
300
Y is dominant for yellow and y is recessive for green. A plant who has the genes yy has this phenotype
What is green
300
Give 2 examples of a chemical change
Answers will vary.
Some may include toast getting charred, two unknown liquids mixing together to produce a gas and a sugar cube burning into a caramel sauce
300
Students are designing an experiment to test how heat affects kinetic energy of gas molecules. The students add different amounts of thermal energy to three closed containers of gas.
The speed of the gas molecules represents...
What is the dependent variable
400
____________ ____________ is energy stored by things that stretch or compress
What is elastic potential
400
How might a swarm of bees represent a gas. Give at least one example
Answers will vary...
- Bees in the swarm don't usually touch each other and only collide occasionally
- The swarm appears to fly in random dimensions
- Flying bees have a strong attraction the each other and tend to stick together when they collide
400
If Y = dominant for yellow and y= recessive for green, why will a Yy plant be yellow
What is because the dominant trait masks the recessive
400
Label the reactants and products in the equation below
Na + Cl2 = Reactants
NaCl - Products
400
Students are designing an experiment that tests how sunlight affects plant growth. The students take 3 plants. They place one in direct sunlight, one in indirect sunlight and one in absolute darkness. They then measure their growth in centimeters over the course of a few weeks. What is the independent variable?
What is the amount of sunlight
500
The transformation of ___________ energy into ________energy allows the sun to warm the earth
What is thermal energy into kinetic energy
500
When people cross pollinate certain plants to improve the crops' flavor, they are preforming this process
Hint: two words
What is selective breeding
500
B - Brown eyes
b - Green Eyes
What is the probability that the offspring will have brown eyes and what is the probability that they will have green eyes
What is 50% brown eyes and 50% green eyes
500
Wood and oxygen are commonly burnt at campfires and all that remains is ash/char. Explain what will happen to the total mass
Hint: This deals with a law
What is the total mass will remain the same, but the mass leaves the wood as smoke
(Law of Conservation of Mass)
500
Explain the difference between a physical and chemical change
What is a physical change only change the size,shape or appearance, but chemical changes change the molecular structure and create a new substance