Human Body
Life Functions
Earth and Space Science
Physical Science
Mixed Bag
100

These muscles are involuntary and control the heartbeat.

What are cardiac muscles?

100

This process occurs in the presence of oxygen and breaks apart sugars to release energy.

What is cellular respiration?

100

Crust is neither created, nor destroyed at this type of plate boundary, where the tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.

convergent, divergent, or transform

What is a transform boundary?

100

In this type of chemical reaction, the products have more potential energy than the reactants.

What is an endothermic reaction?

100

The acronym CHNOPS stands for these nutrients, which are needed in large amounts by all living things. 

What are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur?

200

These two body systems work together to help support your body and allow movement.

What are the skeletal and muscular systems?

200

This process occurs in the absence of oxygen for the same purpose as cellular respiration; however, it yields fewer molecules of ATP.

What is fermentation?

200

The most widely accepted scientific theory for the origin of the universe is the __________________.

What is the Big Bang Theory?

200

Using Newton's Second Law of Motion, calculate the acceleration of an object with a mass of 6 kg, and a net force of 24 N being applied to it.

What is 4 m/sec2?

F = m*a  --> a = F/m = 24 N/6 kg

200

A light year is a measurement of _________.

What is distance?

300

The small and large intestines are part of this body system.

What is the digestive system?

300

This structure is referred to as the "powerhouse of the cell" and is responsible for the generation of the majority of ATP molecules in a cell.

What are mitochondria?

300

True or False.

The troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs. 

True

300

This class of lever offers no mechanical advantage.

What is the third class lever?

300

The variable in a controlled experiment that is manipulated is the (independent / dependent) variable.

What is the independent variable?

The dependent variable is the one that is measured to see how it is affected by the independent variable.

400

The brain is made up of these three sections and is part of this system. 

What are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla, and the nervous system?

400

This anaerobic process occurs in animal tissue and produces two ATP and two molecules of pyruvate.

What is lactic acid fermentation?

400

These are the two sources of energy that drive the Earth system.

What are the sun and the Earth's interior heat?

400

work = force * distance

This is the amount of force needed when 350 joules of work is done moving an object 7.0 meters. 

What is 50 Newtons? 

force = work/distance --> 350 J/7.0 m

400
The pneumonic GRACE stands for these 5 characteristics of living things. 

What are growth, reproduction, adaptation/adjustment, cells, and energy?

500

This is one of two types of involuntary muscle.

What are cardiac muscles or smooth muscles?

500

Complete the below chemical process:

________ + water + sunlight  -->  sugar + ________

What is the above chemical process?

What is carbon dioxide and oxygen? 

What is photosynthesis?

500

This type of rock is formed when heat and pressure are applied to sedimentary rock.

What is metamorphic rock?

500

These are the 6 simple machines.

What are the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw?

500

These are the four planets closest to the Sun.

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

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