The piece of equipment used to find the mass of an object.
What is a triple beam balance?
100
Put the following in order of increasing complexity: organ system, organism, cell, tissue, organ, population
What is cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population
100
These two types of particles are found in the nucleus of the atom and give the atom its mass.
What are protons and neutrons?
100
The energy that is in motion
What is kinetic energy?
100
This type of map uses contour lines to connect points of the same elevation.
What is a topographic map?
200
The part of an experiment that is being tested; the one thing being changed
What is the variable (independent)
200
In plants, radiant energy from the sun is converted into this type of energy through photosynthesis.
What is chemical energy?
200
When two or more elements are chemically combined, such as when sodium and chlorine are combined to make salt. Its properties are different from the elements that make it up.
What is a compound?
200
A flashlight, a windmill, an electric lamp, and a solar panel are all used to convert energy from one type to another. Which of these devices converts chemical energy to light energy? Explain.
What is the flashlight?
200
A rock that is made from a volcano or also means "fire". It would likely be this type of rock.
What is igneous?
300
When reading the volume of water in a graduated cylinder, you should read from the bottom of this curved line.
What is the meniscus?
300
A pea plant's genotype includes 2 capital letters. The capital letters represent this type of gene.
What is dominant?
300
When a chemical reaction occurs that gives off heat energy, such as burning gasoline in a car's engine, it is said to be this type of reaction.
What is an exothermic or combustion reaction?
300
Which type of circuit will conduct electricity - open or closed - and why?
Closed because the electricity is conducted through the wire. An open circuit has a gap and electricity can't be conducted.
300
The phase the moon must be in for a completely unlit moon.
What is a new moon?
400
Any use of your senses to gather information about the world around you.
What is observations?
400
What is a carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore?
Carnivore - meat-eating animal Herbivore - plant-eating animal Omnivore - animal that eats meat and plants
400
This is a way of classifying elements based on their similar physical and chemical properties.
What is the periodic table?
400
A race car accelerates off the starting line at a rate of 7 meters/second squared. The car has a mass of 1000 kg. What formula would you use to solve this problem?
What is Force = mass x acceleration (F=ma)?
400
What is erosion and what are three causes of it?
wind, water, ice
500
When a person figures out a way to explain the observations they have made using their previous knowledge and logical reasoning.
What is an inference?
500
Name two body systems that control movements
What are the muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems?
500
Which of these is a chemical change: ice cream melting, your breath forming steam in winter, a plant using sunlight to make food, sunlight speeding up the evaporation of a bowl of water. Explain why the others ARE NOT Chemical Changes.
500
Differentiate between a conductor and insulator
Conductors are materials through which energy (like electricity) can pass. Insulators block energy.
500
Tell one feature that often forms when two continental plates collide and what type of plate boundary this is called. Explain why this happens?
What is a mountain range (like the Himilayas) and a convergent boundary.