Homeostasis
Plate Tectonics
Electricity
Genetics
Systems
100
Define Homeostasis
Homeostasis refers to any automatic process that a living thing uses to keep its body steady on the inside while continuing to adjust to conditions outside of the body, or in its environment
100
What is a tectonic plate?
The outermost layer of the earth is called the crust and it is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates
100
Draw 3 symbols you would use in a electric circuit, double points if you do 6
answers may vary
100
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
100
What makes up the CNS
Brain and spinal cord
200
What do CNS and PNS stand for?
Double points if you can describe the function of both
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
200
What causes an earthquake?
When two tectonic plates colide
200
Define current
The flow of electrons in a circuit
200
What is a trait
A genetically determined characteristic.
200
How does the endocrine send messages around the body
Hormones
300
What are 2 ways the body will try to warm up when the external environment is colder than the internal environment.
Shiver and goosebumps
300
Why are there no active Volcanos in Australia
There are no fault lines that run through mainland Australia
300
In Ohms Law what do I, V and R stand for?
I = Current
V = Voltage
R = Resistance
300
What shape is DNA
Double Helix
300
Name three systems in the body
Central, Peripheral, Digestive, Respitory Cardiac
400
Draw a negative feedback about what happens when you are running on a hot day
Answers may vary
400
Define continental drift
At one point in time, all of the continents were joined together as one large mass of land, then the land spread apart and drifted into their current positions.
400
What is the difference between a magnet and an elctromagnet
An electromagnet can be turned on or off based on whether a current is running through it
400
List the 4 nucleic acid base pairs, double points if you can name them and there pair
Adenine - Thymine
Cytosine - Guamine
400
What are the four lobes of the brain?
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital
500
Draw a Neuron and label 5 parts
Dendrites, Cell Body, Nucleus, Axon, Myelin Sheath Axon Terminal
500
What are the three types of tectonic plate movement?
double points if you can explain all 3
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
500
What is the right hand rule
500
What are the five stages of cellular replication (Mitosis)
Hint IPMAT
Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase and Telophase
500
What are the 5 sense organs
Skin, Nose, Tongue, Ears and Eyes