Wars
Great Depression
Science Rules
"Cell"ebrate
Anything Goes
100
What was the purpose of the Civil War?
To end slavery- North against the South.
100
Name the President who said that everything would take care of itself.
Hoover
100
What is the diagram called that graphs the chance that someone will inherit particular traits?
Punnett Square
100
How does a cell do?
All living things are made of cells that perform functions necessary for life. Cell functions take in food, get rid of waste, grow, get energy, and respond to their environment
100
What is X? x + x + x + 6= 30
Think: 30-6= 24 ? X 3= 24? 8 X 3= 24 so X must be equal to 8
200
What was the Spanish-American War?
It was a war between Spain and America over Cuba and Panama.
200
Give the 3 acronyms for the 3 programs in the New Deal.
CCC- Civilian Conservation Corps, WPA- Works Progress Administration, TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority
200
What does a Punnett Square use to show dominant and recessive genes?
Capital and little letters
200
What is the purpose of a cell wall?
Support, protects, and filtration
200
What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Custer's last stand
300
What is yellow journalism?
When papers reported untrue stories or stretched the truth. When the Main ship sunk during the Spanish-American War- the paper reported that Spain sunk the boat.
300
What did the CCC do?
Conserve, protect, & improve places of the natural environment by planting trees and clearing trails.
300
What is the difference between a recessive gene and a dominant gene?
The terms dominant and recessive describe the inheritance patterns of certain traits. That is, they describe how likely it is for a certain phenotype to pass from parent offspring.
300
What is the difference between an animal cell and a plant cell?
Both have the same basic features but the animal cell is missing: Chloroplasts, cell wall, central vacuole
300
Back in the day.... we built a railroad that stretched across our nation. What did we call that railroad and why was it built?
Transcontinental RR because it made travel easier between California and the East.
400
What was the Battle of Gettysburg & why was it so important?
Considered the most important invasion of the Civil War, Robert E Lee took his soldiers into the Northern Territory.
400
Name 4 things the WPA did?
roads, reservoirs, stadiums, sewage systems, airports
400
Name 5 traits that might be passed from parent to offspring.
hair color; curly, wavy, or straight hair; hitchhikers thumb; eye color; roll tongue; freckles; ear lobes...
400
What does a vacuole do?
The main function of vacuole is: stores food and other chemical substances . The biggest vacuole is present in plant cells. It takes in waste, nutrients (water and CO2), and glucose. That's why a plant stands upright.
400
What is the result from rubbing a balloon repeatedly on your hair....(ahem, Gavin!) and why does this happen?
Materials are formed from atoms and molecules that are electrically neutral, having an equal number of positive charges (protons, in the nucleus) and negative charges (electrons, in shells surrounding the nucleus). The phenomenon of static electricity requires a separation of positive and negative charges.
500
What was it called when school and jobs were provided for the poor whites and blacks? Along with food and education, legal advice and medical care was also given.
Freedman's Bureau
500
Who gave a fireside chat, what was the purpose of it, and what was he trying to achieve by doing this?
Roosevelt- gave a friendly, cozy, comfortable speech to the American people to gain their trust in his new deal programs.
500
What is one of a pair of genes that appear at a particular location on a particular chromosome and control the same characteristic, such as blood type or colorblindness.
An allele
500
What is the substance that fills the cell?It is a jelly-like material that is eighty percent water and usually clear in color.
Cytoplasm
500
What type of magnet has the magnetic field produced by the flow of an electric current? The magnetic field disappears when the current ceases.
An electromagnet
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