Earth Science
Physical Science
Biology
Ecology
Space Science
100
What are the 3 types of rock in the rock cycle?
Sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, and igneous rock.
100
The Law of Conservation of mass states that matter cannot be _____ or ______.
Created or destroyed
100
What are the 4 nucleotide bases in DNA?
A, T, C, G
100
What is carrying capacity?
The number of individuals that an environment has the resources to support.
100
The name of the theory that the planets in the solar system orbit the sun.
Heliocentric theory
200
What geologic formation is created when two tectonic plates are colliding with each other?
Mountains
200
Name one example of a chemical change and one example of a physical change.
Chemical: burning a match, cooking eggs
Physical: melting/freezing water, dissolving salt or sugar in water
200
Name two differences between animal cells and plant cells
Animal cells do not have a cell wall or chloroplasts.
200
What are examples of producers, consumers, and decomposers?
Producers = plants, consumers = animals, decomposers = fungi/bacteria
200
What 2 variables affect the gravitational force between two objects?
Mass of each object and distance between objects
300
Name 3 geologic processes of the rock cycle.
weathering, erosion, deposition, crystallization
300
Chemical energy, gravitational potential energy, and elastic energy are all forms of this type of energy.
Potential energy
300
Name 3 organelles in a cell.
300
According to this food web, tuna and seals share which food source?
Herring
300
Name one difference between the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).
Ex: density, diameter, avg surface temperature, number of moons, gravitational pull
400
Name 3 processes in the water cycle
400
Kinetic Energy and speed have a ______ relationship, while kinetic energy and mass have a ______ relationship.
Kinetic Energy and speed have a NON-LINEAR relationship, while kinetic energy and mass have a LINEAR relationship.
400
What is the name of the molecule that provides the blueprint for life?
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
400
Describe one abiotic and one biotic factor of an ocean ecosystem.
Abiotic: oxygen levels, sunlight, salinity
Biotic: fish population, plankton population, types of predators
400
Describe the position of the sun, moon, and Earth during a SOLAR eclipse.
The moon is directly between the Earth and sun.
500
As prevailing winds blow across the ocean, they create surface currents in the water. Both prevailing winds and surface currents appear to curve due to Earth’s rotation. This is known as what?
The Coriolis effect
500
Name one example of an electrical insulator and one example of a electrical conductor.
Insulators: rubber, glass, wood, plastic
Conductors: steel, copper, gold, salt water
500
What do these equations represent?
6 CO2 + 6 H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6 O2
C6H12O6 + O2 --> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
500
What do the arrows in a food web represent?
Arrows show what organisms eat. The arrows point away from the organism being eaten, and toward the organism doing the eating.
500
Why do the planets in our solar system orbit the sun in the same direction and the same plane?
They all formed from the same disk of spinning matter (solar nebula).