Chemistry
The most basic building block of matter
What is an atom?
The law that the oldest layer is found at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top
What is The Law of Superposition?
What are renewable resources?
The class of pathogens that use a host to make copies of itself because it cannot reproduce on its own.
What is a virus?
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit, like a bee pollinating a flower
What is 'mutualism?'
The positively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom
What is a proton?
A fossil made by an impression left behind by an animal (footprints, outlines, etc.)
What is a trace fossil?
Energy created when moving air spins turbines
What is wind energy?
The smallest pathogen group. This group can infect any other living organism, even other pathogens.
What is a virus?
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neutral, like a jackal following a tiger for food scraps
What is 'commensalism'?
The negative particles in the outermost energy level of an atom
What is a valence electron?
The era of geologic history that saw the very beginning of life on earth.
What is the Precambrian Era?
Select the nonrenewable resource:
A. oil
B. sunlight
C. water
D. wood
What is A. oil?
A. Protein
B. Fats/Lipids
C. Carbohydrates
D. Vitamins
What are C. Carbohydrates
The class of organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis
What are 'producers'?
The group of non reactive gasses on the right side of the periodic table
What are Noble Gases
A. The highly specialized species
B. The species with genetic diversity
C. The species that has the strongest jaws
D. The species with the best camouflage
What is B, the species with genetic diversity.
Select the question(s) that can be investigated through biotechnology
A. Can bacteria create synthetic insulin?
B. Which corn tastes better in tacos?
C. Which pest is the most destructive to crops?
D. Can crops be engineered to resist drought?
What are A and D.
Can bacteria create synthetic insulin?
Can crops be engineered to resist drought?
The ability of bacteria to adapt to antibiotics and pass on that successful trait to the next generation.
What is 'antibiotic resistance'
An owl and a hawk live in the same forest and both eat mice. What is the best term to describe their relationship?
A. Mutualism
B. Competition
C. Parasitism
D. Commensalism
What is B, Competition.
The owl and the hawk have the same food source, so they compete for food.
Chlorine has 7 valence electrons. Which atom will it bond with?
A. Sodium with 1 valence electron
B. Carbon with 4 valence electrons
C. Fluorine with 7 valence electrons
D. Magnesium with 2 valence electrons
What is Sodium with 1 valence electron
(7 valence electrons need 1 more to make 8)
Name all of the geologic time periods from oldest to youngest
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
What are the advantages and disadvantages of renewable vs. nonrenewable energy?
non renewable = cheaper but polluting
renewable = safer for environment but expensive
Describe the difference between an outbreak, an epidemic, and a pandemic
outbreak = localized
epidemic= regional
pandemic = many countries, whole world
Each trophic level on the energy pyramid represents _____% energy of the level below it.
For example, tertiary consumers only have ____% of the available energy that secondary consumers have.
What is 10%.
The available energy decreases by 90% with each trophic level.