Earth and Space
Life Science
states, earth stuff, reading graphs
Energy Transfer & visible light
Physical Science
100
In which layer would you find the oldest fossils?
What is X?
100
Which 2 organisms in the chart share the most evolutionary history, and how do you know?
What are Killer Whale and Dolphin? They have the most levels of classification in common.
100
What happened to the substance? How did heat change the state of matter?
What is heat was added to the solid and it became a liquid.
100
Which form of heat transfer causes the man to get a tan?
What is Radiation?
100
When humans dig up and burn fossil fuels we add CO2 to the atmosphere which is a greenhouse gas. Explain how this example involves at least 4 of 5 of Earth's spheres.
Biosphere - humans and fossil fuels
CO2 - atmosphere temp increases
cryosphere - ice melts
geo - dig up from the ground
200
Which type of star (color and size) would be the coolest and brightest?
What is a Red Supergiant?
200
Name the organelle and its function.
What is the chloroplast, and convert light and CO2 into glucose using the process of photosynthesis?
200
Thrips are winged insects that can often be found on rose plants. Based on the graph, what causes the change in their population? Will the Thrips population increase again? Why or why not?
What is seasonal temperature changes, and yes, the next summer?
200
Write the formula for cellular respiration.
What is oxygen + sugar (glucose) + energy à water + carbon dioxide?
200
Layer of the atmosphere that protects us from UV rays.
Stratosphere
300
During a solar eclipse, what phase of the moon will you see?
What is New Moon?
300
Through the process of photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Which two of Earth’s spheres are interacting when this process happens?
What is biosphere and atmosphere?
300
Describe a delta and how they form.
fan-shaped landform at the end of a river formed by deposition.
300
Energy transformation that occurs when a battery powered flashlight is turned on.
What is Chemical energy is transformed into light and heat energy?
300
A student is studying the ways that different elements are similar to one another. Diagrams of atoms from four different elements are shown below. Which two atoms are of elements in the same group of the periodic table?
Which of these atoms are in the same group?
What is 1 and 4.
400
How does the mass AND weight of an object change as it moves away from the Earth's surface into space?
What is weight decreases and mass stays the same?
400
In a particular type of flower, the color red dominates the color white. If two plants that have the same phenotype, but different genotypes, are crossed, what is the probability that the offspring will be white?
What is zero?
400
How would you expect the mass of the 2 systems to compare after 4 minutes? Why?
What is evaporation causes the mass of the water in system 1 to decrease?
400
Which form of radiation with the HIGHER FREQUENCY?
- X-rays, Gamma rays, Ultraviolet rays, or Visible light
What is Gamma?
400
How do the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration exemplify the LOCE and LOCM?
What are complimentary processes. One processes reactants come from the products of the other.
500
St. Johns County’s population is rapidly growing. Trees are cut down and cleared to make room for new homes and shopping malls. Which gas in the atmosphere would increase?
What is carbon dioxide?
500
Explain the results of this graph and a possible cause. 
As the human population rises, more species became extinct, most likely because of urbanization.
500
The process that occurs when water vapor instantly turns to ice crystals on the windshield of a car.
What is Deposition?
500
A ball is released down the hill. Use a scientific law to explain why the ball will not go higher than point A as it travels from D to F.
LOCE, energy cannot be created or destroyed. Some of the energy is converted into heat energy from friction.
500
A sample of green jade has a mass of 3 g. It is dropped into a graduated cylinder shown here. What is the density of the sample of green jade?
What is 3.5 g/mL