The 17th group on the periodic table containing elements with 7 electrons in their outer shell. Examples: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine.
What are Halogens?
100
Gases that take in solar energy, but then keep most of it trapped in our atmosphere.
What are Greenhouse Gases (GHG)?
200
This type of unspecialized tissue is responsible for growing new parts of the plant through continuous cell division.
What is meristematic tissue?
200
Part of the electromagnetic spectrum, these waves have the most energy and the shortest wavelengths of any other wave.
What are gamma rays?
200
The only transition metal that has one possible charge.
What is Zinc (Zn)?
200
A process in which radiation is absorbed by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, making not just the atmosphere warmer, also Earth.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
300
If a plant cell cannot make sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide, water and light, these organelles have likely 'malfunctioned'.
What are chloroplasts?
300
A type of cell in the retina that allows you to see shapes in low light.
What is a rod cell?
300
A reaction where two reactants combine to make a larger, more complex product.
What is a Synthesis Reaction?
300
The increased production of greenhouse gases caused by human activity.
What is the anthropogenic greenhouse effect?
400
A term used for ‘self-destruction’ when a cell is too old or damaged. This process is necessary for the normal development of cells.
What is apoptosis?
400
This kind of lens is used to correct farsightedness, which occurs when an eye is shorter than a normal eye and light rays converge beyond the retina.
What is a convex lens?
400
A flame that consists of an orange and quiet flame.
What is Incomplete Combustion?
400
-Latitude, elevation, the air masses and nearness to large bodies of water
What are the 4 main factors that affect the climate of an area?
500
This type of microscope would not be used to observe biological activity such as cell division and movement.
What is an electron microscope?
500
The speed of white light slows down when it passes through a prism. White light is also broken apart into the colours of the visible light spectrum.
What is an example of refraction?
500
There is a precipitate formed after 24 hours and the solution is blue.
What is the product of a Copper wire + Silver nitrate solution reaction?
500
A biome that has cold winters, in and cool summers at temperatures around 4-14 degrees celsius, has wildlife such as bears, hawks, moose, wolves living in a forest full of tall trees.