The World Wide (Food) Web
Let's Get Physical...Science
It's Elemental, my dear Watson
Humid Humans
Pot Pourri
100

This is the layer of the earth that includes all life forms.

What is the biosphere?

100
According to Newton's First Law, an object in motion will do this.

What is stay in motion at a constant speed and direction?

100

This is the term for when a plant transforms light, water, and carbon dioxide into glucose, oxygen, and energy.

What is photosynthesis?

100

This human system provides support and protection for the body.

What is the skeletal system?

100

Tom's dog's two names are Dennis and this.

What is Dublin?

200

This relationship occurs when one organism lives on, near, or in another, and at least one of them benefits from this situation.

What is symbiosis?

200

When an object experiences a push or a pull, we call it this.

What is a force?

200

The sun's energy transforms this simple element into Helium through the process of nuclear fusion.

What is Hydrogen?

200

This system includes the liver, the gall bladder, and the esophagus, among others.

What is the digestive system?

200

The three rules of camping include 1) Always look your best, 2) Never whine, and 3) THIS.

What is "Always, always double bag!"

300

This happens to the available energy as it flows up the food chain from producers to the final top predator.

What is decreases?

300

Again, according to our old friend Isaac Newton, every action has an equal and opposite one of these.

What is a reaction?

300

Daily Double: In the human body, we get energy from inhaling this gas, and then exhale this gas as waste.

What are oxygen and carbon dioxide?

300

Ha-ha-ha! This bone is found in the upper arm.

What is the humerus?

300

This type of arctic pinniped can weigh up to 4,400 lbs and eats bivalve molluscs on the ocean floor.  It has been hunted for meat and blubber as well as for the ivory from its prominent tusks.

What is a walrus?

400

This is what you get when you combine overlapping food chains.

What is a food web?

400

An object that can change the magnitude, distance, and direction of a force applied is called this.

What is a simple machine?

400

Iron, Lead, Tin, Calcium and Aluminum are all considered to be this type of element.

What are metals?

400

The malleus, incus and stapes are all bones found in this organ.

What is the ear?

400

This type of cooking method involves tossing ingredients such as chopped vegetables or small pieces of meat with a small amount of fat on a high heat to quickly cook and often brown them.  The name for this method means "jump" in French.

What is sautee?

500

In an ecosystem, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Oxygen and Carbon are all examples of this.

What are nutrients?

500

In this theory, Albert Einstein proposed that gravity itself is not a force but is in fact an actual warping of spacetime.

What is General Relativity?

500

These two elements are combined to form water.

What are hydrogen and oxygen?

500

These blood vessels are so small that only one blood cell at a time can fit through.

What are the capillaries?

500
This musical artist, often referred to as "The Boss", released his first album, "Greetings from Asbury Park" in 1973.

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