Science
Do red blood cells contain any DNA?
Nope.
Name one famous play Shakespeare wrote.
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, etc.
14% of 300 = ?
= 42
How many major tectonic plates are there?
7 major tectonic plates.
True or False, babies have more bones than a full-grown adult.
True. Newborn babies have about 300 bones in their body, while adults only have 206.
What do genes act as for proteins?
They act like recipes that contain the needed "tools" to create proteins.
What does P.E.A.L stand for in English?
Point, Example, Analysis, Link
If 5:8 = x:40, what is x?
x=25
What are 2 ways to prepare a city against possible tsunamis?
sea walls, flood gates, channels to divert water, early detection, global communication networks, monitoring underwater pressure and seismic activity, build on higher ground.
What is a baby puffin called?
A "Puffling"
A version of a gene (represented by 1 letter in a genotype) is called...?
An allele (a-lee-al).
Name 3 different kinds of hooks often used in writing.
Quote, Shocking Statistics, A Bold Statement, Anecdote (short story to get the reader thinking about the topic), "Imagine..", foreshadowing
If Molly ran at a constant rate of 5 km per 25 minutes, how many km did she run per minute?
She ran 0.2km per minute.
Even though they are all referring to the same thing, why are hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones called different names around the world?
This is due to the location and language that people speak where these natural disasters formed.
Name 1 of the 2 animals that share the closest DNA to human beings?
The chimpanzee or bonobos.
Name the letters that represent the four nitrogenous bases.
(A) = adenine
(T) = thymine
(C) = cytosine
(G) = guanine
Name 4 types of conflict between characters in stories.
Character vs. Self, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Character, Character vs. Nature, Character vs. Supernatural, Character vs. Fate/Destiny
If (x-4):4=x:5, what is x?
x=20
What causes liquefaction?
The vibrations from intense seismic activity causes the ground to temporarily turn into liquid.
What happens to animals' and peoples' skin when they have complete or partial absence of pigment in their skin?
Their skin becomes pale and very white.
If there are two parents who have offspring, one homozygous dominant and the other homozygous recessive, what chance (percentage) does the child have to be heterozygous dominant?
100% chance.
Explain what a round character is.
A character that's typically a main chapter, who has a variety of character traits to show they are complex, well-rounded characters.
Expand the brackets.
(-16x-4)(2x-5) = ?
= 32x²+72x+20
Name 3 facts about shield volcanoes that we've learnt in class.
gentle sloped slides, formed from gentle eruptions of lava where crust is broken, tend to be large, found in divergent plate boundaries or hot spots.
Who is the oldest of the Kardashian sisters?
Kourtney Kardashian.