Potpourri
Potpourri
Potpourri
Potpourri
100
A valid conclusion that can be drawn from the following image.
What is "Washing clothes by hand would save about one-fourth of the hot water people use."?
100
On a typical day, you might claim the sun's energy was at its strongest at this time.
What is 2:00 pm?
100
Melanin helps protect the skin from this environmental factor.
What are ultraviolet rays from the sun?
100
Visitors to Florida sometimes complain about the high humidity. High humidity indicates this.
What is a high amount of water vapor in the air?
200
The following image shows this type of natural hazard that happens in Florida.
What is a sinkhole?
200
Florida is susceptible to muck fires. This reasoning explains Florida's risk of muck fires.
What is the lower layers of soil are made of organic material that can become very dry during droughts?
200
Eliana measures outdoor temperatures in an area each day for a week at exactly 2:00 p.m. The temperatures she records are all between 25 °C and 30 °C. Eliana claims that the climate of the area is tropical. This evidence does not support her claim.
What is "She made her conclusion based on only one week of data instead of over a long period of time."?
200
The area in which you live has a particular climate. It also has weather. This claim describes the difference between climate and weather.
What is "Weather is the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place, whereas climate is the characteristic weather in an area over a long period of time."?
300
This is an example of the conversion of kinetic energy into gravitational potential energy.
What is a roller coaster car moving toward the top of a rise in the tracks?
300
A student examines a distance-time graph of a squirrel. During this time interval the squirrel is traveling at the fastest speed.
What is 8-9 minutes?
300
In biology class, Zach observes cells. Each cell has a structure that separates the inside of the cell from the environment. He is observing this structure.
What is the cell membrane?
300
A student examines a distance-time graph of a squirrel. At this point the squirrel stop moving.
What is 5-8 minutes?
400
The following map shows the locations of Gainesville and Miami, two cities in Florida. At any one time, the range of temperatures in Gainesville differs from the range of temperatures in Miami. Based on the evidence in the map, this most likely causes the range of temperatures to differ in Gainesville and Miami.
What is "Miami is located closer to the ocean than Gainesville is, and this causes its temperatures to stay the same."?
400
Kayla summarizes cell theory to her class. She states that all organisms are made up of one or more cells. This pair of statements correctly completes her summary.
What is "The cell is the basic unit of all organisms, and all cells come from existing cells."?
400
Gerard listed four levels of structural organization within multicellular organisms. He listed them in order from the smallest structure to the largest structure This is the correct list.
What are cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems?
400
This is the smallest of the group: Cells, atoms, cell membrane, or molecules.
What are atoms?
500
DNA is genetic material that provides instructions for all cell processes. DNA is located here in prokaryotes.
What is the cytoplasm?
500
Reference the chart below:
In which interval did the squirrel travel the furthest?
What is 8-10 minutes?
500
Unbalanced forces cause a change in speed, motion, or both. This item from the following group must have unbalanced forces acting on it:
A stopped car, a ball on the floor, a ball rolling down a hill, or a horse running at a constant speed.
What is a ball rolling down a hill?
500
This evidence led Rudolf Virchow to claim that all cells come from other cells.
What is cells dividing?