cells
Physics
scientific inquiry
human body
mystery topic
100

this is the control center of the cell

what is the nucleus?

100

energy that is stored

What is potential energy?

100

an educated guess to a scientific problem

what is a hypothesis?

100

these blood cells fight disease

Extra 100 if you know the name of Mrs. Bois' grandson

White blood cells

100

This disease is noninfectious and causes difficulty breathing sometimes due to exercise or allergies

what is asthma?

200

 these organelles store food, waste and water needed by the cell

what are vacuoles?

200

 the force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth

what is gravity?

200

This observation involves measuring

What is quantitative observation?

200

 this dome-shaped muscle that plays an important role in breathing

what is the diaphragm?

200

these organs filter the blood and produces urine in the body

What are the kidneys?

300

This is the jellylike substance found in the cell.  The organelles float around in it


What is Mrs. Bois' favorite color (i realize this is probably just a guess)?  extra 300

what is cytoplasm?

300


When you jump on a trampoline, this type of energy is stored in the stretched springs


Daily double

potential energy

300

When you interpret observations to figure out what is happening

what is an inference?

300

round structures that hold air in the lung tissue and is surrounded by capillaries 

what are the alveoli?

300

In the Linnean system of classification, this is the classification level just under domain.


Score an extra 100 points if you can name one thing that Mrs. Bois collects

what is kingdom?

400

This structure is found in plant cells but not animal cells

what is a cell wall?

400

A rollercoaster at the top of the hill about to roll down has this

what is potential energy?

400

When you share your finding from an experiment, and tell whether your hypothesis was proven or disproven

400 extra points if you know Mr.s Bois' daughters name

what is the conclusion?

400

this component of blood is 90 percent water


Daily double!!!!

what is plasma?

400

 this tool helps identify an unknown organism based on its traits.  We did a leaf identification activity using this.


Daily double

what is a dichotomous key?

500

This organelle is found in plant cells and is the site where photosynthesis occurs_

what is the chloroplasts?

500

 energy in motion

what is kinetic energy?

500

the unit of measure that was used to measure the height of the bounce in our lab

what is cm?

500

this is the wave of muscle contractions that push food through the esophagus and into the stomach.

What is peristalsis?

500

These blood vessels carry blood into the heart from the body

what are veins?

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