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100

What is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?

Aerobic: Oxygen present

Anaerobic: No oxygen present

100

What is the chemical equation for water?

H2O

100

What are the states of matter?

Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma

100

What process allows plants to convert sunlight into chemical energy?

Photosynthesis

100

Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?

J. K. Rowling

200

In what organelle does photosynthesis take place?

The chloroplast

200

What is Avogadro's number?

6.02 x 1023

200

Name two of Newton's three laws of motion.

1. An object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it. 
2. The force on an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration. 
3. When two objects interact, they apply forces to each other of equal magnitude and opposite direction.



200

What's the biggest desert in the world?

Antarctica (5.275 million miĀ²)

200

Who sang the song "Viva La Vida"?

Coldplay

300

What are three reasons why cell division is necessary?

Reproduction

Repair

Growth & development

300

What type of bond is formed between two non-metals? 

Covalent bonds

300

What is the unit of measure for force?


Newtons

300

What device is used to measure atmospheric pressure?

Barometer

300

How many Science Olympiad events are there?

23

400

What are the three principles of the cell theory?

All cells are made from pre-existing cells

All living things are made of cells

Cells are the basic unit of life 

400

What is the name of the first column of the periodic table?

Alkali metals

400

Who is the father of modern physics? 

Galileo Galilei

400
What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
400

How many bones are in the human body?

206

500

The longest part of the cell cycle is _____.



Interphase

500

What is ionization energy?

The minimum amount of energy required to remove a valence electron from a neutral atom

500

What is it called when light bends as it passes from one medium to another?

Refraction

500

What layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer and protects life by absorbing UV radiation?

The stratosphere

500

Who is the BEST science teacher at Jacobs?

Mrs. Keeley!!

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