Heat
Light
Sound
Microbiology I
Microbiology II
100
Heat coming from the sun is an example of
Radiation.
100
Define pitch.
Pitch is the number of vibrations per second.
100
What would be growing on a piece of apple that is brown and fuzzy?
Mold is sometimes brown and fuzzy.
100
Is the flu caused by bacteria or virus?
Virus.
200
List the three ways in which heat is exchanged.
Radiation, Convection, Conduction
200
What does light do when it hits water?
It is refracted.
200
Which would have the higher pitch when the glass is tapped - the glass with much water, or the glass with not so much water?
Higher pitch would be from the glass with less water. The more water, the lower the pitch. Water's like fat, like thickness; the more there is, the slower the vibration, the lower the pitch.
200
If you went camping, drank from a stream and came home with really bad trots, what did you probably get sick with?
Giardia. Icky.
200
Which is bigger, bacteria or fungi?
Fungi are way, way bigger.
300
Name a very good conductor.
Pretty much any metal.
300
List in order the colors of the spectrum.
ROYGBIV Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
300
Does sound need molecules? Prove it.
Yes, molecules are needed. We do not hear the sun because there are no molecules between us and it.
300
How many cells in a paramecium?
One, duh.
300
What can many protozoa do that most fungi cannot do?
Move by themselves.
400
What two things does heat do to molecules?
Speeds them up and spreads them out.
400
Finish this phrase: The angle of ....
incidence equals the angle of reflection.
400
How do you change the volume of a drum?
Hit it harder.
400
List the members of the Fungus family.
Yeast, mold, mildew, mushrooms
400
Where do microorganisms live?
Everywhere - including in extreme temperatures in the Arctic and at the mouths of volcanoes.
500
Heat is on the electromagnetic spectrum. True or false.
True
500
Does light need molecules to travel? Prove it.
Nope. We get light from the sun.
500
How would you lower the pitch of a drum?
Loosen the skin.
500
If you had a jar, half of which was covered, would you expect to find Euglena on the light half or the dark half?
Light half. They have an eye spot - go toward the light.
500
What does mold need to grow?
Food and moisture - that's why it grows on bread. Bread is the food. That's also why dry stuff doesn't grow mold.
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