Anatomy
Astronomy
Geology
Physics
Biology
100
When you are eating, is your heart rate likely to speed up or slow down?
What is speed up. The heart rate increases so that more blood can flow to the digestive organs
100
Are the tides caused by the moon, sun or both?
What is both. The moon and sun exert gravitional pulls on the earth’s water as well as it’s land.
100
Name the three different classifications of rock.
What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
100
Ice melts into water/ Is this a physical or chemical change?
What is a physical change. The ice and water molecules keep their identity.
100
Which aniimal is NOT a mammal: whales. alligators, bats, wolves?
What is the alligator. They are reptiles.
200
Which is NOT part of the eye: Retina, ileum, iris, lens?
What is the ileaum. This is the last section in the small intestine.
200
Planets shine in the night sky because they give off light in the same way stars do. True or False?
What is False. Planets shine because they reflect light from the sun.
200
What valuable crystals are formed when carbon is subjected to great heat and pressure?
What are diamonds. Found in stream beds and in rock formations deep inside the earth.
200
Does water come to a boil more quickly at sea level or high up in the mountains?
At sea level. As air pressure decreases, water's boiling point occurs at higher temperatures.
200
Which robin has a a bright red chest" the male or female?
What is the male. The duller coloring of the female allows her to blens into the scenery for protection.
300
Where is the biceps muscle located?
What is the front of the arm.
300
Huge "rivers" of ice move slowly down the side of certain mountains.
What are glaciers?
300
A doorknob is an example of which type of simple machine?
a wheel and axle
300
Fish have to eat plants and other animals for energy. Is a fish a consumer or a producer?
What is a consumer. Only plants are producers.
400
What hormone helps you to react quick in an emengency?
What is adrenaline. One of the hormones involved in the "fight or flight" reaction.
400
The outermost layer of the sun.?
What is the corona. A crown of gas.
400
What we see when water droplets separate sunlight into its individual colors.
What is a rainbow?
400
What metal is evaluated according to the number of its karats?
Gold. Pure gold is 24 karats.
400
What do you call the system in your body that changes food to usable form?
What is the digestive system.
500
About how many pints of blood circulate through the adult human body.
What is 12. The body is constantly being replenished.
500
An average year on Earth is 365 days. Which of the planets has a year of only 88 days?
What is Mercury. It's the planet closest to the sun and therefore has the smallest orbit.
500
What is the change of matter from a liquid to a gas called?
Vaporization. Condensation is the change from gas to liquid.
500
What Australian animal is believed to be a link between mammals and reptiles?
What is the platypus. This furry animal has webbed feet and lays eggs like a reptile.
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