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Super Summer
100

The chemical symbol for Chlorine?

What is Cl?

100

Which of these is not an effect of climate change?

Increased number of species on the planet

Increased flooding in some places

Increased droughts in some places

What is Increased number of species on the planet

100

What is one food molecule that is digested in the stomach?

Mostly proteins, but also somewhat fats and carbohydrates

100

This is the year that nichols middle school opened it's doors to students.

1928

100

This is the number of public beaches that the city of Evanston has

6

200

This is NOT a sign of a chemical reaction:

Bubbling

Change in shape

Change in temperature

What is a change in shape?

200

Name one greenhouse gas

What is Carbon Dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor?

200

Only one food molecule is chemically digested in the mouth. What is it?

Carbohydrates

200

Nichols middle school was modeled after Doge's Palace in what italian city?

Venice

200

What is the average daytime temperature in summer in Evanston? IN DEGREES CELSIUS

29.44 Celsius

300

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

What is matter?

300

Who is responsible for increasing production of greenhouse gases and impacting climate change?

Humans

300

What it the name of the medical procedure that helps doctors see the inside of the digestive system and diagnose where a patient's problem is.

Endoscopy

300

The total student enrollment of Nichols Middle School is about:

500,600,700, or 800


700 students

300

The average yearly rainfall in Evanston, IL in inches is:

15, 24, 39, or 56

39 inches

400

True or false: The total amount of mass before and after a reaction should be equal.

What is True?

400

True or false? Climate change can impact food availability on the planet?

True

400

What was the name of the material we used in a lab to simulate the lining of the small intestine?

dialysis tubing

400

The address of Nichols Middle School is:

800 w elmwood

800 w greenleaf

800 w sherman

800 w lee

800 w greenleaf

400

This is the popution of Evanston, IL:

25,000

50,000

75,000

75,000

500

The chemical formula for glucose is:

What is C6 H12 O6?

500

True or False? The ocean levels are decreasing as a result of climate change.

False

500

What color did iodine turn in the presence of starch?

Black/dark blue

500

Who was the president of the US when Nichols MS was built?

Kennedy, Coolidge, Roosevelt, Reagan

Calvin Coolidge

500

True or false:  There is a city ordinance in Evanston Requiring people under the age of 18 to wear bike helmet when on a bicycle.

True

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