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100

What is the total number of atoms in the following: 2NaHCO₃

12

100

In what phase of cell division do chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell?

Metaphase

100

What are the 3 things that can occur when light hits an object? 

Absorb, reflect, or transmit

100

Reservoir that is able to absorb and store thermal energy. Oceans are important example of this

Heat sink

100

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Diamond

200

What type of reaction is: 

2 H2O →  2 H2O  +  O2 

Decomposition

200

What is the function of the ribosomes in a cell?

Sites where proteins are formed/assembled
200

What colour on the visible spectrum has the biggest wavelength?

Red (665 nm)

200

What does it mean for a substance to have a high albedo?

More light is reflected less is absorbed

200

What year was the first moon landing?

1969

300

What charge makes halogens (F, Cl, Br) stable ions?

1-

300

Gas exchange takes place in the __________ of the lungs.

Alveoli

300

What type of rays on the electromagnetic spectrum have the smallest wavelengths?

Gamma Rays 

300

Name 4 greenhouse gases

Carbon Dioxide

Methane

Ozone

Halocarbons  (CFCs)

Nitrous Oxide

Water Vapour

300

At what age does the frontal lobe of the brain become fully formed?

25

400

Name the following compound: P4S10

Tetraphosphorus decasulfide

400

Which structure increases the surface area for absorption in the small intestines?

Villi

400

What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

3.00 x 108 m/s or 300 000 000 m/s

400

What is the Paris Agreement?

An agreement between 195 countries to keep temperature increase to well below 2 degrees

400

How old is Ms Bowron?

26

500

What are the reactants and products of a complete combustion reaction?

Reactants: fuel and oxygen

Products: carbon dioxide and water

500

Put these in order of which structures blood flows through in the heart:

Right atrium, Left Atrium, Vena cava, Lungs, Aorta, Right ventricle , left ventricle, Pulmonary vein, Pulmonary artery


Vena Cava -> Right Atrium -> Right Ventricle -> Pulmonary Arteries -> lungs -> Pulmonary Veins -> Left Atrium -> Left Ventricle -> Aorta

500

Explain how the human eye is able to detect what colour an object is?

Objects appear the colour they are because they absorb all colours of the spectrum EXCEPT the one our eyes see. This colour is reflected which is why we see it


500

Term for environmental change caused or influenced by people, either directly or indirectly

Anthropogenic


500

What is ONE of Newton's law of motion?

1. An object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it

2. The force acting on an object is equal to the product of its mass and acceleration

3. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

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