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100
A student pours a liter of water into a container and seals it. First she freezes the water, and then she allows it to melt. What would be the mass of the frozen and melted ice?
What is they are unchanged as the container is sealed therefore no gas can escape. The amount of matter would not change.
100
Some insects go through incomplete metamorphosis. Others go through complete metamorphosis. Which stage is part of complete metamorphosis but not incomplete metamorphosis. Winner gets a Daily Double! What is the name of the stage in incomplete metamorphosis?
What is larva or pupa? Daily Double? Nymph
100
Joshua flew over mountain peaks separated by a wide, U-shaped valley. What was the main agent that shaped this land form?
What is glacial ice.
100
Suppose you were comparing the masses of two equal volumes of soil. Which scientific tool would you use?
What is a balance?
100
Elizabeth wanted to know how fast the sun heats water. She put a bowl of salted water and water in the sun. The water in both bowls was the same temperature when she started. She recorded water temperatures every 15 minutes for 3 hours. When she recorded the temperature, what part of science did Elizabeth do?
What is collected evidence?
200
The difference between reflection and refraction.
What is bouncing light and bending light.
200
Why are decomposers necessary in a food chain?
What is they consume dead organisms to return nutrient to the soil.
200
When scientists found clam fossils in the Grand Canyon, what did they learn?
What is the ocean covered the area in ancient times.
200
How do you find the volume of a liquid and a regular solid. 2 answers required for full points.
What is Solid: length X width X height Water: graduated cylinder mL
200
Asa watches his mother rub soap on her finger to help get her ring off. He thinks that soap must reduce friction. He plans an investigation to test his hypothesis. He pulls a weight across a board and records the force with a spring scale. He then soaps the board and pulls the weight again, Which of the following variables is Asa measuring?
What is the force needed to pull the weight. Remember spring scales measure gravity which is a force.
300
When Ralph completes an electric circuit with a light bulb, what kinds of energy does the electricity produce? Hint more than one.....
What is light and thermal
300
When an environment changes, differences between individuals can allow some plants and animals to survive while other die or move to new locations. What is the term for this process of survive and thrive?
What is adaptation.
300
How does the sun interact with the ocean in the water cycle?
What is evaporates water from the ocean's surface.
300
You are working in the science lab with chemicals. After the lab is over you have some chemicals left over that you did not use. What should you do with them?
What is ask your teacher the safest way to dispose of them.
300
The process to create a sedimentary rock.
What is weathering, erosion, formation of sediment, compaction and cementation.
400
Geothermal, wind and hydro energy all have this is common?
What is a turbine and generator.
400
Photosynthesis and the Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Cycle are important to each other because of which elements?
What is plants take in the CO2 and create glucose and oxygen which consumers use to create energy which exhale CO2 to start the cycle over again.
400
How does is weather different from climate?
What is weather is the day to day conditions and climate is the average weather in an area over a long period of time.
400
You are using a triple beam balance to analyse the masses of some rocks. Your instructor notes that your measurements do not look accurate. To ensure accurate measurements, what is the first thing you must do when using a triple-beam balance to collect and analyze information?
What is make sure the balance reads zero before you use it. Calibrate your instruments.
400
Ms. Stockton's class makes a ramp. The students release a toy car and let it roll down the ramp. They measure how long it takes the toy car to travel one meter past the end of the ramp. Why should the students repeat their investigation several times before analyzing the results?
What is to check the reliability of their measurements.
500
The source of all energy on Earth.
What is the sun.
500
Pea plants inherit the color of their pods from their parents. The pods might be green or yellow. The green color is the dominant color. For the offspring plants of the a pure green plant (GG) and a pure yellow plant (gg), what can you predict will be the color of the offspring pods?
What is all pods of the offspring will be green. Can you build a punnet square to find a way to have 3 green and one yellow plant. Bonus $1000
500
What is the difference between rotation and revolution? Daily Double?? How long is one rotation for the Earth and one revolution?
What is rotation is the spinning of the Earth on its axis and revolution is to go around another object. Rotation: 24 hours day and night Revolution: 365 days, one year
500
Illustrate a bar magnet with iron filings to show its magnetic field.
What is teacher to check.
500
To conserve water, Raj and his brother turn off the water faucet while brushing their teeth. They save 1.5 gallons of water per day. Over the course of the year, how much water do the brother save.
What is 1.5 gallons X 365 days = 547.5 gallons
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