Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
Scientific Practice
100

The unit of force in the International System of Units (SI)

What is a Newton?

100

The pH range of acids

What is a pH less than 7?

100

The basic unit of life

What is a cell?

100

The formula for the area of a circle?

What is A=(pi)r2?

100

DOUBLE POINTS

The first step in the scientific method

What is making an observation?

200

DOUBLE POINTS

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?


200

DOUBLE POINTS

Type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms

What is a covalent bond?

200

Process plants use to convert sunlight into energy

What is photosynthesis?

200

The value of x in the equation 2x+3=7

What is x=2?

200

A hypothesis

What is a testable prediction?

300

The formula for calculating kinetic energy.

What is KE = (mv^2)/2?

300

The chemical formula for table salt

What is NaCl?

300

What is the term for a group of similar cells that perform a specific function

What is a tissue?

300

The term for the steepness of a line on a graph

What is the slope?

300

The variable that is changed in an experiment

What is the independent variable?

400

The phenomenon that explains why we see lightning before hearing thunder

What is the speed of light being faster than the speed of sound?

400

The process when a solid changes directly to a gas

What is sublimation?

400

What part of the cell is responsible for controlling what enters and leaves the cell?

What is the cell membrane?

400

DOUBLE POINTS

The sum of the angles in a triangle

What is 180 degrees?

400

The importance of a control group in an experiment

What is to provide a standard for comparison?

500

The principle that describes the conservation of angular momentum

What is that the total angular momentum of a system remains constant if no external torque acts on it?

500

This law states that the pressure of a gas increases as the volume decreases, provided the temperature remains constant

What is Boyle's Law?

500

DOUBLE POINTS

The process by which organisms change over time to adapt to their environment

What is evolution?

500

The branch of mathematics that studies rates of change and the accumulation of quantities

What is calculus?

500

Peer review

What is the process by which scientists evaluate each other's work?

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