Water,Water everywhere!
What on Earth?
You've got the power!
Wash your hands!
Atoms in Action
100

Water evaporating out of the leaves of plants is called????

Transpiration

100

Which law states: oldest layer of rock is found on the bottom of an undisturbed rock layer?

What is The Law of Superposition

100

What is a MAJOR disadvantage of using fossil fuels to create energy?

What is the emission of greenhouse gasses especially carbon dioxide!

100

The spread of a disease around the world. Happens faster today due to quick transportation,

What is a Pandemic

100

Evidence that elements can combine to form new compounds. A melting a solid B freezing a liquid C moving a piece of metal with a magnet D pouring two liquids together to create a solid

What is pouring two liquids together to create a solid?

200

In what state of matter is MOST of the freshwater on Earth?

What is ICE?

200

The best evidence that two continents were once connected. A They have similar types of rocks and fossils. B They are in the same stage of succession. C They exist along the same line of latitude. D They have the same climate.

What is they have similar types of rocks and fossils

200

What type (category of macronutrient) gives us most of our energy? 

What are carbohydrates(sugars)! (Simple and Complex)

200

The statement that best describes influenza. A Influenza causes most forms of lung cancer. B Influenza is caused by poor hygiene. C Influenza is cured with antibiotics. D Influenza is highly contagious.

What is Influenza is highly contagious

200

The family on the Periodic Table with a FULL valence shell that is inert(unreactive)

What is Noble Gas Family

300

If an earth layer is very permeable, then it has high _______________.

What is Porosity?

300

Special fossil used for relative dating. They are widespread, plentiful, and lived on Earth for a short time period.

What is an Index Fossil?

300

List 2 disadvantages of hydroelectric power

What are destruction of habitats, temperature changes in river system, river blocked for fish

300

Tiniest of all the pathogens

What is a virus?

300

How many elements AND atoms are in the following compound?

2C6H12O6

What is 3 elements and 48 atoms

400

A large area of land drained by a large river is called a _______ ________.

What is a River Basin?

400

Type of structure that suggests a common ancestor. Bones are connected in a similar pattern.

What are Homologous Structures?

400

The process where oxygen reacts with glucose to release energy in the form of ATP. NOTHING in your body would work without this process!

What is cellular respiration?

400

A less complex cell type composed of no true nucleus. Bacteria, like Streptococcus are this type of cell

What is a prokaryote?


Pro=NO nucleus, remember? 

Side question-how do they reproduce?

400

Does this equation demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Mass?

CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O

What is yes! There are equal numbers of each atom on both sides of the equation

500

What two factors drive deep ocean currents?

AND what is it called (starts with a t)

What are temperature and salinity?

What is thermohaline?

500

How could fish fossils be found on the top of a mountain?

What is uplift due to plate-tectonics could change the elevation

500

What energy source uses photovoltaic cells AND tell us one disadvantage of this energy source

What is SOLAR and a major disadvantage is it does not work at night or in areas with low sunlight.

500

Antibiotics not taken as prescribed lead to _______ _______. (To earn points you must tell us what it leads to AND describe how it happens!)

What is antibiotic resistance. It is caused my improper use of antibiotics-often when full dose is not taken and most resistant bacteria continue to reproduce and mutate.

500

How many valence electrons does Potassium(K) have AND explain its reactivity

What is 1 and it is VERY reactive because it has a VERY unstable valence shell needs 7 more to reach the octet