The three major groups of marine life include Nekton, Benthos, and?
A. Plankton
B. Killer Whales
C. Cod
D. Sharkes
What is Plankton?
100
A layer of marine fossils is discovered in a desert environment. How is this possible?
The area was once covered by water.
100
What characteristic of copper allows it to be made into wire?
A It is dense.
B It is ductile.
C It is magnetic.
D It is malleable.
B It is ductile.
100
How can the spread of a disease be stopped globally?
vaccinations
100
Which is an example of a physical change?
A boiling
B burning
C rotting
D rusting
A boiling
200
In Which Zone would you find sea stars (star fish)?
A. Benthic Zone, B. Oceanic Zone, C. Intertidal Zone, Nertic Zone
What is Intertidal Zone?
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
A lipid is a ?
A. stored protein
B. stored fat
C. stored organelle
D. stored cilia
What is stored fat?
200
A disease that is spread affects people in areas throughout the world is called _________.
pandemic
200
The property of metals that allows them to be used to make coins that have the same thickness.
What is malleability.
300
What is the term for when water sticks to itself?
Cohesive
300
Index fossils tell scientists what most important fact?
A. Relative age
B. Absolute age
C. Absolute place
D. Globe Warming
A. Relative age
300
What are organisms that break down things called?
A. Decomposers,
B. Eubacteria
C. Genetic Engineering
D. Producers
What are A. Decomposers?
300
Nine people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the scenario that could best explain how the people got sick?
contact with an infected person
300
How can a scientist, using the periodic table, find an element with properties similar to another element?
What is by finding its periodic group?
400
What is the term used to describe the cloudiness of water?
Turbidity
400
What kind of information do ice cores give scientists?
atmospheric conditions of the past
400
Which best describes a bioindicator?
A a species that has a short life span
B a species that depends on specific conditions to survive
C a species that can adapt to a variety of conditions
D a species that has been introduced to an ecosystem
B a species that depends on specific conditions to survive
400
Why do doctors suggest that people get a flu vaccine each year?
Viruses can mutate from year to year.
400
This best describes the of an aluminum soda can after
it is crushed.
physical change
500
Where is the majority of Earth’s
freshwater located?
polar ice caps and glaciers
500
What is the term that describes older sedimentary rock is found deeper than younger sedimentary rock?
Law of Superposition
500
Which project is most likely to interest a scientist working at abiotechnology company?
A study and reconstruction of fossilized bones
B conservation of key species within ecosystems
C development of geneticallymodified corn plants
D prevention of sewage leaking intowater supplies
C development of geneticallymodified corn plants
500
How are bacterial infections treated?
with antibiotics
500
Chemical X has a mass of 5 grams, and chemical Y has a mass of 10 grams. If the two chemicals are mixed and a complete chemical reaction takes place, what is most likely the mass of the product?