AC: Science

Science A

100

What is it called when the moon appears to be getting brighter/more full?

Waxing

200

What biome is southern Canada considered to be a part of?

Coniferous Forest

300

In chemical reactions, atoms are?

Rearranged

400

What element has the electron configuration 1s²2s²2p³?

Nitrogen

500

If a compound has 2 atoms of Phosphorus and 1 atom of Chlorine, what is the name of this compound?

Di-phosphorous mono-chloride

Science B

100

What element on the periodic table has an atomic number of 12?

Magnesium

200

What mineral has a rating of 7 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness?

Quartz

300

What kind of bond forms between two nonmetals?

Covalent

400

What is the general formula for a decomposition reaction?

AB --> A+B

500

Black holes are formed after?

The death of large stars

Science C

100

How many valence electrons must an atom have to be stable?

2 (Period 1), 8 (Periods 2-7)

200

What branch of science is geology considered a part of?

Earth Science (Pure Science)

300

What system regulates the body's growth and metabolism?

The Endocrine System

400

Which of Newton's laws of motion state that an object in motion stays in motion until acted upon by another force?

1st law

500

Electricity travels at the speed of:

A) Sound

B) Light

C) 1 mph

D) 2 km/h

B) Light

Science D

100

What was Mendeleev's original periodic table based on?

Atomic mass

200

How do science and technology contribute to each other?

Technology allows scientists to make more detailed or accurate discoveries and scientific discoveries lead to improved technology.

300

What organelle processes and bundles proteins and lipids as they are synthesized within a cell?

Golgi Apparatus/Body/Complex

400

The Sun will become this before ending its life cycle as a white dwarf?

Red giant

500

Limestone is what kind of rock? (Specific)

Sedimentary, clastic

Science E

100

What type of rocks are formed under extreme pressure?

Metamorphic

200

Photosynthesis is what kind of chemical reaction?

Synthesis

300

What branch of physical science deals with the identification and composition of substances?

Chemistry

400

What is the only known blue-shifted (moving towards us instead of away from us) galaxy?

Andromeda Galaxy

500

Many have heard of it, but nobody has ever seen it. It will not speak unless spoken to. What is it?

An echo