ECOLOGY AND NATURAL SELECTION
NAME THAT ORGANELLE
CHEMISTRY
PHYSICS
BODY SYSTEMS
100
Which animal is the apex predator?
Seal
100
What organelle was involved in making proteins?
Ribosomes
100
What is the charge of a proton?
Positive
100
What is the name of the force that kept the ball in the cup as we spun it around in circles?
Centripetal force
100
What is the name of the body system that contains the lungs?
Respiratory System
200
True or false:
Having a better beak for your environment decreases fitness
False
200
What organelle is found only in plants and performs photosynthesis?
Chloroplasts
200
True or false:
Melting ice is a physical change
True
200
What is the name of the force in the string that pulled on the cup as we spun it around?
Tension force
200
Name one type of muscle
Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
300
Name one of the tools we used to simulate the beaks in the Darwin's Bird experiment?
Spoons, forks, cups
300
What organelle is involved in creating energy for the cell?
Mitochondria
300
Name the 3 particles found in an atom
Proton, neutron, electron
300
What is it called when an object resists a change in motion? This is what caused the cups to collapse together
Inertia
300
What substance is transported by the cardiovascular system?
Blood
400
What food did the predators take from the prey?
Goldfish
400
What organelle is like the 'janitor' of the cell, cleaning up cell debris?
Lysosomes
400
What property of water allows certain bugs to skate on the surface?
Surface tension
400
What forces were fighting each other as we spun the cup in a circle with a string?
Tension and centripetal
400
What is mechanical digestion?
Physically breaking up food (like chewing)
500
Where did Darwin travel to view his findings on evolution/natural selection?
The Galapagos Islands
500
What organelle is involved in packaging materials to leave the cell?
Golgi Apparatus
500
Electricity is the movement of what particle?
Electrons
500
The electricity in the circuit was used to power what device?
Lightbulb
500
What is the name of the type of cell that communicates information in the nervous system?
Nerve/neuron