Chemistry
Earth History & Evolution
Natural Resources & Biotech
Pathogens & Health
Ecosystems
100

The most basic building block of matter

What is an atom?

100

The law that the oldest layer is found at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top

What is The Law of Superposition?

100
Sources of energy that are replaced in nature faster than they are used by humans

What are renewable resources?

100

The class of pathogens that use a host to make copies of itself because it cannot reproduce on its own.

What is a virus?

100

A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit, like a bee pollinating a flower 

What is 'mutualism?'

200

The positively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom

What is a proton?

200

A fossil made by an impression left behind by an animal (footprints, outlines, etc.)

What is a trace fossil?

200

Energy created when moving air spins turbines 

What is wind energy?

200

The smallest pathogen group. This group can infect any other living organism, even other pathogens. 

What is a virus?

200

A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neutral, like a jackal following a tiger for food scraps

What is 'commensalism'?

300

The negative particles in the outermost energy level of an atom

What is a valence electron?

300

The era of geologic history that saw the very beginning of life on earth. 

What is the Precambrian Era?

300

Select the nonrenewable resource:

A. oil

B. sunlight

C. water

D. wood

What is A. oil?


300
The food group that provides the most immediate form of energy is:

A. Protein

B. Fats/Lipids

C. Carbohydrates

D. Vitamins

What are C. Carbohydrates

300

The class of organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis

What are 'producers'?

400

The group of non reactive gasses on the right side of the periodic table

What are Noble Gases

400
The species that will best survive environmental change is...

A. The highly specialized species

B. The species with genetic diversity

C. The species that has the strongest jaws

D. The species with the best camouflage

What is B, the species with genetic diversity.

400

Select the question(s) that can be investigated through biotechnology

A. Can bacteria create synthetic insulin?

B. Which corn tastes better in tacos?

C. Which pest is the most destructive to crops?

D. Can crops be engineered to resist drought?

What are A and D.

Can bacteria create synthetic insulin?

Can crops be engineered to resist drought?

400

The ability of bacteria to adapt to antibiotics and pass on that successful trait to the next generation. 

What is 'antibiotic resistance'

400

An owl and a hawk live in the same forest and both eat mice. What is the best term to describe their relationship?

A. Mutualism

B. Competition

C. Parasitism

D. Commensalism 

What is B, Competition. 


The owl and the hawk have the same food source, so they compete for food. 

500

Chlorine has 7 valence electrons. Which atom will it bond with?

A. Sodium with 1 valence electron

B. Carbon with 4 valence electrons

C. Fluorine with 7 valence electrons

D. Magnesium with 2 valence electrons

What is Sodium with 1 valence electron

(7 valence electrons need 1 more to make 8)

500

Name all of the geologic time periods from oldest to youngest

Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic

500

What are the advantages and disadvantages of renewable vs. nonrenewable energy?

non renewable = cheaper but polluting

renewable = safer for environment but expensive

500

Describe the difference between an outbreak, an epidemic, and a pandemic

outbreak = localized

epidemic= regional

pandemic = many countries, whole world

500

Each trophic level on the energy pyramid represents _____% energy of the level below it.

For example, tertiary consumers only have ____% of the available energy that secondary consumers have.

What is 10%. 

The available energy decreases by 90% with each trophic level.