What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data?
What is data in the form of words, or non-numeric forms ( qualitative data)?
What is numerical data based on measurements? (Quantitative data)
100
What is the difference between communicable and non-communicable disease?
What is a disease that can be passed from one person to another? ( communicable )
What is a disease that can't be passed from one person to another? ( non-communicable)
100
What is the automatic response to a movement, noise or some other stimulus?
What is a reflex?
100
What is a nonrenewable resource?
Name 3 examples.
What is a resource that will run out, causes pollution and is EXPENSIVE.
Examples include: fossil fuels, coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power
100
Who was Hans Christian Oersted?
Who is the man who discovered the electromagnet 200 years ago while teaching class?
200
List 3 reasons why teamwork is important in science.
What is cooperation, sharing ideas and double checking your work ( other answers may be correct ) ?
200
List 5 of the body's defenses against pathogens.
What is
1. Tears ( to wash away pathogens)
2. Ear wax ( traps pathogens )
3. Friendly bacteria (crowd out pathogens)
4. Mucous membranes ( in mouth and nose)
5. Sneezing or coughing
6. Dead skin cells
7. Pathogens dissolved by stomach acid
200
The branchlike structure of a neuron that receives messages is called a what?
What is a dendrite?
200
What is a renewable resource? Name and list examples.
What is a resource that can be replenished over a short period of time. Expensive to use. Does not cause pollution.
Ex) hydro-power, solar , geothermal, biomass
200
A device that uses a magnet to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
What is a generator?
300
Define the term Experiment
What is a controlled procedure carried out to discover, test, or demonstrate something?
300
The person who founded and named the vaccine was...
Who is Edward Jenner ?
300
What is caffeine?
What is a stimulant drug present in coffee, tea, and soda pop that speeds up the central nervous system?
300
Name two way in which you can conserve energy ?
What is the act of turning off the lights and
taking shorter showers?
300
What is a turbine?
What is a device that converts energy into a stream of fluid?
400
What are the 6 steps of the scientific method in order?
Ask a Question
Brainstorm a Hypothesis
Create a procedure
Do the experiment
Evaluate the data
Find a friend, communicate results
400
What does a pathologist do?
What is a person who studies about sickness and disease?
400
What are the 3 parts of the brain in size order?
List what each part does.
What is cerebrum, cerebellum and the brain stem.
(thinking, thought process), (posture, balance and coordination)
(hunger, thirst) - brainstem
400
Draw an atom and label its charges
What is on the board?
400
How is an atom charged and what is it called when it is charged.
What is an ion? An atom becomes an ion by gaining or losing electrons ( in the event of a collision)
500
What is the difference between an study and a survey?
What is a method of gathering data that involves asking people for information?
What is the careful observation and description of an event, object, or organism?
500
What are the two most common groups of pathogens?
What are bacteria and viruses?
500
a long rod of nerve tissue in the spine is called?
What is the Spinal cord?
500
Draw a parallel circuit with four light bulbs, two switches and multiple wires.
What is on the board?
500
A spot where eclectic current is prevented from reaching an appliance?