Biology
What organs are considered the “control center” of the body?
Brain
spinal cord
What are the four states of matter?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
plasma
The climate of any region is determined by a variety of natural factors in the area, what are these climate control factors that affect regional climate?
1. Latitude
2. Elevation
3. Nearby bodies of water (rivers, swamps, lakes and oceans)
4. Ocean Currents
5. Topography (forms and surfaces of land formations)
6. Vegetation (forests, tundra, and grasslands)
7. Prevailing winds
Name examples of luminous objects.
Sun
Stars
Fire
light bulb
Damaged DNA that cannot be repaired is usually destroyed in a process called….
Apoptosis
What are the phases of mitosis?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
telophase
Name the different prefixes of molecular compounds.
Mono
Di
Tri
Tetra
Penta
Hexa
Although water and nitrogen are abundantly found in the atmosphere they are not greenhouse gases due to their inability to absorb infrared energy. Name the five atmospheric gases that make up the greenhouse gases which serve to absorb infrared energy before redistributing it in all directions.
1. Water (H₂O)
2. Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
3. Methane (CH4)
4. Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
5. Ozone (O₃)
Name examples of bioluminescence in nature.
Glow-worms
Fireflies
Deep-water fish
Bacteria
Fungi
In what direction do light rays travel?
A straight line
Name an organelle that a plant cell has but an animal cell does not.
Cell wall
Vacuole
Chloroplasts
Alkali metals can be applied differently in a variety of industries such as photography, glass-making, batteries, weapons, and explosives. Name six alkali metals on the periodic table.
Lithium
Sodium
Potassium
Rubidium
Cesium
Francium
In the early 1900s, Wladimir Koppen created a five zone climate classification system to identify and differentiate regional vegetation, temperature and precipitation. What did Koppen call these five climate zones?
1. Tropical
2. Dry
3. Moderate
4. Continental
5. Polar
Name a type of electromagnetic radiation that occurs on the light spectrum.
Radio waves
Microwaves
Infrared
Visible light
Ultraviolet
X-rays
Gamma rays
How long does it take for light travelling from the sun to reach earth?
8 minutes
Name the four building-block molecules, which are found in DNA and can be represented with letters.
Adenine (A)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G)
Name a type of chemical bond.
Covalent
Ionic
Hydrogen
Metallic
Plants and oceans that remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it takes in are commonly referred to as this…
Answer = Carbon sink
What consumer products commonly use Fluorescence (when an object absorbs ultraviolet light and immediately releases the energy as visible light), Phosphorescence (a coating applied material to absorb light), Chemiluminescence (the production of light from a chemical reaction)?
Highlighters
2. The dial on wrist watches
3. Children’s toys
4. Glow in the dark stickers and clothing
5. Glow sticks
The change in direction of light as it travels from one material into another can be described as what?
Refraction
What do organelles do?
Bring in nutrients
Remove wastes
Generate and release energy for the cell
Name a sign that a chemical reaction has occurred.
Change in colour.
Change in smell.
Temperature change.
Light is produced.
Gas is formed.
It starts to burn.
As Earth's temperature increases, more liquid water evaporates and becomes water vapour. Water vapour can act as a greenhouse gas and trap heat, so more water vapour in the atmosphere leads to…
A warmer Earth
As there is no required power source what can chemiluminescence products such as glow sticks be safely used for in the real world?
1. Party decoration
2. In hazardous situations, such as search and rescue
3. By the military personnel
4. For diving
If there were no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, what is the Earth’s estimated temperature?
-18 degrees Celsius