What is the term for the basic building block of all matter?
What is an atom
100
Which part gives shape and support to the body: brain, heart, skeleton, stomach ?
What is skeleton
100
Which food group provides the best source of carbohydrates?
What is breads and grains
100
Which organ holds solid waste before it exits the body: pancreas, liver, stomach, large intestine ?
What is the large intestine
100
Which are NOT found in both birds and insects: eggs, feathers, legs, wings ?
What is feathers
200
Which one of these would NOT be made up of atoms: light, food, water, rust ?
What is light
200
Which of these is the BEST example of an adaptation to cause sickness or repulsion in predators and allow the animal to run away: stripes of zebras, smell from skunks, long necks on giraffes, long ears of rabbits ?
What is smell from skunks
200
Which would be washed away MOST EASILY by erosion: topsoil, subsoil, bedrock, magma ?
What is topsoil
200
Name the 3 states/forms of all matter.
What is solid, liquid, gas
200
What adaptation do bats, whales, and dolphins use to locate objects or other animals from great distances?
What is echolocation (sonar)
300
Give one example of a physical change and one example of a chemical change
What is ? various answers
300
Jason is pushing a cart with 10 boxes inside. He adds 2 of the boxes and continues pushing the cart with the same amount of force. What should happen to the (A) speed and (B) direction of the cart?
What is (A) speed will decrease (because there is more weight in the cart) (B) the direction stays the same (he didn't turn)
300
The formation of a river delta is most likely the result of: earthquakes, volcanoes, water erosion, deposition ?
What is deposition
300
If you have a solution of salt water, what would be the best method to separate the salt out of it?
What is evaporation
300
Give one example of gravitational potential energy and one example of kinetic energy
What is ? various answers
400
In which layer of the Earth would a garden and rocks be found?
What is lithosphere
400
Give the term for when a substance changes from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation
400
Which of these would be the best adaptation for an ocean animal to adjust to colder weather: longer neck, darker fur, extra fat, shorter legs ?
What is extra fat (blubber)
400
Name any body part that is part of the nervous system.
What is brain, nerves, spinal cord
400
Give the name of the instrument used to find volume.
What is graduated cylinder (or a beaker)
500
Jeffrey has two different metals. Which two tools would be the most useful to make observations about the metals: litmus paper and ruler, ruler and scale, thermometer and litmus paper, scale and thermometer
What is ruler and scale
500
A new organism is discovered. It has a nucleus, mitochondria, chloropasts, and is multi-celled. To which kingdom should the new organism belong?
What is plant kingdom
500
Jared planted 5 bean plants. He gave them each one pound of soil, each had 10 hours of sunlight, one plant was given Miracle Grow and water, and the other 4 were given water. Which of these is the variable?
What is the Miracle Grow
500
Give one example of a producer, one example of a consumer, and one example of a decomposer.
What is (a) name any plant (b) name any animal or carnivorous plant (c) bacteria, worms, fungi
500
Give one example of (A) a renewable energy source and one example of (B) a non-renewable energy source?
What is (A) hydroelectric, solar, wind, geothermic, biofuel (B) coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear