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100
This is the smallest part of an atom.
What is an atom.
100
This property allows water to stick to things other than itself.
What is adhesion.
100
What are the three fossil fuels?
What is coal, oil (petroleum), and natural gas.
100
These disease causing microbes are not made of living cells. (Give me one extra fact you know about these microbes on your board).
What are viruses.
100
TRUE OR FALSE: Skin is part of the first line of defense against pathogens.
What is TRUE
200
This is a mixture where one substance is dissolved in another substance.
What is a solution (or homogeneous mixture)
200
A leaking pipe is an example of... (type of pollution)
What is point-source pollution.
200
What negative impacts does the burning of fossil fuels have on the environment
What is increased Carbon emissions (CH4, methane, and CO2, carbon dioxide).
200
If you are sick with strep throat, what will the doctor tell you to do to fight it? Why?
What is take an antibiotic, because strep is caused by a bacteria, a living microbe.
200
This is the name of the original supercontinent AND what theory states that the continents have moved apart?
What is Pangea AND continental drift.
300
These are the names of a (1) row and a (2) column on the Periodic Table. PLEASE WRITE IN ORDER.
What is a (1) period and a (2) group/family
300
This water quality indicator refers to how muddy the water is.
What is turbidity.
300
What are three examples of renewable resources?
What is solar, wind, hydropwer, and biomass.
300
What might you take to prevent diseases like malaria or chicken pox? Will this help after you have already contracted the disease?
What is a vaccine. No.
300
(1) Organisms that produce their own food are called what? (2) Organisms that breakdown decaying matter are called what?
(1) What is producers? (2) What is decomposers?
400
In the chemical equation for photosynthesis: 6CO2 + 12H2O -->C6H12O6 + 6H2O, what are the reactants?
What is 6CO2 and 12H2O
400
The point at which saltwater meets freshwater is called what?
What is an estuary?
400
What is a problem with the use of wind turbines for energy?
What is they are only efficient in certain areas?
400
What is the best way to prevent yourself from getting the flu? What is the next best thing if the previous isn't available?
What is get a vaccine. Wash your hands regularly.
400
These are the three subparticles of an atom.
What is electron, proton, and neutron?
500
If chemical X has a mass of 5g and chemical Y has a mass of 10g, what is the mass of the product? going to be
What is 15g (per the Law of Conservation of Mass --> Mass cannot be created nor destroyed)
500
An ocean current that brings nutrients from the ocean bottom to the ocean surface is called what?
What is an upwelling?
500
How were fossil fuels formed?
What is they formed hundreds of millions of years ago from the remains of dead plants and animals.
500
What is the difference in an infectious disease and a noninfectious disease? What is an example of each?
What is an infectious disease is caused by pathogens (virus, bacteria, fungi, and parasites); a noninfectious disease is caused by lifestyle factors, gene mutations, and/or environmental toxins. Infectious: flu, strep, athlete's foot, ringworm, Lyme diease NonInfectious: sickle cell, cancer
500
These are the negative subatomic particles that are on the outtermost orbital of an atom and allow atoms to chemically bond to other atoms.
What are valence electrons?