Chemistry
Genetics
Earth
Energy
Solar System
100

This change is a _____

CHEMICAL CHANGE

100

A change in a gene is called a ___________. It may cause a trait to change and the trait can be positive, negative or neutral


what is mutation?

100

Surface feature formed when two CONTINENTAL PLATES CONVERGE

What are mountains?


100

These two balls are moving at the same speed, which one has more kinetic energy? why? 

Baseball because it has greater mass

100

Reason why we experience day and night on Earth

Earth's rotation 

200

Phase changes (solid to liquid, liquid to gas etc.) are considered a _______ change. 

PHYSICAL CHANGE

200

Reproduction that leads to offsprings with GENETIC VARIETY and chance for NATURAL SELECTION when facing changes. 

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

200

Process occurring where two oceanic plates DIVERGE

What is Seafloor Spreading? 

200

What happens to kinetic energy as a piece of solid gold melts into liquid. 

Kinetic energy increases as particles move faster

200

Draw the positions of the sun, earth and moon during a lunar eclipse + name the moon phase 

Full Moon

300

How would you classify the following substance? Element, compound or mixture?

What is a COMPOUND? (Pure substance made of more than one element bonded together)

300

Process of selecting organisms to mate in order to increase the chance of having offsprings with desirable traits.


What is SELECTIVE BREEDING?

300

What is the most likely explanation for the similarities seen below? The organisms...

have common ancestors

300

Heat transfer that occurs through direct contact is called...

Conduction

300

Name the season that the location labeled X (Southern Hemisphere) is experiencing when the Earth is in this position

What is Summer?

Southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sunlight. 



400

How many atoms of each element are in this compound? 

1 Nitrogen atom and 3 hydrogen atom

400

Brown eyes (B) is DOMINANT to blue eyes (b). What color eyes will someone who has HETEROZYGOUS genes (Bb) have? 

What are brown eyes
400

Which organism most likely went extinct first? How do you know? 


                     

                            D


400

Draw the direction of heat transfer between a cup of cold water and the class at room temperature

arrow pointing from surroundings into the cup of water

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY. Give a quick explanation as to why space objects travel more quickly in their orbits when they are closer to the sun. 

The sun's gravitational pull increases on objects that are closer, so they travel more quickly. 


500

Two hydrogen peroxide (2 H2O2) compounds are broken down into water and oxygen. How many oxygen atoms will there be in the ending product?

4 OXYGEN ATOMS + (\4 HYDROGEN ATOMS

CONSERVATION OF MASS


500

Freckles is DOMINANT to no freckles. A HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE parent and a HETEROZYGOUS parent have a child. What is the probability of their child being born without freckles? 


What is 50%? (ff genes)

500

Give a reason for why sexually reproducing organisms are more likely to survive in a changing environment. Describe in 1-2 sentences.

Sexually reproducing organisms are born with genetic variety so some individuals may have adaptations to survive and reproduce

500

Type of heat transfer shown by each of the pictures below. Conduction, convection or radiation?

X= Convection

Y= Conduction

Z= Radiation

500

Name the moon phases that causes the highest high tides and lowest low tides on Earth

What are NEW moon and FULL moon phases?  The tides are caused by gravitational pull from both the Moon and the Sun.