Math
What is the next prime number after 7?
11
Animals which eat both plants and other animals are known as what?
What is the first element on the periodic table?
Hydrogen
What is the name of the process used by plants to convert sunlight into food?
EXTRA POINTS**
Write out the formula
Photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Do male or female mosquitoes bite people?
Female
How many sides does a nonagon have?
9 sides
Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection.
Charles Darwin
What is the center of an atom called and what is it made up of?
The center is called the nucleus and is made up of protons and neutrons.
Botany is the study of what?
Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?
Clouds
True or false? In an isosceles triangle all sides are unequal.
False, that would be a scalene triangle. Isosceles have 2 sides that are equal.
What is the name of the monk who studied pea plants to learn about heredity?
EXTRA POINTS**
Use a punnet square to show Pp x PP
What percent will have a dominant P allele?
Gregor Mendel
P p
P PP PP
P PP Pp
100% will have the dominant P allele
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
The death of every member of a particular species is known as what?
Extinction
Another name for a tidal wave is a?
Tsunami
In statistics, the middle value of an ordered set of values is called what?
EXTRA POINTS**
Find that said value of this set of numbers
3,14,15,2,12,23,45,23,23,4
Median
14.5
A single piece of coiled DNA is known as a?
Chromosome
True or false? Bases have a pH lower than 7.
False, acids have a pH lower than 7 and bases are higher than 7.
True or false? A salamander is a warm blooded animal?
False
What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin?
Galapagos Islands
True or false? Opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal.
True
A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a?
Mutation
Mercury
The area of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as?
Mycology
An anemometer is used to measure what?