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Marine Biology
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Physics and Chemistry
Micro and Macro
100

Name 3 types of natural bodies of liquid water 

Ocean, sea, bay, lake, pond, wetland/marsh, river, creek/stream, canal, estuary, 

100

In the order from closest to farthest from our sun, what number is planet Earth?

Third planet from the sun

100

Which type of rock could contain fossils?

Sedimentary rocks

100

What are the 3 main states of matter? Bonus if you can name the fourth!

Solid, liquid, gas, plasma

100

What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Mt. Everest

200

Biologists give Latin names to all organisms. Sea stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers are some of the many members of an animal group called Phylum Echinodermata. If "dermata" means skin, what does "echino" mean?


Prickly or spiny

200
Your team has been selected to go to the moon! You are interested in comparing differences between life on earth and life on the moon. One of your experiments is to test if weight changes. You weigh a bag of potatoes on Earth and read 7kg on the scale. Assuming your team didn't steal a couple to eat along the way, how would the weight change when you are on the moon?

The moon has less gravity, so your bag of potatoes would weigh less!

200

In what conditions can a fossil successfully form?

A sandy/muddy area with lots of sediments around to bury the organism. Usually near a pretty big body of water
200
You are pushing a smooth wooden box over a rough, textured floor. What is the force that goes against your applied pushing force?

Force of friction

200

What is the largest mammal? Hint: the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC has a skeleton of this mammal)

Blue Whale! Here's Big Blue :)


300

Octopuses are members of a group called Cephalopoda. They are well developed animals with 3 hearts and 9 brains, making them the smartest invertebrates (animal without a backbone) in the world. Name one of the ways an octopus can defend itself if threatened 


Camouflage, ink, swim away really fast (40km/h!), hide away in rocks or shell. This is a coconut octopus hiding in coconut shells!

300

What is a black hole?

An "object" so massive and dense that sucks in everything around it and does not let anything escape, even light. It is basically the most powerful vacuum in the universe!

300

A museum is skeptical of a "fossil" specimen they were donated. Being the fantastic palaeontologist you are, you test it and find that the rock is 500 years old. What can you conclude about this specimen?

Not a fossil, fossils require over 10,000 years to develop.

300

What gas causes a balloon to rise?

Helium gas

300

Closest but not over: Fungi are known to grow underground and cover a huge amount of land. Your team is on a mission to map out the size of the biggest fungus on Earth, located around eastern Oregon, USA. This fungus has been nicknamed “Humongous Fungus”. In square kilometres, how big do you record this fungus to be? For reference, all of UBC is about 4 square kilometres.

9.6 square kilometres! It is the largest organism on Earth and is around 8000 years old! It is not a collection of fungi, it is a single fungus!

400

Name an apex predator (top of the food chain) that is NOT a shark

Orcas (killer whales), sperm whales, leopard seals

400

What is an exoplanet? Bonus if you know how far away the closest exoplanet is from Earth in light years (a light year is the distance light can travel in one year)

A planet not in our solar system. The closest one to us is Proxima Centauri b located around 4 light years away

400

What are 2 things a palaeontologist can learn about fossils?

How the environment changed, evolution of species/how ancient life looked, how physical geography changed, certain adaptations helped survival...

400

What is the speed of light in m/s?

3x108 m/s (this means light can travel from Earth to the moon in about one second!)

400

Prime numbers are special numbers greater than 1 that can only be divided by one and itself to equal a whole number. What is the smallest prime number?

2    (2/1 = 2 , 2/2 = 1 , but 2/3 = 0.666...)

500

Closest but not over: This organism is called a Bristle Worm. It is a segmented worm (like earthworms) that belongs to a taxonomic group of animals called Phylum Annelida. Members of Phylum Annelida are known to have certain repeating body parts. How many hearts does this worm have?


10 hearts, they are arranged in pairs on either side of its body closest to its head 

500
Congratulations! You are the lucky winner and you have won a one week exclusive vacation to the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxy! What is the name of the galaxy you will be staying at?

Andromeda Galaxy! (It would take you 2.5 million years to arrive at your hotel!)


500

You've been tasked with exploring a new piece of land in search of dinosaur fossils. You find a sedimentary rock and decide to crack it open. Upon taking a closer look, you notice a specimen that looks like a leaf! Interesting... this is the first leaf fossil that you've come across. Why would soft bodied organisms, like leaves, be rare and hard to find?

Soft organic tissue decomposes quickly, they lack the sturdy structure that bones have.

500

Everything on earth, living or non living, are made of atoms. Multiple atoms connected together make up molecules, and these molecules are expressed using special "codes". The molecular formula of oxygen is O2. What is the molecular formula of water?

H2O

500

Cells are tiny tiny structures that make up all living things. We, and everything around us that is or once was living, are made of cells. Inside a cell, there are structures called organelles that each have their own special role in keeping the cell alive and happy. One such organelle is in charge of making all the energy that the cell needs, and has been given the nickname "powerhouse of the cell". What is the name of this organelle?

The mitochondria!