Classification
How many answers can each question in a dichotomous key have?
Two
What is an adaptation?
Something that helps an organism survive better, or something that helps an organism be better suited to its environment
What state of matter has a fixed shape and a fixed volume?
Solids
True or false: A food chain provides more detail about the relationships in an ecosystem than a food web
False
Name 4 ovals used by CGS
Chapel Oval
Main Oval
Flinders Oval
P and F Oval
Junior School Oval
What phylum do corals belong to?
a. Echinoderms
b. Cnidaria
c. Mollusca
d. Platyhelminthes
b. Cnidaria
Which of the following pairs of symbols best describes commensalism?
a. + .
b. + +
c. + -
a. + .
What change of state is occurring during condensation
Mr Gatenby's baby has a mass of 5000 grams and a volume of 2500 cm3. Calculate the density of his baby.
2 grams/cm3
How many houses are there at CGS for years 7-12? (excluding Monaro)
13.
Blaxland
Burgmann
Hay
Middleton
Edwards
Edison
Sheaffe
Jones
Garnsey
Garren
Snow
Burgess
Clements
What is the third lowest level (most specific) of the hierarchical classification system
Family
Consider the following food chain:
Seagrass -> Rabbitfish -> Coral trout -> Black tipped reef shark -> Tiger shark
Which organism is a tertiary consumer?
Black tipped reef shark
Name the process that causes gas particles to spread out evenly throughout an enclosed space
Diffusion
Which of the following is NOT a suburb in Canberra:
Oxley
Theodore
Forrest
Weetangera
Taylor
Preston
Campbell
Coombs
Torrens
Richardson
Preston
Dr Pask
What are the 7 key features shared by all living things?
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition
Question: In a predator-prey relationship, which of the following is true?
A) The predator always kills its prey.
B) The prey is always larger than the predator.
C) The population of predators and prey often fluctuates in response to each other.
D) Predators and prey exist in isolation without influencing each other.
C. The population of predators and prey often fluctuates in response to each other
What type of energy causes particles to move around more after a substance is heated?
Kinetic Energy
Pine trees are tall leafy trees characterised by having a vascular system, nuts and cones, but no fruit or flowers. What is the name of the plant group that pine trees belong to?
Gymnosperm
How much would a baguette and an ice tea cost at the school canteen?
a. $6.50
b. $8.50
c. $10.50
d. $12.50
C. $10.50
Which of the following organisms is most closely related to the spiny damselfish 'Acanthochromis polyacanthus'?
a. coloured damselfish 'Chromis chromis'
b. spotted damselfish 'Pomacentrus polyacanthus'
c. striped damselfish 'Acanthochromis wardii'
C. striped damsel 'Acanthochromis wardii'
Consider the following ecosystem:
Grass -> grass hopper -> mouse -> fox -> eagle
A scientist found the mass of all foxes in an ecosystem to be 47.5 kg. What mass of grass would be needed to support the ecosystem?
47,500 kg
Sublimation
What are the first names of the following teachers:
Dr Garrick
Mr Thompson
Ms Bakeberg
Mr Gatenby
(Must get all 4 correct to earn the points)
Justin, Oliver, Giorgia, Peter
You exit room SS203, walk forwards 3 metres, go down a flight of stairs, turn left, walk forwards 5 metres, turn left, walk forwards 45 metres, turn left, walk forwards 17 metres, walk forwards and go down 3 flights of stairs, turn right, walk forwards 3 metres and enter through a set of doors. Where are you standing now?
Clements locker area