Year 7 Science

Biology

100

The name of the process by which plants obtain energy from the sun.

What is photosynthesis

200

All life is made up of this basic building block, it is the smallest thing capable of living by itself

What is cells

300

Explain how a sedimentary rock can become a metamorphic rock.

What is "sedimentary rocks like bituminous coal, limestone, and sandstone if given enough heat and pressure (which can be supplied by tectonic movements of Earth's crust) can turn them into metamorphic rocks"

400

The group of animals which do not have backbones

What is invertebrates

500

What are 5 ways that seeds can be dispersed?

What is the by explosions, wind, water, being eaten and sticking to animals

Chemistry

100

The type of reaction that cannot be easily reversed or changed

What is a chemical reaction

200

The chemical name for salt is

What is sodium chloride

300

The acid found in the stomach is............ What is its chemical formula?

What is hydrochloric acid (HCl)

400

All elements in the periodic table belong to one of 3 categories, they are........

What is metals, non metals & metalloids/transition metals

500

Glucose is a compound which is made up of what elements? How many of each element can be found in one glucose molecule?

What is Carbon (6), Hydrogen (12), Oxygen (6). {C6H12O6}

Physics

100

The force that allows a plane to move forward

thrust

200

Hot air is less dense than cold air, this was modelled using potassium permanganate to show these currents. What is the name of this type of energy transfer?

What is convection

300

A man travels 200m in 25s, pauses for 2 mins, then travels 250m in 1 min 25s. What is average speed for the journey?

What is (200+250)/(230s) = 1.96 m/s

400

Light rays travels as...

What is waves

500

If an object gives off its own light, it is called...

What is luminous

General

100

Name 3 famous scientists

Newton, Einstein, Madam Curie, Nikola Tesla, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Neils Bohr etc....

200

What is the name given to energy that is wasted?

Dissipated Energy

300

The study of stars and space

Astronomy

400

Name at least 5 of the 7 Wonders of the World

What is Great Wall of China, 

Chichén Itzá, Mexico

Petra, Jordan

Machu Pichu, Peru

Chist the Redeemer, Brazil

Colleseum, Rome

Taj Mahal, India

500

Describe the difference between mass and weight

Mass is the amount of substance in an object, weight is force of gravity on an object.

School

100

What time does lunch start for year 11s?

What is 1:15

200

The name of 4 science teachers

Mr. Butler, Ms. Frost, Mr. Armstrong, Mrs. Leinster

300

What does the F in F1 classroom stand for?

What is Franklin

400

The school was established in?

What is 1953

500

The new building will belong to which department?

What is Math