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Checkpoint Questions
100

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Mitochondria

100

Which gas makes up most of the Earth’s atmosphere?

Nitrogen

100

What type of energy is stored in a stretched spring?

Elastic potential energy

100

What is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

Gravity

100

Carbon dioxide + water + (   ) 

---> oxygen + glucose.


Name the process of the chemical equation shown above. What is the missing substance from the equation above?

Photosynthesis. Sunlight.

200

What is the process of animals getting energy from food called?

Cellular respiration

200

Endothermic reaction is the reaction when

Heat is absorbed

200

What is the term for the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Refraction

200

What is the term for the path that a planet takes as it revolves around the Sun?

Orbit

200

Refer to the picture.

Name the process shown in the diagram?

Gaseous exchange

300

What is the primary role of red blood cells?

To transport oxygen

300

What type of reaction occurs when a more reactive element displaces a less reactive one from a compound?

Displacement reaction

300

What is the name of the phenomenon where sound waves bounce off a surface?

Echo

300

What cause the movement of tectonic plate?

Convection current, magma flow underneath Earth's crust

300

Refer to the picture.

Form the word equation for the chemical reaction shown in the picture.

Iron + Oxygen + Water ---> Hydrated Iron oxide

400

What is the process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce called?

Natural selection

400

What is the name of the substance with chemical formula of H2SO4?

Sulphuric acid

400

Which principle states that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object?

Archimedes' principle

400

Moon is said to have some similarity with the Earth. What theory backs this information?

Collision Theory

400

Refer to the picture.

Give one similarities and one difference between waveform A and waveform B.

Similarity: Amplitude

Difference: Frequency

500

What is the name of the process by which water moves through a plant from roots to leaves?

Transpiration

500

Number of valence electron and shells of the element located at group 17 and period 2. Name this element.

7 valence electrons, 2 shells. Chlorine

500

What is the formula used to find pressure in electricity?

Pressure = Voltage / Current

500

What will happen to the distance between Earth and Sun if the size of Earth increases?

Closer. The larger the size of an object, the larger the gravity.

500

Refer to the diagram provided.

Based on the diagram, how many trophic levels are there in the food web?

3