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Science JeopardyRound #1
VocabularyMatter &
EnergyForce & Motion
Interactions w/
Living Organisms
Ecosystems
Universe
10 10 10 10 10 10
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#1
What term describes the organism in a food web that
produces food?
#1
Answer:
Producer
#2
What term describes the graphic relationship between
organisms at each trophic level and the flow of energy from one level to another?
#2
Answer:
Food Web
#3
Plants and animals that become extinct are examples
of what type of resource?
#3
Answer:
Non-renewable Resource
#4
What word is used to describe a form of precipitation with a
high concentration of sulphuric acid?
#4
Answer:
Acid Rain
#5
What word is used to describe a form of precipitation with a
high concentration of sulphuric acid?
#5
Answer:
Electrical Resistance
#6
In a closed system, what is conserved in a physical or
chemical change?
#6
Answer:
Matter
#7
Complete the following sentence:
The electromagnetic spectrum consists of energy bands of visible
and non-visible ______.
#7
Answer:
Wavelengths
#8
A nail in water produces rust. This is and example of what kind of change?
#8
Answer:
Chemical Change
#9
Name one way by which heat energy can be
transferred?
#9
Answer:
Conduction,
Convection, or
Radiation
#10
In what form does energy travel through matter?
#10
Answer:
Waves
(mechanical or electromagnetic)
#11
Name one of the ways the motion of an object can be
described.
#11
Answer:
Change in position,
Change of direction, or
Change of speed
#12
What occurs when an object speeds up, slows down, or
changes direction?
#12
Answer:
Acceleration
#13
What is the reaction whenever an object exerts
a force on another?
#13
Answer:
An equal but opposite force is exerted back on it.
#14
Complete this sentence: Mechanical energy comes
from the ______energy and _______energy
of an object.
#14
Answer:
Kinetic, Potential
#15
How is the amount of work done on an object?
#15
Answer:
It depends on both the force applied and the distance
the object moves.
#16
A student wants to perform an experiment to test how much water bean plants need for good growth. Which factor should be
changed?
#16
Answer:
The amount of water
#17
What do the following items have in common?
Cell membrane, nucleus,
cytoplasm
#17
Answer:
Parts of a cell
#18This is a diagram of a genetic cross. In guinea pigs, black hair color is dominant (B) and white hair color is recessive (b).
What color are the guinea pigs’ offspring?
BB Bb
Bb bb
B b
B
B
#18
Answer:
Mostly black with some white
#19
Green plants are important to animals because the plants …..
#19
Answer:
Produce food and give off oxygen
#20The science teacher wanted to show students the need
for clean hands. She prepared four culture plates of nutrient agar and made certain that the agar was not contaminated. She then touched the first culture plate with her fingers, she rinsed her hands under running
water to wash her hands and then touched the second plate. She used liquid soap and running water to wash her hands and then touched the third plate. The fourth
plate was closed and untouched
Where did the science teacher and students probably find the largest number of bacteria?
#20
Answer:
Plate #1
#21
If foxes and hawks are removed from this food web, what would be
the result?
#21
Answer:
An increase in the number of rabbits and squirrels
#22
Complete the following sentence:
The diversity and balance of species in an ecosystem
changes when the
_________ _______ change.
#22
Answer:
Environmental Conditions
#23
Describe a typical food chain.
#23
Answer:
Grass is eaten by mouse,
Mouse is eaten by hawk,
hawk is eaten by fox.
#24
What do we call the rise of temperature that the Earth
experiences because certain gases in the atmosphere (water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous
oxide, and methane, for example) trap energy from the sun?
#24
Answer:
The greenhouse effect
#25
Explain how the variation of organisms within a certain population increases the
likelihood of survival of the species.
#25
Answer:The variation of characteristics in
a population increases the likelihood that some of the members will survive the
physical or biological changes of that system.
#26
The universe is so large that its distances are expressed in special units. Name one of
them.
#26
Answer:
Light years, astronomical units
#27
What force determines the orbital patterns of celestial objects?
#27
Answer:
The force of gravity
#28
What is responsible for the earth’s seasons?
#28
Answer:
The revolution and tilt of the earth
#29
If all the planets started out together on their trips around
the sun, which one would finish the trip last?
#29
Answer:
Pluto
#30
John stuck a meter stick in the ground outside the school at 8:00 in the morning. How will the shadow of the stick at 2:00 in the afternoon compare to its shadow at 8:00 in the morning?
#30
Answer:
The shadow will be shorter and on the opposite side of the
stick.