Transcript Science Round 1 - Park Hill School District

Science Jeopardy
Round #1
Vocabulary
Matter &
Energy
Force &
Motion
Interactions w/
Living
Organisms
Ecosystems
Universe
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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
#18
This 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?
B
b
B
BB
Bb
B
Bb
bb
#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
#20
The 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.