Science Jeopardy Biology Chemistry Physics Earth/Space Sci Health 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

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Biology-100 ANSWER: prokaryote QUESTION: what is an organism of the kingdom Monera (or Prokaryotae), comprising the bacteria and cyanobacteria, characterized by the absence of a distinct, membrane-bound nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes?

Biology-200 ANSWER: mutualism QUESTION: what is a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association?

Biology-300 ANSWER: ATP QUESTION: What is adenosine triphosphate, a coenzyme used as an energy carrier in the cells of all known organisms?

Biology-400 ANSWER: auxin QUESTION: What is a class of plant growth substances (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle?

Biology-500 ANSWER: oxidative phosphorylation QUESTION: What is the process in cell metabolism by which respiratory enzymes in the mitochondria synthesize ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate during the oxidation of NADH by molecular oxygen?

Chemistry-100 ANSWER: calorie QUESTION: What is the amount of energy required to raise one gram of water one degree Celsisus (an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joule)?

Chemistry-200 ANSWER: double replacement reaction QUESTION: What is a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound?

Chemistry-300 ANSWER: alpha particle QUESTION: What is a positively charged particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons, emitted in radioactive decay or nuclear fission; the nucleus of a helium atom?

Chemistry-400 ANSWER: 1s22s22p6 QUESTION: What is the electron configuration of neon?

Chemistry-500 ANSWER: Haber Process QUESTION: What is theprincipal commercial method of producing ammonia, by direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst, often iron.

Physics-100 ANSWER: E=hf QUESTION: What is the relationship between the energy and wavelength of light?

Physics-200 ANSWER: capacitance QUESTION: What is is the ability of a capacitor to store energy in an electric field, or, what is a measure of the amount of electric potential energy stored (Q/V?

Physics-300 ANSWER: inverse square law QUESTION: What is any physical law stating that a specified physical quantity or strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of that physical quantity?

Physics-400 ANSWER: kg m2s-2 QUESTION: What are the dimensions of a joule, the MKS unit for measuring energy?

Physics-500 ANSWER: neutrino QUESTION: What is is an electrically neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin, and a disputed but small non-zero mass

Earth & Space Science-100 ANSWER: light-year QUESTION: What is is a unit of length, defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year?

Earth & Space Science-200 ANSWER: Alpha Centauri QUESTION: What is the triple star system in the constellation Centaurus that is the third brightest star in the night sky, and the star system nearest to Earth, at a distance of about 4.2 light-years?

Earth & Space Science-300 ANSWER: umbra QUESTION: What is the darkest part of a shadow, especially the cone-shaped region of full shadow cast by Earth, the Moon, or another body during an eclipse?

Earth & Space Science-400 ANSWER: right lateral strike-slip fault QUESTION: What is a fault on which the two blocks slide past one another in which the displacement of the far block is to the right when viewed from either side? (The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a right lateral fault.)

Earth & Space Science-500 ANSWER: pulsar QUESTION: What is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation? The beam appears to pulsate when viewed from Earth.

Health-100 ANSWER: DUI QUESTION: What is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit?

Health-200 ANSWER: nicotine QUESTION: What is a toxic, addictive, water-soluble alkaloid found in tobacco leaves

Health-300 ANSWER: HDL cholesterol QUESTION: What is the cholesterol high in high-density lipoproteins; the 'good' cholesterol? A high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease.

Health-400 ANSWER: Antioxidant QUESTION: What is one of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals?

Health-500 ANSWER: LD50 QUESTION: What is the median lethal dose in a pharmacological trial?

FINAL JEOPARDY Task: Name the 11 systems of the body and an organ in each.   circulatory, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, nervous, endocrine, lymphatic, muscular, urinary, integumentary, reproductive