Science TAKS Jeopardy Nature of Science Life SciencePhysical ScienceEarth/Space Science Random
Name 2 ways to communicate data Click here for answerhere
Graphs, tables
Name 2 different ways you could communicate what a particular plant looks like if you found it in the woods. Click here for answerhere
Pictures, drawings
Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using a model Click here for answerhere
Advantage- you get to see objects that are too small to see (ex: atom), you get to see inside objects that are not possible to see otherwise (ex: volcano) Disadvantage- Most models do not show temperature. Models usually do not have the same texture as a real object.
When evaluating scientific explanations, or phenomena, you should always look for ________ and ___________. Click here for answerhere
Strengths, weaknesses
What method would you use to find out what a student is testing in an experiment? What are the two vocabulary words associated with this? Click here for answerhere
A T-chart showing controls and variables
What do the arrows in a food web represent? Click here for answerhere
The flow of energy
Give one example of an inherited trait and one example of a learned behavior Click here for answerhere
Inherited Trait: eye color, hair color, skin color, height, etc. Learned Behavior: reading, playing an instrument, learning a sport, etc.
When animals face an environmental change, they must __________ or they will die. Click here for answerhere
adapt
In order for a species to survive, animals must pass on their genetic ________ to their _________. Click here for answerhere
Traits offspring
If a rabbit is both a consumer and prey in its ecosystem, this characteristic would define the rabbit’s ___________. Click here for answerhere
niche
What is the difference between reflected and refracted light? Give examples of each. Click here for answerhere
Reflected light is bouncing light. Example: A mirror Refracted light is bent light. Example: a prism, rainbow, seeing a “bent” object submerged halfway in water.
Name 4 types of energy Click here for answerhere
Thermal (heat) Electrical Light Chemical Sound
All solutions are a type of __________. Click here for answerhere
mixture
True or False- A force must be present to cause change Click here for answerhere
True
True or False- Parts of mixtures (example: sand and water) go through a chemical change when mixed together. Click here for answerhere
False- Parts of mixtures do not chemically change. Mixtures can be physically separated into their original components.
__________ is absorbed by plants to be converted into _________ through a process called ___________. Click here for answerhere
Carbon Dioxide Sugar Photosynthesis
What causes the seasons? Click here for answerhere
The tilt of the Earth
Lumber is a/an __________ resource. Click here for answerhere
Renewable
Give 2 examples of an inexhaustible resource Click here for answerhere
Wind Solar
Name 3 fossil fuels and identify what type of resource they are Click here for answerhere
Coal Natural Gas Petroleum (oil) Nonrenewable Resources
Name all 8 planets in order from the sun Click here for answerhere
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos!
List the stages of a beetle going through metamorphosis in order Click here for answerhere
Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult “L” comes before “P” in the alphabet
The oldest rock layer is found ___________. Click here for answerhere
On the bottom layer
When looking at a tree ring, where is the oldest ring, AND what strategy must you use on the TAKS test if there is a tree ring question? Click here for answerhere
The oldest ring is in the center On the TAKS test, label each point on the tree ring “1 st ”, “2 nd ”, “3 rd ”, and so on- starting from the inside out.
Give an example of a producer, primary consumer, and a secondary consumer. Click here for answerhere
Producer- any plant Primary Consumer- any animal that eats a plant Secondary Consumer- any animal that eats another animal