Science Jeopardy Round #1 Vocabulary Matter & Energy Force & Motion Interactions w/ Living Organisms EcosystemsUniverse

#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? BBBb 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

#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.