1. Science TAKS Jeopardy Nature of Science Life SciencePhysical ScienceEarth/Space Science Random 10 20 30 40 50

2. Name 2 ways to communicate data Click here for answerhere

3. Graphs, tables

4. Name 2 different ways you could communicate what a particular plant looks like if you found it in the woods. Click here for answerhere

5. Pictures, drawings

6. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using a model Click here for answerhere

7. 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.

8. When evaluating scientific explanations, or phenomena, you should always look for ________ and ___________. Click here for answerhere

9. Strengths, weaknesses

10. 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

11. A T-chart showing controls and variables

12. What do the arrows in a food web represent? Click here for answerhere

13. The flow of energy

14. Give one example of an inherited trait and one example of a learned behavior Click here for answerhere

15. Inherited Trait: eye color, hair color, skin color, height, etc. Learned Behavior: reading, playing an instrument, learning a sport, etc.

16. When animals face an environmental change, they must __________ or they will die. Click here for answerhere

17. adapt

18. In order for a species to survive, animals must pass on their genetic ________ to their _________. Click here for answerhere

19. Traits offspring

20. If a rabbit is both a consumer and prey in its ecosystem, this characteristic would define the rabbit’s ___________. Click here for answerhere

21. niche

22. What is the difference between reflected and refracted light? Give examples of each. Click here for answerhere

23. 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.

24. Name 4 types of energy Click here for answerhere

25. Thermal (heat) Electrical Light Chemical Sound

26. All solutions are a type of __________. Click here for answerhere

27. mixture

28. True or False- A force must be present to cause change Click here for answerhere

29. True

30. True or False- Parts of mixtures (example: sand and water) go through a chemical change when mixed together. Click here for answerhere

31. False- Parts of mixtures do not chemically change. Mixtures can be physically separated into their original components.

32. __________ is absorbed by plants to be converted into _________ through a process called ___________. Click here for answerhere

33. Carbon Dioxide Sugar Photosynthesis

34. What causes the seasons? Click here for answerhere

35. The tilt of the Earth

36. Lumber is a/an __________ resource. Click here for answerhere

37. Renewable

38. Give 2 examples of an inexhaustible resource Click here for answerhere

39. Wind Solar

40. Name 3 fossil fuels and identify what type of resource they are Click here for answerhere

41. Coal Natural Gas Petroleum (oil) Nonrenewable Resources

42. Name all 8 planets in order from the sun Click here for answerhere

43. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos!

44. List the stages of a beetle going through metamorphosis in order Click here for answerhere

45. Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult “L” comes before “P” in the alphabet

46. The oldest rock layer is found ___________. Click here for answerhere

47. On the bottom layer

48. 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

49. 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.

50. Give an example of a producer, primary consumer, and a secondary consumer. Click here for answerhere

51. Producer- any plant Primary Consumer- any animal that eats a plant Secondary Consumer- any animal that eats another animal