Warm-Ups
8th Grade 2016-2017
9/12/16
•What part of an experiment do you change
to test your hypothesis?
•What, in the scientific method, is considered
an educated guess?
•What is the last step in the scientific
method?
•What does the dependent variable depend
on?
9/13/16
•What is the difference between
variables & controls in experiments?
•How many variables should you use to
test a hypothesis in an experiment?
•What is everything in the universe made
out of?
•What are the different states of matter?
9/14/16
•What is all matter made up of?
•What state of matter is water when
it’s at 210 degrees Fahrenheit?
•What phase of matter is lightning?
•In which state of matter are the
atoms not bonded together?
9/15/16
•Atoms vibrate in a fixed position in which
state of matter?
•What state of matter is plasma most like?
•What hazardous metal’s matter state is
liquid at room temperature?
•What state of matter fills the space it is
in?
9/16/16
•How “excited” are the atoms in the BoseEinstein Condensate (BEC)?
•What do you call it when a solid goes
straight to a gas?
•What do you call it when a gas goes straight
to a solid?
•What is the process that changes the charge
in atoms and makes a gas into a plasma?
9/19/16
•What are the parts and their charges within
an atom?
•What does the atomic number for an
element stand for?
•How many protons and how many electrons
does Manganese (Mn) have?
•What do you call the outermost electron
shell of an atom?
9/20/16
•What smallest part of an element can you
identify as being unique to that element?
•Is water changing states (from solid, liquid,
or gas) a physical or chemical change?
•How many electrons can there be (max) in
the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th shells?
•What points are the same as the boiling
point and the freezing point?
9/21/16
•Is mixing a solution of water and sugar a
physical or chemical change?
•Is burning wood a physical or chemical
change?
•How many electron shells are represented
in the Lewis model of atom structure?
•How many electron shells are represented
in the Bohr model of atom structure?
9/22/16
•What is an isotope of an atom?
•How do you figure out how many protons,
neutrons, & electrons atoms have?
•What is added together to get the atomic
mass?
•What is most of the space in an atom
called where the electrons reside?
9/23/16
•What are 3 examples of plasma?
•Which #’s of electrons go in the 3rd
st
shell of atoms (i.e. #’s 1-2 are in the 1
shell)?
•What are atoms measured in?
•How do you get a positive ion for an
atom?
9/26/16
•How many electrons are in the valance shell
of gold?
•Which electrons in each element’s atoms
are shown in a Lewis structure?
•What do you call atoms with different
amounts of neutrons?
•What happens to an atom when it picks up
an extra electron?
9/27/16
•What is the difference between a physical &
chemical change in matter?
•What property with elements is unique to
that element?
•When heat is applied to atoms, what
happens to the atoms?
•What is the difference between evaporation
& boiling?
9/28/16
•What is the difference between an
element, a mixture, and a
compound?
•How can mixtures be separated?
•How can compounds be separated?
•How can elements be separated?
9/29/16
•Molecules are groups of what (that
are bonded together)?
•How are compounds held together?
•What are compounds made up of?
•When do you use “ide” as a suffix and
when do you use “ate” as a suffix?
9/30/16
•What type of mixture does not have
uniform distribution of its particles?
•What is formed when 2 or more different
elements join or bond together?
•What is formed when elements and/or
compounds combine physically?
• What type of mixture is a solution?
10/3/16
•What is a homogeneous mixture in which
the components are uniformly mixed?
•What is the part of a solution that is capable
of dissolving another substance?
•What is the part of a solution that dissolves
in another substance?
•Is a solution considered a physical or
chemical change in matter?
10/4/16
•Would blood be considered a homogeneous
or heterogeneous mixture? Why?
•Would table salt be an element or a
compound? Why?
•Would sublimation be considered a physical
or chemical change? Why?
•Would cooking a hamburger be a physical or
chemical change? Why?
10/5/16
•Would condensation be considered a
physical or chemical change?
•What are compounds that have the same
elements but bonded in different orders?
•What is the most common example of
oxidation?
•What are positively and negatively charged
ions called?
10/6/16
•Which type of ions are metals & nonmetals?
•What is a process that uses an electric
current (DC voltage) to drive a chemical
reaction used to separate elements?
•What do you call the positive electrode that
anions are attracted to in electrolysis?
•What do you call the negative electrode that
cations are attracted to in electrolysis?
10/10/16
• What is a substance that doesn’t quite dissolve
as well as a solute, but which the particles are
suspended in a solvent?
• What occurs when a precipitate forms during a
chemical reaction?
• What is a chemical that causes a solid to form
with a precipitate?
• What occurs when vinegar & baking soda
combine & form bubbles?
10/11/16
•What is a mixture where the particles are
dispersed in a liquid or gas but will settle?
•What happens to a substance when it goes
through a chemical change?
•What is a chemical reaction that absorbs
heat energy?
•What is a chemical reaction that releases
heat energy?
10/12/16
•What is an insoluble solid that emerges
from a liquid solution?
•What is another name for the mass per unit
volume of a substance?
•What is the formula for figuring out the
density of a substance?
•What is created when the 2 ends of a
molecule are positive and negative?
10/13/16
•What is a physical property of matter that
affects copper being made into wire?
•What is a physical property of matter that
affects how clay can be made into pots?
•What is a physical property of matter that
affects how a substance dissolves in water?
•Physical properties in matter are
determined using what?
10/17/16
•What does an extensive physical property of
matter depend on?
•Would melting point be considered an
extensive or intensive physical property?
•What is it called when a solvent can no
longer dissolve a solute?
•If a solution is saturated, what happens to
the solute that can’t be dissolved?
10/18/16
•What law states that matter can’t be
created or destroyed?
•What physical property is an object’s ability
to float?
•What is a description of an object based on
its observable characteristics?
•What would cause something to change
color (like with flowers maturing)?
10/20/16
•What are the 2 major divisions within the
periodic table?
•How is the periodic table divided into
groups?
•How is the periodic table divided into
periods?
•What are the elements called that are on
the line separating metals & nonmetals?
10/21/16
•Why is hydrogen on the left side of the
periodic table with metals?
•Why is hydrogen not considered one of the
noble gases?
•What is it called when elements are
grouped by their chemical properties?
•How many groups & periods are there in the
periodic table?
10/24/16
•How many valance electrons are in the 1st
group of the periodic table?
•Why do you not see + or – ions of elements
in the 18th group of the periodic table?
•What are the only 2 elements that are liquid
at room temperature?
•If a group 16 element filled its valance shell,
what type of ion would be?
10/25/16
•What is the 1st group in the PT called & how
many valance electrons do each have?
•What is the largest family of elements in the
periodic table?
•What family does Calcium belong to in the
periodic table?
•What family does Iodine belong to in the
periodic table?
10/26/16
•Which type of elements are associated with
being malleable or ductile?
•The atomic mass of an element is the
average of what?
•How many valance electrons do the first 5
periods of the PT go up to?
•What metalloid is a semiconductor of
electricity & often used in microchips?
10/27/16
•What element lies in group 15 & period 4?
•Which of the 3 main divisions of the
periodic table is that element a part of?
•What is the average number of the
neutrons in that element?
•What would happen to that element if it
were to lose 3 protons?
10/28/16
•What are 5 features of most metals?
•What are nonmetals good for with respect
to heat & electricity?
•What are metalloids useful for in
electronics?
•Which family of elements in the periodic
table are the most non-reactive?
10/31/16
•A spider's web is made of what chemical
substance?
•Bats navigate and move through the night
using what?
•The bones in skeletons are made from what
chemical compound?
•The orange pigment in pumpkins comes from
what chemical compound or substance?
11/1/16
•If a substance strongly attracts hydrogen
ions, what is it called?
•If acids are considered to have acidity, what
equivalent term do we use for bases?
•What is a strong base used in making some
kinds of soap?
•What type of taste in foods do bases have?
11/2/16
•What type of substance is on the low end
of the pH scale?
•What type of taste in foods do acids
have?
•What type of base is often used to
counteract a strong acid like battery acid?
•What does pH stand for?
11/3/16
•If a new highly reactive metal was discovered,
where would it be put on the periodic table?
•What are a couple of elements that have
properties similar to Nitrogen?
• What is the most reactive group of nonmetals?
•If the number of atoms of a substance stays
the same, what else remains same?
11/4/16
•What are the small numbers after the
elements in chemical equations?
•What are the big numbers before the
elements in chemical equations?
•What is the substance at the beginning of a
chemical equation (to the left of the arrow)?
•What is the substance at the end a chemical
equation (to the right of the arrow)?
11/7/16
•How many Oxygen atoms are in the
equation CO2?
•How many Hydrogen atoms are in the
equation 4H2O?
•Can you change the subscript in a molecule
or compound equation?
•Can you change the coefficient in a
molecule or compound equation?
11/9/16
•If an element doesn’t have a subscript,
what is implied?
•If an element doesn’t have a coefficient,
what is implied?
•What does a triangle mean in a chemical
equation?
•What symbolizes that a chemical equation
goes in one direction?
11/10/16
•Balance the following equations:
•Cr2O3 + Mg → Cr + MgO
•Al + O2 → Al2O3
•NaBr + Cl2 → NaCl + Br2
•As4S6 + O2 → As4O6 + SO2
11/14/16
•Balance the following equations:
•H2 + N2 → NH3
• KClO3 → KCl + O2
• S8 + O2 → SO2
• C2H6 + O2 → CO2 + H2O
11/15/16
•What type of system freely exchanges
matter & energy with surroundings?
•What type of system exchanges only energy
with surroundings, not matter?
•What type of system doesn’t exchange
energy or matter with surroundings?
•What is an example of each of the 3 systems
from above?
11/16/16
•What is an element that shares similar
properties to magnesium?
•What is the most common semiconductor
and what type of element is it?
•What stays the same on both sides of a
balanced equation?
•How is the Law of Conservation of Mass
satisfied in a balanced chemical equation?
11/17/16
•If there are 7 grams of O & 14 grams of Li as
reactants, what is the mass of the product?
•If a product seems to be 15% less mass than
the reactant, what happened to the 15%?
•In what way are the periods on the periodic
table organized?
•How do atoms of elements combine to form
compounds?
11/18/16
•What type of energy is harnessed using
photovoltaic cells?
•What type of energy is produced by the use
of gravity and water?
•What type of energy is produced from the
splitting of atoms?
•What type of energy is produced from the
natural heat within the earth?
11/21/16
•What word means the ability to do
work or create a change?
•What word means a force exerted on
an object that makes it move?
•What is the formula to measure
“work?”
•What units is “work” measured in?
11/22/16
•What is the energy of an object due to its
motion?
•What is stored energy due to its position?
•What word means to pass energy from
one place or object to another?
•What word refers to the changing of
energy from one form to another?
11/28/16
•What type of energy is harnessed through
the use of windmills?
•What type of energy comes from living
organisms (plants, animals)?
•What source of energy can be replenished if
it is used?
•What source of energy is considered
permanent (for the next few million years)?
11/29/16
•What type of pollutant is released into the
atmosphere when coal is burned?
•What would be the most significant issue
that can affect hydroelectric power?
•Why are fossil fuels most often used for
energy in the US?
•Where must geothermal power plants be
placed to harness geothermal energy?
11/30/16
•What energy source causes the most
environmental damage?
•What is the biggest disadvantage to using
solar energy as the primary energy source?
•Which energy source can potentially release
radiation into the environment?
•Which greenhouse gas can affect global
warming the most?
12/1/16
•What is the biggest disadvantage to using
wind to generate electricity?
•What is the greatest impact hydroelectric
power has on the environment?
•What 2 renewable energy resources depend
primarily on the sun?
•How are natural gas and coal similar types
of energy sources?
12/2/16
•What are 2 common disadvantages to all
renewable energy sources?
•What is another name for renewable energy
sources such as solar & wind?
•What is the greatest danger with nuclear
power plants?
•After energy is generated, what is released?
12/9/16
•What is the water cycle and how does it
cycle water?
•What are the different forms of
precipitation?
•How much of the earth is covered in
water?
•How much of the earth’s water is fresh
water?
12/12/16
•What is the majority of the freshwater used
for in the world?
•How much water does the average US
citizen use daily?
•What is the main thing that drives the water
cycle?
•Where is the majority of the freshwater that
we use located?
12/13/16
•Why is water considered the “universal
solvent?”
•How much of earth’s freshwater is frozen in
polar ice caps?
•What type of rock can water not pass
through?
•What water source collects rainwater & ice
melt into concentrated areas?
12/14/16
•What is an area of land that separates water
flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas?
•What is the mouth of a large river where the
ocean tide meets the stream?
•What is a body of permeable rock that can
contain or transmit groundwater?
•What is a river or stream flowing into a
larger river or lake?
12/15/16
•What are the 3 categories that the world’s
freshwater is divided into?
•What accounts for about 70% of the world’s
freshwater consumption?
•What country consumes more freshwater
per capita than any other country?
•What percentage of the freshwater we use
goes to human consumption?
12/19/16
•What river basin do you live in?
•What is another name for impermeable
rock below the underground aquifers?
•What is a natural system linked by living
and nonliving things?
•What are the 3 main parts of the water
cycle?
12/20/16
•How many major river basins are there in
NC?
•What 2 major bodies of water do NC river
basins eventually drain into?
•What 2 general names are given to
lakes/streams/oceans and aquifers?
•How much has the amount of water on
Earth changed in the last billion years?
1/2/17
•What is a depression of the water table
formed around a well when water is
pumped out?
•What is a well in which water rises above
the aquifer?
•What is the difference between porosity
and permeability?
•What is the zone of saturation?
1/3/17
•What is the water table?
•What is a body of rock through which
water cannot easily flow?
•What is the addition of new water to the
zone of saturation referred to as?
•What is a place where water flows
naturally from rock onto the land surface?
1/4/17
•What can happen to fish in a stream when
there’s low dissolved oxygen concentration?
•What is the problem with runoff of fertilizer
from a farm into a stream?
•What is the difference between pointsource & nonpoint-source pollution?
•Where does the majority of a body of
water’s dissolved oxygen come from?
1/5/17
•If a body of water has high turbidity levels,
is it safe to drink? Why?
•What is the most important reason to keep
our water clean?
•If a ship is leaking oil, is this point-source or
nonpoint-source pollution?
•What type of organism would benefit from
high levels of nitrates in the water?
1/6/17
•Why do people try to avoid drinking water
in developing countries?
•Why do local health departments monitor
water bodies?
•How does controlling soil erosion around
lakes and rivers help them?
•What is eutrophication and why is it so bad
for a water ecosystem?
1/11/17
•What is the greatest impact floods have on
water quality?
•What can best determine if a lake is a
healthy source of freshwater?
•What are measures of natural populations
of algae, plants, & fish called?
•Bacteria & excess nutrients in a river would
probably be linked to what NPS pollution?
1/12/17
•Where would a high concentration of
phosphates and nitrates in water most likely
come from?
•What can variations in the pH of water
indicate?
•What does the temperature of water most
directly affect in the water?
•What would hydrochloric acid do to water?
1/13/17
•What do scientists use to obtain maximum
coverage in studying the hydrosphere?
•For water to be healthy, what needs to be
true of the dissolved oxygen levels?
•What is a business’ responsibility to take
care of a water source referred to as?
•What attributes of water can you instantly
tell that the water quality is low?
1/17/17
•What is an excessive richness of nutrients in
water that causes dense plant growth &
animal death due to low dissolved oxygen?
•What is a bacteria that is an indicator of
fecal matter in drinking water?
•What is the relationship between dissolved
oxygen and temperature?
•If pH is 10, is the water more basic or acidic?
1/18/17
•What are some effects from eutrophication?
•What will happen if the dissolved oxygen
levels get below 5 ppm?
•What will happen with water and aquatic
life if there is a large algae bloom?
•If the temperature of a body of water
increases, what happens to the amount of
dissolved oxygen?
1/19/17
•What is water that is a mixture of
freshwater and saltwater called?
•Where is the water mixture described above
usually found?
•Ocean water is measured in salinity; what
does salinity mean?
•When freshwater and saltwater mix, which
one floats on top of the other?
1/24/17
•What is a rhythmic movement that carries
energy through matter or space?
•What are the high points and low points of
waves called?
•What is the measurement from the center
line to the crest of a wave called?
•What is the measurement from one wave
crest to another wave crest called?
1/25/17
•What is the surface layer of the ocean that
receives sunlight called?
•What is a portion of a lake or ocean where
there is little or no sunlight called?
•What is a coastal marine swamp of tropical
or subtropical regions called?
•What strongly affects estuaries and how far
up a river salt water can travel?
1/26/17
•What is a large sea or ocean inlet larger
than a bay?
•What is a marshy area found near estuaries
and sounds?
•How are salinity and levels of dissolved
gases in water related?
•What is the biggest reason for the
importance of estuaries?
1/27/17
•What are the nutrient-rich salt marshes and
mangrove forests in south Florida called?
•What changes must organisms in intertidal
zones be able to tolerate?
•What do clams and crabs do to survive in
intertidal zones?
•Why are estuaries called the “nurseries of
the sea?”
1/30/17
•What is used to map the ocean floor using
sound waves bouncing off the bottom?
•What is the best way to map large areas of
the ocean floor?
•What do scientists use to explore deep parts
of the ocean?
•What is the greatest danger submersibles
have in the deep ocean?
2/1/17
•Sunlight penetration increases algae growth
and provides food for a variety of organisms
in what ocean zone?
•What does the most to support life on the
deep ocean floor?
•Weather affects which ocean zone most?
•Plants live near the ocean surface to get
sunlight, providing what at the surface?
2/2/17
•What provides the most amount of
dissolved oxygen in the ocean?
•What are the 2 most abundant gases in the
ocean?
•What type of ocean water releases gases
into the atmosphere?
•What stays the same in the ocean no matter
where you go or how deep you go?
2/3/17
•What is the zone of water that is between
the surface zone and deep ocean?
•What is another name for the zone that is
Greek for “poorly lit?”
•Why is the surface or photic zone of the
ocean so important?
•What is the uppermost part of the photic
zone where photosynthesis occurs called?
2/6/17
•What affects what direction a hurricane
swirls and the direction of ocean gyres?
•What is an oscillation accompanied by a
transfer of energy that travels through a
medium?
•What causes tides?
•When are tides the highest?
2/7/17
•Which is more dense, warmer or cooler
water? More salty or less salty water?
•Where does most of the earth’s oxygen
come from?
•Solids dissolve in warm water faster than
cool water, but do gases dissolve faster in
warmer or cooler water?
•Does pressure affect gas dissolving in water?
2/8/17
•Where are most of the coral reefs in the
ocean located?
•What kind of features do you see on the
ocean floor?
•Where are you most likely to find tube
worms in the ocean?
•What areas of the surface zone of the ocean
are most life found near?
2/9/17
•Where in the ocean would fishermen
probably catch the most fish?
•What causes upwelling in the ocean?
•How does upwelling affect algae and
plankton growth?
•Why do so many marine animals gather
near upwelling areas?
2/10/17
•What is the most abundant type of life in
the ocean?
•What does it mean to say that one body of
water has higher salinity than another?
•What are the deepest parts of the ocean
called?
•What is the production of energy by
microbes in the absence of sunlight called?
2/13/17
•What did the invention of the aqua lung
do for SCUBA and marine exploration?
•What famous ocean explorer helped to
invent the aqua lung?
•What do scuba divers call the aqua lung
now?
•What does the acronym SCUBA stand for?
2/14/17
•How does upwelling affect the amount of
dissolved gases in the ocean?
•What are the most diverse ecosystems on
earth?
•About how much of the ocean have humans
explored so far?
•What year did the deepest manned dive
take place and where did they dive?
2/15/17
•What does bacteria on the ocean floor use
to produce energy and where is it from?
•What happens to organisms that go through
photosynthesis & chemosynthesis after they
produce energy & organic molecules?
•What would happen if a SCUBA diver at 40m
deep returned to the surface too quickly?
•Why can’t divers dive very deep in the sea?
2/16/17
•Approximately how deep is the deepest part
of the ocean?
•What percentage of volcanoes exist on the
ocean floor?
•What is the longest mountain range on
earth and about how long is it?
•What are corals and how do they form coral
reefs?
2/17/17
•Where are most coral reefs found & why?
•How do corals reproduce, sexually or
asexually?
•What condition can occur with coral reefs
from high water temperatures?
•What is the largest coral reef on the
planet and how big is it?
2/20/17
•What is the area at the shore exposed to air
at low tide and submerged at high tide?
•What are 5 common organisms that live in
the zone described above?
•What is another name for the zone
described above?
•What is the length of time between high
tides and low tides?
2/22/17
•What is the main difference between food
chains and food webs?
•What is passed from one organism to
another within a food chain/web?
•What type of consumers eat secondary
consumers in a food chain/web?
•What is another name for primary
producers in a food chain/web?
2/23/17
•What parts do all food chains/webs have no
matter how short or long?
•Name the parts (at least 4) of a food chain
that you are a part of.
• How much energy is passed from one
organism to the other in a food chain?
•Humans are most often which 2 trophic
levels of the food chain?
2/24/17
•What are the 3 types of symbiotic
relationships?
•What is a relationship in which one species
benefits while the host species is harmed?
•What is a relationship in which both species
benefit?
•What is a relationship in which one species
benefits while the other is not affected?
2/27/17
•What type of symbiosis is shown with a
botfly laying eggs under an animal’s skin?
•What type of symbiosis is shown with
Spanish moss growing in trees?
•What type of symbiosis is shown with an
oxpecker’s relationship with a rhino?
•What type of symbiosis is shown with
mistletoe growing on a tree?
2/28/17
•What is a biological species that is studied
to test the quality of an ecosystem?
•What is a species that is crucial in the way
an ecosystem functions?
•What is a network of interconnected food
chains called?
•What represents the flow of energy through
food chains and webs?
3/1/17
•What are 2 commonly used items that are
made of carbon & are at opposite ends of
Moh’s Hardness Scale?
•What are areas where carbon is found for
use in the Carbon Cycle?
•What is the process of making nitrogen from
the atmosphere useful to plants?
•What is the loss or removal of nitrogen?
3/2/17
•Can nitrogen from the atmosphere be
directly used by plants?
•What 2 natural processes help to cycle
carbon through ecosystems?
•What is formed over millions of years from
the breakdown of organisms in the ground?
•What is the process called where ammonia
is returned to the soil by decomposers?
3/3/17
•What type of cells are protozoa, animal, and
plant cells?
•What cell part is the site of protein synthesis
in a cell?
•What is an outer protective layer that only
exists in plant cells?
•What part of a cell nucleus produces
ribosomes?
3/7/17
•What scientist, in the 1660’s, viewed cork
through a compound microscope and gave
the name “cells?”
•What scientist, around the same time, is
known as the “father of microbiology?”
•All organisms are made of 1 or more what?
•What are the structures within a cell that
make up the cell?
3/8/17
•What’s a simple cell with no nucleus and is
considered the oldest life form on Earth?
•Are bacteria considered to be prokaryotic or
eukaryotic cells?
•What is the biggest difference between
eukaryotic & prokaryotic cells?
•What can plant cells produce that animal
cells can’t (not referring to cell parts)?
3/9/17
•What is it that plants produce that both
plant & animal cells use?
•Other than certain parts, how are plant cells
similar to human cells?
•What do prokaryotic cells have instead of a
nucleus?
•The cell theory states that all living cells
must come from where?
3/10/17
•What acronym is used to remember the
steps of cell division?
•What are the steps of cell division during
mitosis?
•What is the number of gametes resulting
from meiosis called?
•If a normal human cell has a diploid number
of chromosomes, how many are there?
3/13/17
•What is another name for the genetic
material that allows cells to reproduce?
•Where is the genetic material in animal
cells found?
•Where is the genetic material in bacteria
cells found?
•Why is it important for cells to divide?
3/14/17
•After mitosis, the 2 daughter cells contain
how many chromosomes compared to the
parent cell?
•After meiosis, how many chromosomes are
in the 4 daughter cells?
•What occurs right after mitosis or meiosis?
•What happens during cytokinesis?
3/15/17
•What takes up the largest part of the cell
cycle?
•What percentage of a cell cycle is
interphase?
•What are the little fibers that pull the
chromosomes apart during anaphase?
•What begins to disappear during
prophase?
3/16/17
•What is a group of connected cells that have
a similar function within an organism?
•What is a group of organs that act together
to carry out complex related functions?
•What is a group of tissues that has a specific
function or group of functions?
•What is the difference between a colonial
organism and a multicellular organism?
3/17/17
•What are the products as a result of cellular
respiration?
•What are the products as a result of
photosynthesis?
•What do plant & animal cells use to release
energy from sugars?
•What process uses oxygen & food molecules
to produce energy for animal cells?
3/20/17
•What type of energy is a reactant in
photosynthesis and what kind is a product
in cellular respiration?
•What type of cells process food to get the
energy they need?
•Where does cellular respiration occur in
eukaryotes vs. in prokaryotes?
•What carries oxygen throughout the body?
3/21/17
•What’s the relationship between the
formulas in photosynthesis vs. respiration?
•What picks up carbon dioxide made by
cellular respiration to be released?
•What is the scientific name for a germ that
causes disease?
•Are viruses alive and will antibiotics help to
get rid of viruses?
3/23/17
•What nutrient is associated with building
and repair of cells, organelles, and tissues?
•What type of fat causes the most problems
with the human body?
•What is a cell process that releases energy
from food?
•What type of energy is lost when an
organism oxidizes food?
3/24/17
•What do animal cells use for energy storage
and production as a source of energy?
•What is broken down in a chemical reaction
with oxygen to release energy for cells to
complete life processes?
•What is used to break down food in cells
after digestion?
•What converts the food we eat into energy?
3/27/17
•Active transport in a cell requires the cell to
use what?
•What is the movement of materials from an
area of higher to lower concentration?
•What is used when materials are too big to
pass through the cell membrane easily?
•Protein is important for the body because it
does what for body tissue?
3/28/17
•What is the movement of water across a
semi-permeable membrane?
•What is the difference between diffusion &
facilitated diffusion?
•What processes move large waste out of the
cell & food into a cell?
•Which cellular transport goes against the
concentration gradient & requires energy?
3/29/17
•How are animal-like protists different from
animal cells?
•What do amoebae use to move around and
get food?
•What do fungus-like protists use to
reproduce?
•What do flagellate protists use to move
around?
3/30/17
•What is another name for harmful
bacteria?
•What can “reprogram” cells to create more
of this harmful material?
•What is a type of virus that can infect
bacteria?
•Why are viruses not considered to be alive?
3/31/17
•Which is larger, a virus or bacteria?
•How can a virus be compared to the
“walking dead” (zombies)?
•What causes the common cold and can
you cure the common cold?
•What part of a virus particle is like that
of a cell?
4/3/17
•An outbreak of what kind of virus
occurred just after WWI & killed about
40 million people worldwide?
•The term virus comes from a Latin word
meaning what?
•What 2 parts do all viruses have?
•Can viruses reproduce on their own?
4/4/17
•What are the most common medicines used
to treat bacterial infections?
•What is the most common type of disease
caused by bacteria?
•Which pathogens are slightly larger than
bacteria & live in warm, dark, humid areas?
•What are 3 common ways in which fungal
pathogens are spread?
4/6/17
•What organization provides alerts about any
outbreaks of contagious diseases?
•What does a Phase 6 from the WHO’s
pandemic alert system mean?
•With the WHO’s Phase 1, where have they
found the virus?
•What is the best way to try and prevent a
virus from becoming a pandemic?
4/7/17
•What type of pathogen causes the disease
malaria?
•Is there a vaccine for the cold virus?
•Cholera, an intestinal infection that causes
severe diarrhea and can lead to death, is
caused by what pathogen?
• What is the best way to treat a parasitic
infection caused by bacteria?
4/10/17
•What is a general term scientists use for
bacteria, parasites, and viruses?
•What type of pathogen needs a host cell to
reproduce?
•What is the best treatment if you have the
influenza virus?
•What can doctors do to help prevent an
outbreak of the influenza virus?
4/11/17
•What’s the difference between a
pandemic and an epidemic?
•What does an antimicrobial agent do?
•Are all antimicrobial agents also
antibiotics and why or why not?
•What type of microbe has no nucleus
and is unicellular?
4/12/17
•What is an organism that transmits a
pathogen from a host to a new organism?
•What type of vector commonly spreads
malaria?
•What type of disease is spread through the
bite of animals (especially wild animals)?
•What does not restrict bacterial growth?
4/13/17
•What is the term for when an antibiotic no
longer kills harmful bacteria?
•What are some cures for viral infections?
•What is it when the body has produced
the antibodies that fight pathogens?
•How does a person acquire active
immunity?
4/24/17
•What is it called when the body produces
the antibodies that fight pathogens?
•What is it called when antibodies are given
to a person (like with mother-to-child)?
•What are introduced into a person’s body to
gain immunity to certain diseases?
•What is considered the most important
th
scientific breakthrough of the 20 century?
4/25/17
•What type of viral disease causes
bleeding from the eyes, nose, ears, and
mouth?
•What type of viral disease causes a
disfiguring rash over the entire body?
•What type of virus can Tamiflu help with?
•How does Tamiflu work?
4/26/17
•What caused the 1800’s cholera outbreak?
•Each virus has its own shape and what?
•Which organ system of the human body would
you most likely find a parasite?
•What happens to the flu virus each year to
make doctors suggest getting the vaccine?
•How can transportation affect pandemics?
•What causes athlete’s foot and ringworm?
4/27/17
•What is the definition of biotechnology?
•What are GMO’s and how are they
important in the daily food we eat?
•What are a few reasons why scientists
genetically modify agricultural crops?
•What are a few ways biotechnology helps
in the medical field?
5/1/17
• What are 3 ways in which biotechnology is used
in agriculture?
• What crop is commonly used as fuel through the
use of biotechnology?
• What are a few ways in which the agricultural
biotechnology industry could have a positive
impact on the environment?
• What is an organism that’s an exact genetic copy
of another organism?
5/2/17
•What is the process of transferring genetic
material from one organism to another?
•The introduction of a transgene has the
potential to change what of an organism?
•What is the use of natural organisms to
clean contaminants in the environment?
•What is the creation of plants and animals
capable of producing medical substances?
5/4/17
•What is the general term for the process of
changing genetic information in a cell?
•What is the process of extracting and
identifying the base-pair pattern in an
individual's DNA for identification?
•What is the process of making many copies
of a gene or other DNA segment?
•What is the purpose of PCR?
5/5/17
•What is DNA that results from the
combination of DNA from 2 organisms?
•What are the 4 steps of genetic cloning?
•What is the intentional mating of organisms
to produce offspring with specific traits?
•What is the process by which the DNA of an
organism is cut and a gene from another
organism is inserted?
5/9/17
•How would making a crop resistant to frost
benefit farmers?
•What are 3 benefits biotechnology can
provide for agriculture?
•What is a change of genetic material
(nucleic acids) in an organism called?
•What is a strand of DNA that codes for
something in particular?
5/10/17
• What type of fossils best support the theory of
biological evolution?
• What evidence makes scientists think dolphins
and whales may have evolved from a common
ancestor?
• What process has caused the extinction of most
animals and plants that no longer live?
• What in fossils makes scientists believe a certain
animal has evolved over time?
5/11/17
•What is the name of the supercontinent
scientists believe existed 200-270 mya?
•What evidence do scientists point to for the
belief this supercontinent existed?
•What says that the older fossils are found
deeper under ground showing relative age?
•What conclusion can be found if dinosaur
fossils are found deeper than bird fossils?
5/12/17
•What are the remains of something once
living preserved in sedimentary rock?
•What type of fossils show how a species has
changed over time?
•What type of fossils tell what period a rock
layer is from?
•Do index fossils determine relative age or
absolute age?
5/15/17
•What is the change of organisms over
geologic time through adaptations?
•What is the theory that Earth processes
occurring today are similar to those that
occurred in the past?
•Who proposed natural selection to explain
change in species?
•What are the divisions of geologic time?
5/16/17
•What states that organisms best suited to
their environments survive and produce the
most offspring?
•Most of what we know of the history of life
on earth comes from where?
•What 4 things drive evolution?
•What 4 things are the best evidence
scientists have of evolution?
5/19/17
•What era (and 3 periods within that era) is
the main time dinosaurs lived?
•Why do most scientists believe is the reason
why the dinosaurs became extinct?
•What scale describes the history of Earth
from when it was formed?
•What 2 methods are used to date rock and
geological events?
5/22/17
•What are the 8 main taxonomy levels of
organization on Earth?
•What is the 2-name naming system used to
identify organisms at the species level?
•Who came up with the organization of
taxonomy that we use today?
•He classified organisms based off of what
characteristics?
5/23/17
•What is the movement of the continents
relative to each other?
•Who first proposed this idea and what was
he wrong about with his theory?
•What absolute dating method is used for
dating things within the last 50k years?
•What dating method is used to compare the
age of fossils within or between rock layers?
5/24/17
•What kind of information can scientists get
from ice core samples?
•What kind of information can scientists get
from tree ring samples?
•What type of circumstances have usually
caused the extinction of plants and animals?
•What scientific evidence suggests some
mountains were once under water?
5/25/17
•What type of rock is formed from lava
cooling at the Earth’s surface?
•What are the 3 types of plate boundaries
and how do they move in relation to each
other?
•What is the “ring of fire?”
•How are sedimentary and metamorphic
rocks formed, respectively?
5/26/17