Science Game Day Questions

Front 1

What was the name of the landmass that was thought to be all of the continents connected?
A: Gondwana
B: Laurasia
C: Pangea

Back 1

C

Front 2

What is the hypothesis that states the continents broke up from the once formed giant landmass?
A: Sea-floor spreading
B: Continental Plate theory
C: Continental Drift

Back 2

C

Front 3

What is evidence for sea-floor spreading?
A: Magnetic Reversal
B: Oceanic Plate theory
C: Continental Drift

Back 3

A

Front 4

What Boundry is when two or more plates collide?
A: Divergent
B: Convergent
C: Transform

Back 4

B

Front 5

What fault would cause a fault on the San Andreas Fault in California?
A: Normal Fault
B: Strike Fault
C: Strike-Slip Fault

Back 5

C

Front 6

What is the smallest unit of all living things?
A: an Element
B: an atom
C: A Cell

Back 6

C

Front 7

What is the "control Center" of the cell?
A: organelle
B: Nucleus
C: Cell membrane

Back 7

B

Front 8

Who was the first person to discover cells?
A: Matthew Schexsniyder
B: Matthias Schleidn
C: Robert Hooke

Back 8

C

Front 9

True/False: All cells have a nucleus

Back 9

False

Front 10

True/False: Eukaryotic cells have no nucleus

Back 10

False

Front 11

What percent of the earth is covered by water?
A: 71%
B: 80%
C: 65%

Back 11

A

Front 12

What is the amount of dissolved solids in a liquid?
A: Solute percent
B: Salinity
C: Solution Level

Back 12

B

Front 13

True/False: A seamount is a chain of undersea mountains

Back 13

A

Front 14

Which ocean zone is located on the bottom of the ocean?
A: Nertic zone
B: Benthic zone
C: Oceanic Zone

Back 14

B

Front 15

What is the process of removing salt from seawater?
A: Desalination
B: Evaporation
C: Nodule

Back 15

A

Front 16

True/False: A uniformitarianism is a sudden change.

Back 16

False

Front 17

What does a palentology study?
A: Fossils
B: Ocean life
C: Rocks

Back 17

A

Front 18

What process is used to determine whether an object is younger or older than other objects?
A: absolute dating
B: Relative Dating
C: Superpostion

Back 18

B

Front 19

What is a break in the earth's crust?
A: Fault
B: Intrusion
C: Uncomformity

Back 19

A

Front 20

Which is the longest period time?
A: Eon
B: Epoch
C: Era

Back 20

A

Front 21

True/False: A Chemical equation is a combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance

Back 21

False

Front 22

What is the substance that forms in a chemical reaction?
A: Product
B: Reactant
C: an Element

Back 22

B

Front 23

The starting materials in a chemical reaction are called what?
A: Element
B: Reactant
C: Coefficient

Back 23

B

Front 24

True/False: The law of conservation of Mass states mass changes during a chemical reaction

Back 24

False

Front 25

Which reaction is when two or more substances " break down"?
A: Decomposition Reaction
B: Synthesis Reaction
C: Single Replacement

Back 25

A

Front 26

Which is not a part of the water cycle?
A: Water erosion
B: Wind erosion
C: load erosion

Back 26

C

Front 27

Which is not a part of the water cycle?
A: Percolation
B: Evaporation
C: Freezing

Back 27

C

Front 28

Most freshwater is where?
A: Polar ice caps
B: Ocean
C: Aquifers

Back 28

A

Front 29

True/False: Point source pollution is one souce and Non-Point is many sources

Back 29

True

Front 30

Which is not away to conserve water?
A: Turn on water while brushing teeth
B: Turn off water while brushing teeth
C: None of these

Back 30

B

Front 31

Which of the following has a definite shape and volume?
A: liquid
B: Gas
C: Solid

Back 31

C

Front 32

True/False: The particles in liquid move faster than in gas

Back 32

False

Front 33

Temperature is the measure of what?
A: Temperature
B: Hotness
C: Kinetic energy

Back 33

C

Front 34

True/False: Absolute zero is the hottest possible temperature

Back 34

False

Front 35

The melting and freezing points of ice are what?
A: the same
B: different
C: None of the Above

Back 35

A

Front 36

True/False: A mixture is a mixture of two or more substances combination chemically

Back 36

false

Front 37

True/False: The solvent is the substance that is dissolved.

Back 37

false

Front 38

Which is not a way to dissolve a solid faster:
A: heat it
B: crush it
C: Cool it

Back 38

C

Front 39

Water is also known as the what?
A: Universal liquid
B: Universal Solvent
C: Universal Solution

Back 39

B

Front 40

True/False: Cohesion is when water sticks to the surface of other objects

Back 40

False

Front 41

Which of the following is a way to collect information without actually touching the object:
A: GPS
B: GIS
C: Remote Sensing

Back 41

C

Front 42

True/False: The electromagnetic spectrum is the entire range of Electromagnetic waves

Back 42

True

Front 43

True/False: Light isn't an Electromagnetic wave

Back 43

False

Front 44

Which of the following can help you find your location on earth?
A: GPS
B: GIS
C: A Map of population growth

Back 44

A

Front 45

True/False: The information gathered on the ground is know as ground truth

Back 45

True

Front 46

True/False: Burning is a physical property

Back 46

False

Front 47

Flattening metal to make coins demonstrates which property?
A: Electrical conductivity
B: Density
C: Malleability

Back 47

C

Front 48

True/False: Thermal Conductivity is the rate at which a substance transfers heat

Back 48

True

Front 49

True/False: Matter is something that has mass and takes up space

Back 49

True

Front 50

True/False: Volume is the amount of space unoccupied by and object.

Back 50

False