SCIENCE QUIZ BEE FINALS GROUP CATEGORY SENIOR HIGHSCHOOL DEPARTMENT
EASY ROUND
1. Photosynthesis occurs at the cell level. Which organelle is necessary for photosynthesis? a. Golgi apparatus Chloroplasts Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum
B. CHLOROPLASTS ANSWER
2. Which organelle packages proteins for transport from one area of a cell to another? a. Golgi apparatus Chloroplasts Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum
A. GOLGI APPARATUS ANSWER
3. Which is used to make proteins in the cell? a. water RNA DNA lipids
B. RNA ANSWER
4. Usually, the largest organelle in an animal cell is the ____. a. chromatin nucleus Vacuole lysosome
B. NUCLEUS ANSWER
5. Plant cells that are long and hollow transport ____ and water throughout the plant. Oxygen Chlorophyll Blood Food
D. FOOD ANSWER
6. Which of these have prokaryotic cells? Snails Bacteria Frogs Vorticella
B. BACTERIA ANSWER
7. Materials enter and leave the cell through openings in its ____. Organelles Membrane DNA Chromatin
B. MEMBRANE ANSWER
8. The process whereby plants capture energy and make complex molecules is known as a. Diffusion Evolution Photosynthesis Development
C. PHOTOSYNTHESIS ANSWER
9. The major atmospheric byproduct of photosynthesis is Nitrogen Carbon dioxide Water Oxygen
D. OXYGEN ANSWER
10. A structure within a cell that performs a specific function is called a(n) Organelle Organ tissue Tissue Biocenter
A. ORGANELLE ANSWER
AVERAGE ROUND
Two activators must be present in order for photosynthesis to take place in green plants. The activators are: a. chlorophyll and sunlight sunlight and oxygen water and oxygen chlorophyll and sodium
A. CHLOROPHYLL AND SUNLIGHT ANSWER
Photosynthetic organisms are: People Brightly colored fish Trees Mushrooms
C. TREES ANSWER
Which of the following is also known as a spreading center? transform boundary divergent boundary convergent boundary convection boundary
C. CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES ANSWER
When you test a mineral's _____________, you scratch it with different materials. Luster streak color hardness
B. COLOR ANSWER
Igneous rocks are formed from _________. Oxygen and hydrogen Humans Water and mud Magma
D. MAGMA ANSWER
Considered as the “Father of Taxonomy”? Charles Darwin Carolus Linnaeus Gregor Mendel Francis Crick
D. CAROLUS LINNAEUS ANSWER
Minerals are made of ____________. Dirt Rocks Oxygen Crystals
B. ROCKS ANSWER
A rock’s streak is the color of the crystals in a rock the light on the surface being reflected the rock’s ability to resist being scratched the color of the powder left behind when the rock is scratched
C. THE ROCK’S ABILITY TO RESIST BEING SCRATCHED ANSWER
Pumice rock contains tiny holes that are caused by gases escaping as the rock cools. This is an example of igneous rocks sedimentary rocks metamorphic rocks
A. IGNEOUS ROCKS ANSWER
What absorbs ultraviolet rays in the stratosphere? cfcs ozone layer nitrogen ionosphere