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1. SCIENCE QUIZ BEE

2. EASY ROUND MULTIPLE CHOICE

3. EASY ROUND Humans can produce energy by: anaerobic respiration aerobic respiration neither anaerobic nor aerobic respiration both anaerobic and aerobic respiration

4. EASY ROUND 2. Spiders are members of what class? a) Diplopoda b)Insecta c) Chilopoda d)Arachnida

5. EASY ROUND 3. The solidified lava of a volcano belongs to which rock family? Is it: igneous metamorphic sedimentary fossilized

6. EASY ROUND 4. Pangaea is the name of a former continent that included: all the continents only Europe and Asia only South America and Africa only North and South America

7. EASY ROUND Which of the following processes doesn't account for an increase in atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels? deforestation photosynthetic processes plant respiration fossil fuel combustion

8. EASY ROUND 6. The most abundant element in the universe is thought to be: carbon oxygen hydrogen nitrogen

9. EASY ROUND Which of the following scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium? John Dalton Dmitri Mendeleev Emil Fischer Marie Curie

10. EASY ROUND 8. What process produces most of the energy that is radiated by the Sun? gravitational contraction chemical combustion nuclear fusion nuclear fission

11. EASY ROUND As you go up a mountain top, your weight: increases slightly decreases slightly remains exactly the same. none of the above

12. EASY ROUND 10. Which of the following organs do the pulmonary arteries service? heart lungs lower trunk and legs. all of the above

13. AVERAGE ROUND MULTIPLE CHOICE/IDENTIFICATION

14. AVERAGE ROUND (IDENTIFICATION) 1. What is the term given to a solid that has the ability of a solid to be hammered into a thin sheet?

15. AVERAGE ROUND 2. The word atom is from a Greek word meaning: small indivisible unseen visible

16. AVERAGE ROUND Susan pushes against a 100 kilogram rock with a force of 5 Newtons, but the rock doesn't move. The force the rock exerts on Susan is Newtons 5 Newtons 20 Newtons 100 Newtons

17. AVERAGE ROUND Global climate change is being attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two gases produced by human activities? oxygen and hydrogen ozone and methane nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide methane and carbon dioxide

18. AVERAGE ROUND (IDENTIFICATION) 5. Name the English physicist who discovered electromagnetic induction?

19. AVERAGE ROUND 6. Term refers to the study of tissues.

20. AVERAGE ROUND 7. The clavicles are the bones commonly referred to as: the shoulder blades the shin bones the collar bones none of the above

21. AVERAGE ROUND 8. The ozone layer is located in which region of the atmosphere?

22. AVERAGE ROUND The first reflecting telescope was built by: Galileo Copernicus Tycho Brahe Isaac Newton

23. AVERAGE ROUND In the fission of Uranium- 235, what is the average number of neutrons produced in the fission reaction? 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5

24. DIFFICULT ROUND IDENTIFICATION

25. DIFFICULT ROUND 1. Assume that a ray of light passes from glass into air at an angle of incidence greater than zero degrees. Will the ray of light be bent toward or away from the normal as it passes into the air?

26. DIFFICULT ROUND 2. Name the person who developed a table of elements which revealed regularities in elemental properties?

27. DIFFICULT ROUND 3. What is the name of the phenomenon that causes an accumulation of heat in the lower atmosphere because of the absorption of longwave radiation from the Earth's surface?

28. DIFFICULT ROUND 4. Who is considered the father of Taxonomy?

29. DIFFICULT ROUND 5. What is the mass of a 60- kilogram astronaut in space, far from any planets?

30. DIFFICULT ROUND 6. Who named the two kinds of electrical charges "positive" and "negative"?

31. DIFFICULT ROUND 7. What is the molten rock that remains underground called?

32. DIFFICULT ROUND 8. Which stone, usually green, was used for Chinese, Aztec and Mayacarvings?

33. DIFFICULT ROUND 9. What is a partial or total loss of memory of a temporary or permanent nature known as?

34. DIFFICULT ROUND 10. Which organelle is referred to as "the Power House of the cell"?

35. CLINCHER ROUND

36. CLINCHER ROUND For convenience, living things are placed into various groups. The taxonomic breakdown of living things consists of the following categories: Family, Class, Genus, Phylum, Order, Kingdom and Species Give the order of these terms from least specific to most specific.

37. CLINCHER ROUND What is the last phase of mitosis?

38. CLINCHER ROUND What is the scientific name for the voice box in a human?

39. CLINCHER ROUND Which of the following does NOT travel in a vacuum? radio waves gamma rays magnetic waves sound waves

40. CLINCHER ROUND What gas makes up the majority of our atmosphere?