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Chemistry $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Hydrosp here EvolutionEnergy Ecosyste ms Biotech Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 $200

Topic 1: $100 Describe the arrangement of subatomic particles Answer

Answer: Topic 1: $100 Protons and neutrons are in the nucleus. Electrons revolve around the nucleus. Return to Main

Topic 1: $200 Answer Count the number of elements for each element in this formula.

Answer: Topic 1: $200 Return to Main Carbon – 8 Hydrogen – 10 Nitrogen – 4 Oxygen - 2 Carbon – 8 Hydrogen – 10 Nitrogen – 4 Oxygen - 2

Topic 1: $300 Answer Describe two different patterns of arrangement on the Periodic Table

Answer: Topic 1: $300 Return to Main 1.Atomic number increases from left to right 2.Protons and electrons increase from left to right 3.All elements in a period have the same number of energy levels 4.Elements in a group have the same number of valence electrons 1.Atomic number increases from left to right 2.Protons and electrons increase from left to right 3.All elements in a period have the same number of energy levels 4.Elements in a group have the same number of valence electrons

Topic 1: $400 Answer Explain why the total mass of the products in a reaction could be less than the total mass of the reactants?

Answer: Topic 1: $400 Return to Main Gases were released

Topic 1: $500 Answer Need a Periodic Table: Name any two elements that have similar properties. Need a Periodic Table: Name any two elements that have similar properties.

Topic 1: $500 Return to Main Any two elements in the same Family/Group. Ex. Krypton (K) and Helium (He) Any two elements in the same Family/Group. Ex. Krypton (K) and Helium (He)

Topic 2: $100 Answer What is upwelling?

Topic 2: $100 Return to Main Ocean currents that bring nutrients to the surface, increasing the productivity of aquatic life

Topic 2: $200 Answer An ocean zone where organisms need to be adapted to terrestrial and aquatic conditions

Topic 2: $200 Return to Main Intertidal

Topic 2: $300 Answer A pH of 7 is considered _________.

Topic 2: $300 Return to Main neutral

Scores Proceed

Topic 2: $400 Answer The name of the agency that monitors the health and safety of our country’s drinking water

Topic 2: $400 Return to Main Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Topic 2: $500 Answer The water quality indicator that increases with turbulence in the water

Topic 2: $500 Return to Main Dissolved oxygen

Topic 3: $100 Answer A type of fossil that helps scientists date other fossils

Topic 3: $100 Return to Main Index fossils

Topic 3: $200 Answer Anatomical structures that indicate organisms share ancestry

Topic 3: $200 Return to Main Homologous Structures

Topic 3: $300 Answer The theory Darwin formulated after studying the finches on Galapagos Island

Topic 3: $300 Return to Main Natural selection

Topic 3: $400 Answer Evidence of the Earth’s history used to understand past climate

Topic 3: $400 Return to Main Ice cores

Topic 3: $500 Answer Measuring the amount of a certain element (Carbon or Uranium) to determine the age of a rock or fossil

Answer: Topic 3: $500 Return to Main Radioactive decay, half- life, or Absolute dating

Topic 4: $100 Answer One specific resource that contributes the most greenhouse gases to the atmosphere

Topic 4: $100 Return to Main Fossil fuels: petroleum and or coal

Topic 4: $200 Answer The most significant disadvantage of solar energy

Topic 4: $200 Return to Main $Cost$

Topic 4: $300 Answer The energy solution that most disrupts the hydrosphere

Answer: Topic 4: $300 Return to Main Hydropower, Hydroelectric, or dam

Topic 4: $400 Answer The energy source the world is most dependent on for transportation

Topic 4: $400 Return to Main Petroleum

Topic 4: $500 Answer A disadvantage of the oil pipeline in the picture

Topic 4: $500 Return to Main Disrupting environment

Topic 5: $100 Answer A diagram that shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem

Topic 5: $100 Return to Main Food Web

Topic 5: $200 Answer A feeding relationship where both organisms benefit

Topic 5: $200 Return to Main mutualism

Topic 5: $300 Answer Name two resources that organisms compete for in an ecosystem

Topic 5: $300 Return to Main Food, water, shelter, or space

Topic 5: $400 Answer An increasing population increases the ________________in the community

Answer: Topic 5: $400 Return to Main Competition

Topic 5: $500 Answer Which organisms in a food web or food chain have the most energy?

Topic 5: $500 Return to Main Producers

Topic 6: $100 Answer Name one way biotechnology improves human life

Topic 6: $100 Return to Main Vaccinations, tissue generation, greater crop production

Topic 6: $200 Answer What is a genetically modified organism (GMO)?

Topic 6: $200 Return to Main A plant or animal that is produced by combining the DNA/genes of an organisms to create an improved organism (disease resistant crops)

Topic 6: $300 Answer a cross between the Greek words 'bios' (everything to do with life) and 'technikos' (involving human knowledge and skills)

Topic 6: $300 Return to Main Biotechnology

Topic 6: $400 Answer Name one way your life is impacted by biotechnology?

Topic 6: $400 Return to Main Vaccines, GMO’s, disease therapies, safe and healthier foods, bio- fuels (ethanol)

Topic 6: $500 Answer Biotechnology is important for NC _______________

Topic 6: $500 Return to Main Economy

Final Jeopardy Topic Proceed

Answer What is the BALANCED formula for photosynthesis?

Return to Main Insert FINAL answer here