DIVISION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR 2023

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM QUIZ REVIEWER 3

EASY ROUND

1.Human can produce energy by: 9.As you go up the mountain, your weight
a. Anaerobic Respiration ______.
b. Aerobic Respiration a. Increases slightly
c. Neither anaerobic and aerobic b. Decreases slightly
respiration c. Remains exactly the same
d. Both anaerobic and aerobic respiration d. None of the above
2.Spiders are member of what class? 10. Which of the following organs do the
a. Diplopoda pulmonary arteries service?
b. Insecta a. Heart
c. Chilopoda b. Lungs
d. Arachnida c. Lower trunk and legs
3.The solidified lava of a volcano belongs to d. All of the above
which rock of family?
AVERAGE ROUND
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic 11.What is the term given to a solid that has
c. Sedimentary an ability of a solid to be hammered into a
d. Fossilized thin sheet?
4.Pangaea is the name of a former continent _____________________________________.
that includes: 12. The word atom is from a Greek word
a. All continent meaning:
b. Only Europe and Asia a. Small
c. Only South America and Africa b. Indivisible
d. Only North and South America c. Unseen
5.Which of the following processes doesn’t d. Visible
account for an increase in atmospheric 13. Susan pushes against a 100kg rock with a
CO2 levels? force of 5N, but the rock exerts on Susan is
a. Deforestation _____.
b. Photosynthetic Process a. 0N c. 20N
c. Plant Respiration b. 5N d. 100N
d. Fossil Fuel Combustion 14.Global climate change is being attributed to
6.The most abundant element in the universe the atmospheric increase, in what two
is thought to be? gases produced by human activities?
a. Carbon a. Oxygen and Hydrogen
b. Oxygen b. Ozone and Methane
c. Hydrogen c. Nitrous Oxide and Sulfur Oxide
d. Nitrogen d. Methane and Carbon Dioxide
7.Which of the following scientists was 15. Name the English Physicist who discovered
awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the electromagnetic induction?
discovery of the radioactive elements, ________________________________________
radium and polonium? 16. Terms refers to the study of tissues.
a. John Dalton ________________________________________
b. Dmitri Mendeleev 17.The clavicles are the bones commonly
c. Emil Fischer referred to as:
d. Marie Curie a. The shoulder blades.
8.What process produces most of the energy b. The chin bones
that is radiated by the sun? c. The collar bones
a. Gravitational Contraction d. None of the above
b. Chemical Combustion 18. The ozone layer is in what region of the
c. Nuclear Fusion atmosphere?
d. Nuclear Fission ___________________________________________
19. The first reflecting telescope was built by: CLINCHER ROUND
a. Galileo
31.For convenience, living things are placed
b. Copernicus
into various groups. Taxonomy breakdown
c. Tycho Brahe
living things consists of the following
d. Isaac Newton
categories:
20. In the fission of Uranium- 235, what is the
average number of neutrons produced in Family, Class, Genus, Phylum, Order,
the fission reaction? Kingdom, and Species
a. 1.5 c. 3.5
b. 2.5 4. 4.5 Give the order of these terms from least
specific to most specific.
DIFFICULT ROUND
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21. Assume that the ray of light passes from ____________________________________________
the glass into air at an angle of incidence
greater than 0 degrees. Will the ray of be 32. What is the last phase of mitosis?
bent toward or away from the normal line ___________________________________________
as it passes into the thin air? 33. What is the scientific name of voice box of
_________________________________________ human?
22. Name a person who developed a table of ___________________________________________
elements which revealed regularities in the 34. Which of the following does not travel in
elemental properties? the vacuum?
_________________________________________ a. Radio Waves
23.What is the name of phenomenon that b. Gamma Rays
causes an accumulation of heat in the c. Magnetic Waves
lower atmosphere because of the d. Sound Waves
absorption of longwave radiation from the 35. What gas makes up the majority of the
Earth’s surface? atmosphere?
_________________________________________ ___________________________________________
24.Who is considered as the father of
taxonomy?
__________________________________________
25. What is the mass of 60kg astronaut in
space, far from any planets?
__________________________________________
26.Who named the two kinds of electrical
charges "positive” and “negative” charges?
__________________________________________
27. What is the molten rock that remains
underground?
___________________________________________
28. Which stone, usually green, was used for
Chinese, Aztec and Maya carvings?
___________________________________________
29.What is the partial or total loss of memory
of a temporary or permanent nature known
as:
___________________________________________
30. Which organelle referred to as the
“powerhouse of the cell”?
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