End Of Year Science Review 2019-2020

What is the Atmosphere?

• It is the barrier made of plasma that separates Earth from space.

• It is where all living things live

• The area high above the solid Earth that is made up of gases, dust particles, and water droplets.

• The biosphere, geosphere, and hydropshere are its components.

Which is an example of physical reproductive traits?

• A bowerbird's colorful nest

• A peacock's tail/feathers

• A fish's fins

• A firefly's flashing signal

What is the nervous system?

• the system that is responsible for glands and the secretion of hormones.

• the system that controls digestion.

• the system that controls respiration.

• the system that is responsible for responding to internal and external stimuli.

Light waves that have more energy are made up of...

• bigger wavelengths like infrared light

• smaller wavelengths like UV light

• average wavelengths like visible light

How many chromosomes do you have?

• 23

• 46

• 45

• 56

The Earth's climate has changed naturally for thousands of years due to fluctuations in all BUT...

• how much energy the planet receives from the sun.

• how much energy the planet radiates back to space

• how many greenhouse gases humans have been responsible for letting out into the atmosphere.

• how the land masses or continents moved over time and influenced the patterns of ocean and atmospheric circulation.

How many genes are on a chromosome?

• 46

• 23 pairs

• 100's to 1000's

• two of the above

The climates in a same region can differ due to...

• The variation in albedo.

• The variation in the amount of urban (developed) areas.

• The variation in the amount of vegetation and/or forests.

• All of the above.

What is a protein?

• A single celled animal.

• One or more long chains of amino acid.

• A tiny bone in the ear.

• A type of high cloud.

What are the four spheres in Earth’s system?

• Sphere 1, sphere 2, sphere 3, sphere 4

• Atmosphere, animalsphere, watersphere, landsphere

• Biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere

• hemisphere, biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere