Summer Camp STEM questions

1. What is variation?

• The same characteristics

• Differences in characteristics

• Environmental factors

• Mutations

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2. Characteristics that an organism inherits from their parents is called

• Bionics

• Nature

• Eugenics

• Genetics

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3. In addition, to genetics what else is responsible for variation in a species?

• ions

• camouflage

• environment

• nuclear energy

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4. The variation shown here is best suited for...

• an arctic environment

• a desert environment

• a tropical environment

• an aquatic environment

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5. The variation shown here is best suited for...

• an arctic envrionment

• a mountain environment

• an aquatic environment

• a tropical environment

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6. What is recycling?

• Taking used materials and making them new products

• Transferring energy from old products into new products

• Refining old products and fusing them into new products

• Processing old materials and making them unusable

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7. What are the three steps for recycling?

• repairing, reusing, renovating

• eating, drinking, sleeping

• collecting, sorting, processing

• preparing, repurposing, prioritizing

8. Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• coal

• petroleum

• natural gas

• all of the above

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9. What do you call forms of energy that cannot be easily replenished?

• Renewable

• Processed

• Non-renewable

• Re-processed

10. What is symbol for recycling?

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