Science

Question 1

Name a square frame used in biological sampling?

Answer 1

Quadrant

Question 2

Name a line along which systematic sampling occurs?

Answer 2

Transect

Question 3

Name any organism that photosynthesises at the start of a food chain?

Answer 3

Producer

Question 4

What is the scientific name for burning?

Answer 4

Combustion

Question 5

Name an organism in a food chain which consumes other organisms?

Answer 5

Consumer

Question 6

Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all examples of…?

Answer 6

Precipitation

Question 7

Describe a change of state from liquid to a gas?

Answer 7

Evaporation

Question 8

What is the variety of living organisms in an area called?

Answer 8

Biodiversity

Question 9

Name a type of precipitation that is acidic due to air pollution?

Answer 9

Acid Rain

Question 10

What name is given to clearing trees from an area which will then be used for other purposes?

Answer 10

Deforestation

Question 11

Name a conservation method in zoos to breed captive animals together to increase numbers and the gene pool?

Answer 11

Breeding Programme

Question 12

What is the total number of all organisms of the same species in an area?

Answer 12

Population

Question 13

What is a group of different species living in the same area called?

Answer 13

Community

Question 14

What is the contest between organisms for resources such as food and shelter?

Answer 14

Competition

Question 15

Name the term that describes how species depend on one another?

Answer 15

Interdependence

Question 16

What are the non-living parts of the environment called?

Answer 16

Abiotic Factors

Question 17

What are the living parts of the environment called?

Answer 17

Biotic Factors

Question 18

What is an organism that is not native to the environment?

Answer 18

Invasive Species

Question 19

Describe the interaction between a community of living organisms and the nonliving components?

Answer 19

Ecosystem

Question 19

A type of adaption based on physical features such as body shape?

Answer 19

Structural Adaptation

Question 20

What is the minimum energy particles must have to react?

Answer 20

Activation energy

Question 21

What is a substance that lowers activation energy and provides an alternate pathway?

Answer 21

Catalyst

Question 22

Name molecules that act as catalysts in biological systems?

Answer 22

Enzymes

Question 23

Name a system where substances cannot escape or enter?

Answer 23

Closed system

Question 24

The term used to describe the forward and reverse reaction happening at the same rate?

Answer 24

Dynamic Equilibrium

Question 25

Name a line drawn on a curve to identify the gradient?

Answer 25

Tangent

Question 26

Name a piece of equipment used to collect gas products?

Answer 26

Gas syringe

Question 27

Name an upside down piece of equipment used to measure gas production?

Answer 27

Inverted measuring cylinder

Question 28

Name the store of energy found in moving objects?

Answer 28

Kinetic energy

Question 29

What is the force acting over an area as a result of collisions between particles and the walls of their container?

Answer 29

Pressure

Question 30

What is the number of particles dissolved in a solvent called?

Answer 30

Concentration

Question 31

Name a substance with a very high surface area

Answer 31

Powder

Question 32

What is the formula to calculate the volume of a regular object?

Answer 32

B x H x L

Question 33

What is calculated from: Values added/ Total number of values?

Answer 33

Mean

Question 34

Describe a straight section on a graph?

Answer 34

Linear

Question 35

Describe a curved section on a graph?

Answer 35

Non-linear

Question 36

Describe a graph which shows a linear relationship but does not go through the origin

Answer 36

Proportional

Question 37

Describe a graph which shows a linear relationship and passes through the origin (0)?

Answer 37

Directly Proportional

Question 38

Describe a graph which shows that when one variable increases, the other variable decreases, or vice versa?

Answer 38

Inversely Proportional

Question 39

Name a piece of glassware that can be used for reacting chemicals together safely?

Answer 39

Conical Flask

Question 40

What is the maintenance of a constant internal environment?

Answer 40

Homeostasis

Question 41

Always a muscle or gland?

Answer 41

Effector

Question 42

The brain and the spine are part of the ...?

Answer 42

Central Nervous System

Question 43

Name a group of cells which detect a stimulus and trigger electrical impulses?

Answer 43

Receptor

Question 44

Name a neuron that carries electrical impulses to the central nervous system?

Answer 44

Sensory Neurone

Question 45

Name a neuron that carries electrical impulses within the central nervous system?

Answer 45

Relay Neurone

Question 46

Name a neurone that carries electrical impulses away from the central nervous system to the effector?

Answer 46

Motor Neurone

Question 47

Name the gap between neurons?

Answer 47

Synapse

Question 48

Name an automatic response that you do not think about?

Answer 48

Reflex Response

Question 49

Name the pathway of neurons in a reflex action?

Answer 49

Reflex Action

Question 50

Name a structure in the body that releases hormones?

Answer 50

Gland

Question 51

Name the master gland that affects other glands in the body?

Answer 51

Pituitary Gland

Question 52

Name a hormone that lowers blood glucose?

Answer 52

Insulin

Question 53

Name a storage form of glucose stored in the liver?

Answer 53

Glycogen

Question 54

Name a medical condition diagnosed in young people who do not purpose insulin?

Answer 54

Type 1 Diabetes

Question 55

Name a medical condition diagnosed later in life preventing the person responding to insulin?

Answer 55

Type 2 Diabetes

Question 56

Name a female sex hormone produced in the ovaries?

Answer 56

Oestrogen

Question 57

Name a male sex hormone produced in the testes that controls puberty?

Answer 57

Testosterone

Question 58

Name a process that causes the release of an egg from an ovary?

Answer 58

Ovulation

Question 59

Name a method of contraception that prevents sperm from reaching an egg?

Answer 59

Barrier