A change in a substance that results in

producing a different
chemical.

a. Chemical Change
b. Acid
c. Activation Energy
d. Non-Chemical Change
The breakdown of rocks as a result of chemical
processes.

a. Condensation
b. Convection
c. Chemical Weathering
d. Chemical Change
Connection of electrical elements forming a
complete path for
the flow of current.

a. Circuit
b. Energy
c. Electricity
d. Conduction
All the populations belonging to different
species and sharing
the same area.

a. Biodiversity
b. Community
c. Biome
d. Adaptation
In any periodic function (e.g., a wave) the distance
between
the position of rest and the highest point of a wave.

a. Wavelength
b. Phase Change
c. Diffraction
d. Amplitude
Any organism that feeds or obtains nutrients
by breaking down organic matter from dead
organisms.

a. Decomposer
b. Omnivore
c. Carnivore
d. Vegetarian
Any alternate form of a gene that an organism
may have for a particular trait.

a. Compound
b. Allele
c. Dominance
d. Consumer
The peak or highest point on a wave.

a. Rest
b. Crest
c. Dominance
d. Entropy
Animal or plant that consume or obtains
nutrients from animals.

a. Vegetarian
b. Omnivore
c. Carnivore
d. Photosynthesis
 New identical individuals are formed without the
involvement of
gametes.

a. Allele
b. Asexual Reproduction
c. Ecosystem
d. Dominance
A fundamental principle stating energy
cannot be created or destroyed but only
change form.

a. Atom
b. Conservation of Energy
c. Activation Energy
d. Conservation of Mass
The principle that mass cannot be created or
destroyed.

a. Atom
b. Conservation of Mass
c. Conservation of Energy
d. Activation Energy
a. Convection
b. Catalyst
c. Base
d. Phase change
The force on an object toward the center of the
circle.

a. Constellation
b. Diffraction
c. Centrifugal Force
d. Centripetal Force
An organism that feeds on another organism for
food.

a. Omnivore
b. Carnivore
c. Manipulator
d. Consumer
Direct heating; the transmission of heat
through a medium and without the motion of
the medium.

a. Convection
b. Conduction
c. Condensation
d. Chemical Change
Area where two tectonic plates collide.

a. Convergent Boundary
b. Lifted plates
c. Head-On Boundary
d. Colliding Boundary
A star pattern identified and named as a
definite group; usually thought of as forming
certain shapes or figures in a specific region of
the sky.

a. Alignment
b. Convection
c. Planets
d. Constellation
Amount of energy required to start a
particular chemical reaction.

a. Activation Energy
b. Calorie
c. Acceleration
d. Amplitude
The process of changing from a gas to a liquid.

a. Chemical Change
b. Chemical Withering
c. Convection
d. Condensation
Generated by the oscillation of a charged
particle and characterized by periodic
variations of electric and magnetic fields.

a. Amplitude
b. Diffraction
c. Electromagnetic Waves
d. Electromagnet
Diagram that compares the amount of energy
available at each position, or level, in the
feeding order.

a. Electromagnet
b. Energy
c. Energy Transfer
d. Energy Pyramid
Factors in an environment relating to living
organisms.

a. Biotic
b. Abiotic
c. Adaptation
d. Biodiversity
A substance that cannot be reduced by
chemical means.

a. Particle
b. Atom
c. Proton
d. Element
A nuclei acid that carries genetic material;
present in all
cellular organisms.

a. RNA
b. DNA
c. Nucleus
d. Atomic Mass
The layers of gas that surround Earth, other
planets, or stars

a. Nitrogen
b. Ozone Layer
c. Atmosphere
d. Mesosphere
Factor being measured or observed in an
experiment.

a. Independent Variable
b. Dependent Variable
c. Constant
d. Control
 Unit of energy; the amount of heat needed to
raise one gram of water one degree Celsius at
standard atmospheric pressure.

a. Activation Energy
b. Acid
c. Calorie
d. Atom
 A substance that speeds up or slows down the
rate of a reaction.

a. Compound
b. Calorie
c. Catalyst
d. Deposition
The motion pushing away from center or axis.

a. Constellation
b. Centrifugal Force
c. Diffraction
d. Centripetal Force
The average distance from Earth to the Sun,
approximately
150 million kilometers or
(93 million miles)

a. Light Year
b. Mile
c. Astronomical Unit
d. Kilometer
An organic molecules that makes up proteins.

a. Compound
b. Atomic Number
c. Acid
d. Amino Acids
Outermost layer of Earth covering the mantle.

a. Mantle
b. Core
c. Ocean Floor
d. Crust
A substance that increases the OH- concentration
of a solution; a proton acceptor.

a. Base
b. Acid
c. Catalyst
d. Diffraction
The existence of different species in a given area or

specific period of time.

a. Environment
b. Adaptation
c. Biome
d. Biodiversity
A community characterized by the interaction of
living organisms and climate factors.

a. Biome
b. Biodiversity
c. Adaptation
d. Environment
A quantity that describes the capacity to do
work; a source of
usable power.

a. Energy
b. Calorie
c. Electricity
d. Catalyst
A chemical link between two atoms of the
same or different
elements in which each atom shares an
electron.

a. Compound
b. Atom
c. Covalent Bond
d. Protons
The emission of the entire range of
electromagnetic spectrum including: gamma
rays, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light,
microwaves, and radio waves.

a. Electromagnetic Radiation
b. Circuit
c. Electromagnet
d. Electromagnetic Waves
A change of energy from one form to another
(e.g., mechanical to electrical, solar to
electrical).

a. Electromagnet
b. Energy
c. Energy Pyramid
d. Energy Transfer
A substance made up of at least two different
elements held together by chemical bonds.

a. Acid
b. Centrifugal Force
c. Atom
d. Compound
A solution containing water.

a. Aqueous
b. Acid
c. Base
d. Calorie
An ecological community, together with its
environment, functioning as a unit.

a. Biodiversity
b. Biome
c. Ecosystem
d. Environment
The smallest unit of matter

a. Electron
b. Proton
c. Particle
d. Atom
The total protons in an atom’s nucleus

a. Atomic Number
b. Atomic Mass
c. Neutrons
d. Electrons
Consisting of a coil of wire wrapped around a
core; becomes
strongly magnetized when current flows
through the coil producing a magnetic field.

a. Magnetism
b. Electric Waves
c. Circuit
d. Electromagnet
 Concentration of matter of an object; number
of individual in the same species that live in a
given area; the mass per unit volume of a
substance in a given area.

a. Density
b. Mass
c. Volume
d. Atomic Mass
Heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the
circulation of currents from one region to
another.

a. Convection
b. Condensation
c. Conduction
d. Conservation of Mass
 Tendency of certain alleles to mask the
expression of their
corresponding alleles.

a. Dominance
b. Composer
c. Conduction
d. Adaptation
The sum of conditions affecting an organism,
including all living and nonliving things in an
area, such as plants, animal, water, soil,
weather, land forms, and air.

a. Biodiversity
b. Environment
c. Adaptation
d. Entropy
A measure of randomness or disorder of a
closed system.

a. Biome
b. Entropy
c. Biodiversity
d. Adaptation
A stable elementary particle that is negatively
charged and
orbits the nucleus of an atom.

a. Electron
b. Proton
c. Neutron
d. Atom
Layering matter in a natural process.

a. Decomposer
b. Consumer
c. Catalyst
d. Deposition
Shaking of the ground caused by a sudden
release of energy in the crust.

a. Seismic Waves
b. Earthquake
c. Sink Hole
d. Vibration
The wearing away of Earth’s surface by the
breakdown and transportation of rock and
soil.

a. Condensation
b. Sediment
c. Erosion
d. Withering
An environmental factor not associated with
living organism. Example rocks , air , sun
and weather…

a. Biotic
b. Abiotic
c. Adaptation
d. Biodiversity
Rate of change in velocity, usually expressed in
m/s2

a. Time
b. Velocity
c. Speed
d. Acceleration
A substance that increases the H+ (positive
ion) concentration when added to a water
solution.

a. Acid
b. Base
c. Catalyst
d. Diffraction
A particular development, behavior, or
physiological change in a population of
organisms, in response to changes in the
environment.

a. Biodiversity
b. Biome
c. Adaptation
d. Community
The bending of a wave around an obstruction.

a. Catalyst
b. Amplitude
c. Wavelength
d. Diffraction