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Individual Round:

1. Of the following classifications, which is most specific?

Kingdom

Species

Family

Class

Genus

(Correct: Species)

2. If similar experiments conducted by 2 different scientists end with different results, which would be the next step to reaching a conclusion?

They should develop a common hypothesis

They should develop a more similar method

They should create more variables

(Correct: They should develop a more similar method)

3. When comparing sizes of plants, a scientist records the following heights: 8 inches, 11 inches, 9.5 inches, 14 inches, 12 inches. What is the MEDIAN height?

11 inches

10.9 inches

10.8 inches

12 inches

(Correct: 11 inches)

4. When comparing sizes of plants, a scientist records the following heights: 8 inches, 11 inches, 9.5 inches, 14 inches, 12 inches. What is the MEAN height?

11 inches

10.9 inches

10.8 inches

12 inches

(Correct: 10.9 inches)

5. What happens if the habitat of caribou decreases in size?

Caribou will have more food

The number of caribou will increase

The number of caribou the habitat can support will decrease

(Correct: The number of caribou the habitat can support will decrease)

6. In a food chain, there are more herbivores than carnivores.

True

False

(Correct: True)

7. Decomposers are helpful to the food chain because they

Are food for carnivores

Provide nutrients for the soil

Use photosynthesis to make food

(Correct: Provide nutrients for the soil)

8. Which process keeps plants from wilting?

Diffusion

Osmosis

(Correct: Osmosis)

9. Nearly all human body cells have how many chromosomes?

(Correct: 46)

10. Which of these would NOT be a part of the body’s Circulatory System?

Veins

Villi

Capillaries

Platelets

(Correct: villi)

11. Which organelles are used for storage?

Vacuoles

Mitochondria

Chloroplasts

(Correct: Vacuoles)

12. Oxygen moving from red blood cells to other body cells is an example of what?

Diffusion

Osmosis

(Correct: Diffusion)

13. Which one of the following is NOT classified as an invertebrate?

Beetles

Tuna

Horseshoe Crabs

Snails

Worms

(Correct: Tuna)

14. Paramecia are members of what kingdom, since they have only one cell with a neucleus?

Moneran

Protist

Fungi

(Correct: Protist)

15. The number “ten thousand) could also be represented as:

10 to the 6^th Power

10 to the 5^th Power

10 to the 4^th Power

10 to the 3^rd Power

(Correct: 10 to the 4^th Power)