5th Grade Science Jeopardy

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5th Grade Science Jeopardy
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Measurement 100 Which measuring tools and units
could be used to measure the area of a student's
desk? a bathroom scale - lbs. a protractor - o
a ruler - cm a measuring cup - mL
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Measurement 200 Which measuring tools and units
would be most appropriate for measuring the mass
(or weight) of a quarter (.25)? a bathroom
scale - lbs. a thermometer - F a laboratory
scale - g a stopwatch - sec
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Measurement 300 You are conducting an experiment
to discover the effect of water temperature on
the time required to dissolve table salt. Which
measuring instrument(s) will you probably NOT
need to conduct this experiment? balance or
scale meter stick stopwatch or clock graduated
cylinder
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Measurement 400 How much would you estimate the
average house cat weighs in kilograms?
1kg 2kg 3kg 4kg
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Measurement 500 A large trash bag has a 30
gallon (gal) capacity. About how much is 30
gallons in liters (L)? (Think about a gallon milk
container and two-liter soda bottles.)
40 75 99 110
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Sound 100 Sound waves are ____________
transmitted through matter. Vibrations Are Are
Not
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Sound 200 Sound frequency and wave length are
related in sound because as the sound frequency
increases, its wave length ____________.
Increases Decreases
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Sound 300 Sound travels faster in what medium?
In a___ solid liquid gas
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Sound 400 Morse code communicates messages by
dots and dashes. For example, SOS is sent as ...
- - - ... where "." is a dot and "-" is a dash.
This method of communicating is most like which
of the following? a bird's song a tune played
on an electric guitar the binary (1's and 0's)
language of computers human speech
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Sound 500 An aircraft uses radar as a submarine
uses _____ (what)? Radar Sonar
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Light 100   Which of the following bends light
rays? A glass A mirror A lens
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Light 200 A prism is used to do what? Answer
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Light 300 Sir Isaac Newton is credited with
showing what about light? It is bright It is
white It acts like a particle
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Light 400 Which is a correct sequence for one
part of the electromagnetic spectrum? infrared,
visible light, ultraviolet visible light,
ultraviolet, infrared ultraviolet, infrared,
visible light
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Light 500 Who was the first person to look
through a microscope at pond water and see tiny
little animals, which he called "animalcules"?
Answer
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Atoms Molecules 100   Water is composed of
___________, which are made of ______________.
molecules, atoms atoms, molecules
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Atoms Molecules 200    Atoms of one element
are different from those of another element in
the number of ______ in their ______. nuclei,
protons protons, nuclei
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Atoms Molecules 300    Sodium, a soft metal,
and chlorine, a poisonous gas, combine to form
sodium chloride, table salt. What is sodium
chloride? a mixture a compound an element
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Atoms Molecules 400    Besides temperature,
what can affect the state of matter (solid,
liquid, gas)? Answer
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Atoms Molecules 500 Mercury is a silvery metal
which is liquid at room temperature. What would
happen to liquid mercury if you heated it very
far above room temperature? It would _____ and
turn into a _____. harden, solid boil, gas
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Cells 100 Which is the most basic unit of living
things? bones tissues cells organs
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Cells 200 Which of the following is not made up
of cells? a wooden table a flower a fingernail
snow
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Cells 300 Living cells have at least three parts.
What are they? cytoplasm, cell membrane, and
Answer
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Cells 400 In most cells, the DNA or genetic
material is contained inside of what cell
structure? the cytoplasm the nucleus the
lysosome the mytochondrion
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Cells 500 Long ago, green plants possibly
originated in what environment? Answer
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• Correct!!!!
• Go to the next question!!

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A prism is used to

• refract light. Separate the colors within the
  light.

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The first person to look through a microscope at
pond water and see tiny little animals, which he
called "animalcules" was Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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Besides temperature, pressure can affect the
state of matter (solid, liquid, gas)?           

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Living cells have at least three parts. They are
cytoplasm, cell membrane, and chromosomes
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Long ago, green plants possibly originated in
near the surface of the ocean.