SCIENCE QUIZBEE
1. CAMOUFLAGE: The coloring of an animal that allows it to blend
into its environment to survive better.
2. MIMICRY: Involving to appear similar to another successful
species or to the environment in order to dupe predators into
avoiding the mimic, or dupe prey into approaching the mimic.
3. OXYGEN: A colorless, odourless, tasteless gas that is the most
plentiful element in the earths
4. ABSOLUTE ZERO: The lowest theoretical temperature where all
the molecular activities cease to continue.
5. ACID RAIN: Rainfall with a greater acidity than normal
6. GREENHOUSE EFFECT: An increase in temperature caused
when the atmosphere absorbs incoming solar radiation but
blocks outgoing thermal radiation, carbon dioxide is the major
factor.
7. ESTUARY: The region where a river flows into the ocean and
fresh river water mixes with saltwater.
8. DECOMPOSER: An organism that breaks down (decomposes)
dead or waste materials such as rotting wood, dead animals,
or animal waste and returns important nutrients to the
environment.
9. NON RENEWABLE RESOURCES: Something that cannot be
replaced once it is used or that may take many hundreds of
years to be replaced.
10. MIGRATION: When living organism move from one biome
to another. It can describe geographic population shifts within
nations and across borders.
11. SUCCESSION: A fundamental concept in ecology that
refers to the more or less predictable and orderly changes in
the composition or structure of an ecological community.
12. BIOMASS: An ecology term for the total mass of living
organisms in a certain area.
13. CELL: A microscopic structure that is the basic unit of all
living things. Organisms can be made of as little one cell
( some types of bacteria) or as many as several trillion cells
(human beings).
14. PHOTOSYNTHESIS: A process in green plants and some
bacteria during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll-
containing molecules and converted to chemical energy ( the
light reaction). During the process, carbon dioxide is reduced
and combined with other chemical elements to provide the
organic intermediates that form plant biomass ( the dark
reaction). Green plats release molecular oxygen (12). Which
they derive from water during the light reaction.
15. CHLOROPHYLL: A green pigment found in chloroplasts
that gives plants green color. It captures sunlight used for
photosynthesis.
16. CHLOROPLAST: A plant cell structure containing
chlorophyll, found in all green plant.
REVIEWER IN SCIENCE
Questions Answers
1. What is the name of the biggest part of the The
human brain?____ Cerebrum
2. The colored part of the human eye that controls Iris
how much light passes through the pupil is called
the ____
3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin Melanin
and hair its pigment ? _____
4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are Quadriceps
known as what? _______
5. True or False? The two chambers at the bottom of True
your heart are called ventricles.
6. What substance are nails made of? ____ Keratin
7. What is the human body’s biggest organ? Skin
8. The innermost part of bones contains what?____ Bone marrow
9. True or false? An adult human body has over 500 False (there
bones. are 206
bones)
10. How many lungs does the human body have? 2 lungs
______
11. Another name for your voice box is the? ____ Larynx
12. The two holes in your nose are called? _____ Nostrils
13. Your tongue is home to special structures Taste buds
that allow experience taste such as sour, sweet,
bitter and salty, what is their name? ____
14. The bones that make up your spine are Vertebrae
called what?
15. The shape of DNA is known as? Double helix
16. The flow of blood through your heart and Circulation
around your body is called?_____
17. The bones around your chest that protect Ribs
organs such as the heart are called what? ______
18. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts Esophagus
food from the back of your throat down to your
stomach?
19. True or False? Your ears are important when True
it comes to staying balanced.
20. The outside layer of skin on the human body Epidermis
is called the _______?
21. To make your muscle strong, you must ____ B. Exercise
everyday.
a. Laugh b. exercise c. sleep d. talk
22. What process does an animal undergo when D.
the sperm and egg cell unite? Fertilization
a. Life cycle b. reproduction c. hatching d.
fertilization
23. What kind of disease is given by mice? D. Bubonic
a. Rabies b. dengue c. malaria d. bubonic
24. Stored energy is called ________? Fat
25. Food gives me _________? Energy
26.
27.
28.
EASY
Questions Difficult Round Answers
1. It is the general condition of the body and mind. B. Health
It means soundness of the body and mind or
freedom from diseases or ailment.
2.
a. Calmness b. Health c. Mildness d.
Temperature
3. Why do grade III pupils have difficult time D. They have
finding grasshoppers among the plants and colors similar
grasses? to their
a. They moved faster in the ground to be background
recognized.
b. They escaped from their enemies by
pretending.
c. They used their keen sense of hearing to
sense danger
d. They have colors similar to their background.
