MCA Bellringer Review

FORCE: What does a force do?

GENETICS: What symbol do scientists use to represent a dominant allele?

DIVERSITY: What are the THREE needs of living organisms?

DIVERSITY: What is the name of an organism that makes its food by capturing sun energy?

HUMAN BODY: Exercise is important for cardiovascular health because it...

HUMAN BODY: An infectious disease is a disease that...

DIVERSITY: Which kingdom is considered the “junk drawer” kingdom because of its diverse members

EVOLUTION: A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce is called a(n)...

CELLS: Which of the following shows organization of the body from simplest to most complex?

EVOLUTION: Which of the following traits will likely NOT be selected naturally in the wild?

FORCE: What is true of sound energy that is not true of electromagnetic energy?

ECOLOGY: All of the leopard frogs in a pond make up the pond’s leopard frog __________.

FORCE: What do balanced forces cause?

CELLS:The heart is made up of different tissues. Which level of organization does it belong to?

MOTION: A bird is flying south at 15 km/h. What do you know about the bird's flight?

DIVERSITY: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a living thing?

SCI.METHOD: Why do people use the scientific method?

GENETICS: The individual factors that code for traits are called...

GENETICS: Why does human height have such a wide variety of phenotypes?

MOTION: What was the dog's motion between 20 and 40 seconds?

EVOLUTION: Which of the following is used to determine common ancestry?

EVOLUTION: Which scientist suggested that evolution of species occures over time?

ECOLOGY: Which of the following are examples of predators?

ECOLOGY: Which of the following is the prey in the picture?

MOTION: What does a steep line tell us about the object on a time/distance graph?

FORCE: What is the name of the force that resists motion and slows the motion of an object?

HUMAN BODY: The process by which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable is called...

MOTION: Objects that are in motion...

CELLS: Which of the following is NOT part of the cell theory?

MOTION: The graph show the motion of a dog. What's the dog's speed from 0 to 20 seconds?

MOTION: What causes motion to change?

MOTION: A position describes an object's location compared to what?

FORCE: What is true of an object that has a lot of inertia?

CELLS: A specialized cell is one that has...

EVOLUTION: The scientific theory that explains how species change over time is...

FORCE: Why does a pendulum that is set in motion eventually stop?

CELLS: What structures do plant cells have that animal cells do not?

ECOLOGY: What are two examples of biotic factors in this picture?

MOTION: What is the formula for speed?

SCI.METHOD: What is the first step of the scientific method?

FORCE: What is the name of the force of attraction that causes an object to fall?

HUMAN BODY: How does the skin protect the body against disease?

GENETICS: Who is said to be the “Father of Genetics”?

HUMAN BODY: Messages are carried back and forth between the brain and body parts by...

DIVERSITY: What is the simplest and smallest life form to exist on Earth?

GENETICS: The physical characteristics of living things are called...

FORCE: What type of conversion is happening when you rub your hands together on a cold day?

ECOLOGY: What are the characteristics of a parasite?

MOTION: Acceleration measures a change in what?

FORCE: Which force keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth?