Quiz Bowl Mostly Science but Also VA Studies

What tool is used to measure the temperature outside?

What is the function or role that an organism performs in the community?

What do you call all of the populations of a species in an area?

What system of government had two citizen representatives from each Virginia division, the governor, and his council?

What weather phenomena occurs when the wind changes directions and the air begins to rotate after a thunderstorm?

What is the process called by which pollen is transferred from the stamen to the pistil?

The smallest tidal ranges are associated with which phases of the moon?

What part of the plant is responsible for anchoring the plant in place?

Which region has rolling hills and is just west of the Fall Line?

Which waterway separates the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia?

Who settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley (which was along the migration route)?

Day and night are caused by what?

Who provided political leadership by expressing reasons for colonial independence in the Declaration of Independence?

Which ocean floor feature is considered the most shallow part of the ocean?

What language was primarily spoken in the Tidewater region? and by what group of people?

What is the process by which green plants produce their own food?

Our solar system is made up of how many planets?

What country established Jamestown as their first permanent settlement in 1607?

What tool is used to measure the speed of the wind?

What is any change that an organism makes in order to survive?

Which position in a food chain has the organisms that make their own food?

What is determined by the average weather data that has been collected over at least 30 years?

What is the green substance in plants that is responsible for absorbing sunlight?

Virginia's capital was moved from __ to __ due to: people moving west, it was more central, and farther from the sea.

What is the name of the large Indian town located on the York River that was also the headquarters of Powhatan in 1607?

What is responsible for creating waves in the ocean?

What crop became the most profitable agricultural product because it was sold in England as a cash crop?

What is the small, rocky satellite that has about one-quarter of the diameter of the Earth?

In the ocean, producers in a food chain include both plants and what kind of organisms?

What ocean floor feature is considered the deepest part of the ocean?