2023 Quiz Bowl Science and VA Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is responsible for creating waves in the ocean?

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

In which region were Siouan languages primarily spoken (the Monacan were part of this group)?

Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?

Which of these states is Kentucky?

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

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

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

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

Day and night are caused by what?

Who provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?

What tool is used to measure the temperature outside?

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

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

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

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

What is a medium of exchange?

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

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

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

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