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MCAS JEOPARDY. Click PgDn to Start. Created by Mr. Ng Josiah Quincy Elementary School. PLEASE DO NOT COPY. . F. HOME. The softest mineral is a. talc. b. calcite c. fluorite d. quartz. ANSWER. a. talc.
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MCAS JEOPARDY Click PgDn to Start Created by Mr. Ng Josiah Quincy Elementary School PLEASE DO NOT COPY.
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The softest mineral isa. talc.b. calcitec. fluorited. quartz ANSWER
When white, fluffy cloudsappear in Massachusetts, the weather that day will mostly likely be a. fair.b. stormy.c. foggy.d. rainy. ANSWER
Minerals are classified as _____, according to how light passes through them.a. vitreous or glassyb. admantine or sparklingc. transparent, translucent or opaqued. greasy, dull or resinous ANSWER
The Earth revolves around (orbits) the sun oncea. approximately every 24 hours.b. a month.c. a year.d. a millenium. ANSWER
What do we call sky pictures that are made of stars?a. star picturesb. constellationsc. Big Dippersd. movies ANSWER
A galaxy isa. a new kind of car.b. a stream of starsc. a group of stars together in spaced. a group of comets ANSWER
What makes the gas in stars hot? a. fireb. atomic energyc. an atom bombd. friction ANSWER
What happens when a star becomes a black dwarf?a. It gives off black light.b. It stops shining.c. It is born.d. It is a medium-sized yellow star. ANSWER
How far is the sun from the Earth?a. 93 miles awayb. 93 million miles awayc. 9 million miles awayd. 9 billion miles away ANSWER
What happens when a star begins to run out of gas?a. It becomes big and red.b. It becomes a white dwarf.c. It becomes a black dwarf.d. It is a medium-sized yellow star. ANSWER
An example of an instinct isa. laughing at something funny.b. dogs doing tricks when told.c. doing your homework at the same time each day.d. salmon returning to their birthplace to lay their eggs. ANSWER
The parts of plants that make seeds are the a. roots.b. stems.c. flowers.d. leaves. ANSWER
Frogs eat grasshoppers. Grasshoppers eat grass. Which organism in the food chain is a producer? ANSWER
Green plants use ____ to reproduce their own food. a. nitrogenb. oxygenc. waterd. sunlight ANSWER
Fungi is aa. consumerb. decomposer.c. carnivore.d. omnivore. ANSWER
Charlene made a circuit with a switch. She made the posts for the switch out of copper. Which could she use to connect the posts so the bulb will light? a. an elastic bandb. a twigc. a naild. a straw ANSWER
If you wanted to build an icehouse today, which would be the BEST material to use as an insulator?a. wet leavesb. plastic foamc. plastic wrapd. rock salt ANSWER
Why is it better to wear a white T-shirt than a dark T-shirt in the summer? ANSWER
Light-colored clothes reflect more sunlight than dark-colored clothes.
DAILY DOUBLEHow much do you want to wager?click PgDn to view question If a string on a guitar is plucked, it will make a sound. A sound is produced because it is ____. ANSWER
On a typical xylophone, what determines the pitch (high and low sounds) of each bar? ANSWER
If your hands are cold, you can warm them by rubbing them together. The heat energy that you produce is caused bya. insulationb. magnetismc. frictiond. conduction ANSWER
Monique is taking a train to Boston. Her train is stopped at the station. She is facing the direction the train will be moving. All she can see from her window is the train next to her. That train is also going to Boston and leaves first. As the other train leaves, it seems to Monique as ifa. she is moving forwardb. she is moving backwardc. the other train is moving backwardd. the train station is moving ANSWER
Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?a. a piece of wood being used to make toothpicksb. a plant using water and carbon dioxide to make foodc. a pond freezing in the winterd. a field of long grass being mowed ANSWER
Identical poles of two magnets ____ each other while opposite poles of two magnets ____ each other.a. attract/attractb. attract/repelc. repel/attractd. attract/ignore ANSWER