Interdependency
All of the following are examples of living things EXCEPT-
A) Soil
B) Vegetable
C) Alligator
D) Mosquito
A) Soil
Act out a model of the Earth's revolution.
Answers may vary
Order the Earth, Moon, and Sun from smallest to greatest in diameter.
Moon, Earth, Sun
What property of causes light to bend?
A) Reflection
B) Refraction
B) Refraction
How are bees and flowers interdependent?
Flowers provide nectar for the bees to create honey. Bees spread pollen between flowers.
A woman watches the sun as it sets. The woman is looking toward the-
A) north
B) south
C) east
D) west
D) west
List the planets in order, starting from the planet that is closest to the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
How are weather and climate different from each other?
Weather occurs over a short period of time. Climate shows the weather patterns over a long period of time.
A student watches a green anole lizard as it sits on a leaf. The anole lizard interacts with a living part of its environment when it -
A) hides behind a rock
B) drinks water off a plant
C) eats an insect
D) Bobs its head up and down
C) eats an insect
The ________ revolves around the _________.
Select all correct answers:
A) Sun; Earth
B) Earth; Sun
C) Sun; Moon
D) Moon; Earth
B) Earth; Sun
D) Moon; Earth
The moon has ___________, which allows objects to hit its surface and form craters.
A) a thick atmosphere
B) a thin atmosphere
C) no atmosphere
D) an axis
B) a thin atmosphere
Which of these is a nonrenewable resource?
A) Animals that people raise for food
B) Oxygen found in a gas in the air
C) Coal formed from the remains of plants
D) Water that flows over Earth's surface in rivers
C) Coal formed from the remains of plants
Which of the following best describes how an organism in a coastal ecosystem might depend on other living organisms to survive?
A) A crab scuttles along the sand to safety.
B) A pelican catches a fish to feed its chicks.
C) A gull fights with another bird over a piece of trash.
D) A seal sticks its head out of the water to get some air.
B) A pelican catches a fish to feed its chicks.
A student is making a presentation about the effects of Earth's rotation on its axis. Which of the following should NOT be included in the presentation?
A) Earth's 24 hour cycle of day and night
B) The apparent movement of the sun across the sky
C) The seasons of the year
D) The change in the length of a shadow throughout the day
C) The seasons of the year
A student writes these characteristics about a planet:
It is about the same size as the Earth. It is a rocky planet with volcanoes on its surface. Its thick atmosphere traps heat, making it the hottest planet. It is the 2nd planet from the sun.
Which planet is being described?
A) Mars
B) Neptune
C) Uranus
D) Venus
D) Venus
A team of students designs an experiment to test how force affects the distance a ball travels after it bounces off a wall. They perform 6 trial throws.
The only condition that should change in the six trials is-
A) The mass of the ball thrown
B) The throwers distance from the wall
C) The force of the throw
D) The type of wall
C) The force of the throw
A temperate deciduous forest ecosystem has hot summers. In winter, the temperature below freezing. Most of the trees that grow there lose their leaves in winter.
Losing leaves helps the trees-
A) produce more seeds in the fall
B) conserve energy and water
C) recycle the energy in the leaves
D) recieve more sunlight to stay warm
B) conserve energy and water
What two things cause seasons on Earth?
A) Earth's tilt on its axis and Earth's rotation
B) Earth's tilt on its axis and Earth's revolution around the sun
C) The Moon's tilt on its axis and the Sun's rotation
D) The Earth's revolution around the Sun
B) Earth's tilt on its axis and Earth's revolution around the sun
Which correctly states some of the physical characteristics of the Earth and the Moon?
A) Both are almost round. Earth is covered with rocks, but the moon has few rocks.
B) Both are almost covered with water. Both are about the same size.
C) Both have meteor craters on their surface. Both are planets in our solar system.
D) Both recieve energy from the sun. The moon is smaller than Earth.
D) Both recieve energy from the sun. The moon is smaller than Earth.
Some hikers walk through a narrow canyon. They observe that the canyon's sandstone walls are rough and have parallel grooves. Which of the following most likely formed the canyon?
A) Rapidly rushing water
B) A tornado touching a cave
C) An earthquake
D) A volcanic eruption
A) Rapidly rushing water