Vocabulary
Life Science
Earth/Space Science
Physical Science
All Sciences
100
These are organisms that make their own food.
What are producers?
100
All energy in an ecosystem begins with the...
sun
100
How many hours are in a day and days in a year?
24 hours in a day
365 days in a year
100
What do we call it when light bounces off a surface at a particular angle?
reflection
100
Which sentence about objects in the solar system describes ONLY the sun?
a. It produces its only light
b. It is mostly made of gases
c. It has objects that orbit around it
d. It travels along an almost circular path
e. none of the above
f. ALL of the above
a. It produces its only light
200
This is a push or a pull on an object
What is force?
200
Give at least TWO examples of decomposers
bacteria
fungi
mold
mushrooms
worms
beetles
200
Name all of the planets in order from the sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
200
Which of the following colors would you want to use on the outside of a house in the arctic to help regulate temperature and why?
Orange, white, rainbow, black, silver
Black -- it would absorb the most heat
200
Answer the Spring Released Test Question #5
300
This is a special type of consumer that gets energy from dead material.
What is a decomposer?
300
What are the TWO main roles of a decomposer?
To clean up the dead material from the ground AND recycle the nutrients back into the ecosystem
300
Besides planets, name THREE other objects that are in orbit around our sun
- moons
-asteroids
- meteoroids
- comets
- dwarf planets
300
You have a 20 g marble and a 40 g marble. Explain how much force you would apply to each marble in order for them to reach the finish line at the same time.
You would have to apply twice as much force to the 40 g marble because things with more mass accelerate slower.
300
Answer the Spring Released Test Question #17 and explain WHY you chose that answer
B because since there is no friction, the block would move at a consistent pace
400
This is the name for a planet spinning on its axis
What is rotation?
400
Mistletoe and Trees
Mistletoe attaches itself to the branches of trees and takes the tree's nutrients. This is an example of...
Parasitism
400
Why is that we experience different seasons on Earth?
Earth is tilted at an angle. The part of the Earth that is tilted towards the sun gets more direct sunlight and experiences summer while the part of the Earth tilted away gets indirect sunlight and experiences winter.
400
Answer the Spring Released Test Question #6
Stays the same
Stays the same
Speed increases
Speed decreases
400
Explain some simple objects you could use to demonstrate how pitch changes and explain how you would change the pitch
Answers vary
500
This is a form of energy that behaves in a predictable way
What is light?
500
Give THREE species that would be immediately affected if the herring population decreased.
There would be more phytoplankton
There would be more krill
There would be less dogfish
There would be less seals
There would be less tuna
500
Give FOUR characteristics that inner planets share
- smaller
- closer to the sun
- less than 5 moons
- no rings
- warmer
- made of rock
500
Answer the Practice Test Question #24
4
2
1
3
500
Answer the Spring Released Question #12
Inner: solid surfaces, few or no moons (heavy metals)
Outer: gaseous, many moons (heavy metals)