Jose tries to warm his hands by rubbing them together. This causes them to get warmer.
What is friction?
100
This is attracted to a magnet.
A. An aluminum pan
B. An iron nail
C. A copper penny
D. A silver spoon
What is B. An iron nail?
100
This material in soil comes from living things and forms_________.
What is humus?
100
This is something that you could find out if you studied fossils.
A. what color eggs the animal laid
B. the color of the animal
C. the exact age of the animal
D. how many legs the animal walked on
What is D. how many legs the animal walked on?
100
All rocks are made out of these.
What are minerals?
200
Temperature is measured in this type of unit.
What is degrees?
200
This happens when when the same poles (North & North, South & South) of a magnet are close together.
What is repel?
200
This soil contains both clay and sand.
What is loam?
200
This object will MOST likely contain a fossil.
A. a rock
B. an atom
C. a mineral
D. a leaf
What is A. a rock?
200
This type of rock is formed when sand, mud, and pebbles at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and oceans pile up.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
Heat does not move quickly through some materials, such as wool, cotton and fur. These materials are called________.
What are insulators?
300
A piece of metal is probably a magnet if it has/does this:
A. has the letter S on it.
B. can pull some metals to it.
C. becomes rusted in the rain.
D. has a shiny metal color.
What is B. can pull some metals to it?
300
This layer of soil has a lot of humus and minerals. It also can hold a lot of water.
A. solid rock
B. topsoil
C. subsoil
What is B. topsoil?
300
This part of a dinosaur is least likely to be found as a fossil.
A. Claws
B. Teeth
C. Bones
D. Muscle
What is D. Muscle?
300
This type of rock changes form through squeezing and heating over a long period of time.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
Heat can move through space, solids, ________, and _______. (fill in the blanks)
What is liquids, and gases?
400
This happens when opposite poles (North and South) of a magnet are close together.
What is attract?
400
These are two of the four causes of soil erosion.
What are (wind, water, animals, and/or people)?
400
This animal would be LEAST LIKELY to form a fossil.
A. elephant
B. fish
C. jellyfish
D. bird
What is C. jellyfish?
400
Table salt is a mineral. This is one reason table salt would be classified as a mineral.
A. It is found in only one color.
B. It melts at high temperatures.
C. It has a definite crystal structure.
D. It is found in only one place on Earth.
What is C. It has a definite crystal structure.
500
A conductor is a material that heat moves through easily. What type of material is a good conductor?
What is metal?
500
This is the area that surrounds all magents.
What is the magnetic field?
500
Eva found some smooth, round rocks near a stream. This caused Eva's rocks to be weathered in this way.
What is moving water?
500
For a living thing to become a fossil, the living thing must do this:
A. have a hard outer shell
B. be dead for a very long time
C. die by drowning in water
D. have a skeleton
What is B. be dead for a long time?
500
Emily had two minerals that looked a lot alike. They were the same color and texture. This property would help Emily figure out if the two minerals were the same.
A. size
B. shape
C. weight
D. hardness