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100

Plant and animal cells have the same organelles. True or False?

What is False.

100
Which of the following is true of mountains? A. They are built up by waves. B. They are built up by water carrying sediment away. C. They are built up when plates push together. D. They are made by rivers cutting through land
What is C. They are built up when plates push together.
100
Copper is to conductor as A. a magnet is to an electromagnet B. charge is to static electricity C. switch is to circuit D. plastic is to insulator
What is D. plastic is to insulator
100

An example of static electricity is A. charging your cell phone B.  using solar panels to power your home C. clothes sticking together when together when taken out the dryer D. Using lightning to generate electricity through a lightning rod

What is C. clothes sticking together when taken out of the dryer

100
From what structure do vertebrates get their name? A. skull B. backbone C. number of legs D. ribs
What is B. backbone
200
Which of the following is found in plant cells but not in animal cells? A. cell membrane B. chloroplast C. nucleus D. mitochondria
What is B. chloroplast
200

Which of these land forms were LEAST affected by erosion? A. glaciers B. plains C. canyon D. sand dunes

What is B. plains

200
Two balloons move closer when they are placed close together. What is the BEST explanation? A. They have mixed charges. B. They have the same charge. C. They have opposite charges. D. They are uncharged.
What is C. They have opposite charges.
200
A jetty is a structure that A. holds back floodwater that would otherwise flow downstream. B. provides homes for fish and other organisms that live in the ocean. C. traps sand and small rocks in order to protect the beach. D. keeps rising flood waters within stream channels.
What is C. traps sand and small rocks in order to protect the beach.
200
Which landform is carved by running water? A. sand dune B. canyon C. mountain D. hill
What is B. canyon
300

Which organelle in the cell is responsible for letting good things in and bad things out? A. Chloroplast B. cytoplasm C. Cell membrane D. nucleus

What is C. cell membrane

300
Which landform is not built by a constructive force? A. delta B. canyon C. sand dune D. shield volcano
What is B. canyon
300
Which of the following types of magnets can be switched off when magnetic attraction is not needed? A. bar magnet B. magnetic field C. electromagnet D. static magnet
What is C. electromagnet
300
When hydrogen and oxygen react they explode and form water. What kind of change is that? A. physical B. chemical C. both physical and chemical D. neither physical or chemical
What is B. chemical
300
What characteristics help scientist classify an organism as an animal? A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things. B. It is made up of many cells and absorbs food from its surroundings. C. It is made up of one cell and makes its own food. D. It is made up of many cells and makes its own food.
What is A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things.
400

A vascular plant is different from a non vascular because  vascular plants A. grow close to the ground B. reproduce by spores C. are mostly moss  D. have xylem vessels

What is D. have xylem vessels

400
How does a hotspot form a chain of volcanoes? A. Volcanoes form above a hot spot. The volcanic mountains move as the plate moves. B. The hot spot allows magma to ooze from a vent. C. The hot spot allows magma to explode from a vent. D. The hot spot forms alternating layers of lava and ash.
What is A. Volcanoes form above a hot spot. The volcanic mountains move as the plate moves.
400

An orange peel is squeezed over a balloon and the balloon pops. This was an example of A. static electricity B. physical change C. electromagnetism D. chemical reaction

What is D. chemical reaction

400
A class is gathering materials to make a circuit that will light a bulb. Which material will be the BEST conductor of electricity for the circuit? A. glass B. metal C. rubber D. wood
What is B. metal
400
What does an electromagnet have that a bar magnet does not have? A. electric field B. coil of wire C. magnetic poles D. magnetic field
What is B. coil of wire
500

The most numerous organism on earth are A. fish B. vertebrates C. invertebrates D. plants

What is D. plants

500

What happens to a river when slow moving water deposits sediment at the its mouth? A. The river creates  a canyon B. The river becomes narrower. C. The river becomes deeper. D. The river creates a delta.

What is D. The river creates a delta.

500
As the temperature of water increases from 0 degrees C to 100 degrees C, what changes of state does it pass through - going from coldest to hottest? A. ice, water vapor, liquid water B. liquid water, ice, water vapor C. water vapor, ice, liquid water D. ice, liquid water, water vapor
What is D. ice, liquid water, water vapor
500

Non vascular plants are different than vascular plants because A. they are tall B. they reproduce with seeds C they reproduce with spores D. they are mostly trees

What is C. they reproduce with spores.

500

What is a benefit to using levees as a flood control measure? A. They prevent sediment from being carried down a river. B. They prevent rivers from overflowing their banks. C. They absorb the water during a flood. D. They protect the structures build on them from damage.

What is B. They prevent rivers from overflowing their banks.

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