Organisms
Energy Transfer
Wave Patterns
Patterns in the Sky
Fossils
100

Organisms have internal and external structures that function to support

  1. growth

  2. survival

  3. reproduction

  4. all of the above

                                 D. all of the above

100

Sound, light, heat, and moving objects are all examples of

  1. energy

  2. matter

  3. electricity

  4. motion

            A. energy

100

Waves are

  1. Only in the ocean

  2. A type of matter

  3. Regular patterns of motion that transfer energy

  4. amplitude

C. Regular patterns of motion that transfer energy

100

Why does the Sun appear larger and brighter than other stars?

  1. It is a bigger star than the others

  2. It burns hotter than all the other stars

  3. It is closer to the Earth than other stars

  4. All of the above

C. It is closer to the Earth than other stars

100

The parts of an organism that can become a fossil are

  1. soft parts like an eyeball

  2. hard parts like shell or bone

  3. thoughts and feelings of the animal

         B. hard parts like shell or bone

200

Animals take in information through

  1. their brains

  2. books they read

  3. their senses 

                  C. their senses

200

The faster an object is moving

  1. the quicker it will stop

  2. the more energy it possesses

  3. the less energy it has

  4. the greater the mass

      B. the more energy it possesses

200

Light waves

  1. Can reflect off objects and enter the eye

  2. Are always visible

  3. Are a rather slow traveling wave

  4. Do not occur at night

   A. Can reflect off objects and enter the eye

200

The Earth

  1. Revolves around the Sun

  2. Revolves around the moon

  3. Spins back and forth

             A. Revolves around the Sun

200

An elephant’s trunk would be an example of

  1. a backwards tail

  2. an Internal structure

  3. an External structure

  4. none of these

                   C. an External structure

300

Plants living in Utah desert regions

  1. have adaptations for living in the water

  2. have structures that help them retain and conserve water

  3. are all poisonous

  4. plants in Utah do not survive in the desert habitat

B. have structures that help them retain and conserve water

300

A ball on the top of a hill resting has

  1. kinetic energy

  2. potential energy

  3. light energy

  4. no energy

        B. potential energy

300

What type of waves need to travel through a medium?

  1. Electromagnetic waves

  2. Radio waves

  3. Microwaves

  4. Mechanical waves

                   D. Mechanical waves

300

The daily changes in length and direction of shadows, is due to

  1. The Earth’s tilt on its axis

  2. The curved shape of the Earth

  3. The Sun orbiting the Earth

  4. The Earth orbiting the Sun

              D. The Earth orbiting the Sun

300

What kind of evidence supports that environments have changed over time?

  1. one layer of rock has lava rock and the next layer had sandstone

  2. layers of rock containing one organism are below layers of rock containing a different organism

  3. an area that once use to be meadow has become a pond

  4. all of the above

                   D. all of the above

400

Fish have a structure of gills which allow them to

  1. take in oxygen from the water

  2. hold their breath until they surface

  3. gills really have no function

  4. gills prevent predators from eating the fish

        A. take in oxygen from the water

400

Which one of the statements is true about energy?

  1. You can create energy by rubbing your hands together

  2. You can destroy energy by submerging it under water

  3. Energy cannot be created

  4. Energy cannot be transferred

         C. Energy cannot be created

400

A loud sound has

  1. High amplitude

  2. Low amplitude

  3. No amplitude

  4. No vibration

          A. High amplitude

400

The Earth’s rotation on its axis causes

  1. Seasons

  2. Day and night

  3. Holidays

  4. The north and south poles

                B. Day and night

400

Fossils from long ago tell us

  1. what color eyes the organism had

  2. if current organisms have structures that help them to survive.

  3. the type of organisms that lived long ago 

    C. the type of organisms that lived long ago

500

Some animals have one sense that is stronger than others. Bats send sound waves out to hit various objects. The soundwaves return to the bat and this information is processed by their brain. It helps them know where other objects and insects are. This is process is called.

  1. sound wave transfer

  2. vibration

  3. echolocation

                  C. echolocation

500

A solar oven converts

  1. Electrical energy to heat energy

  2. Kinetic energy to heat energy

  3. Sound energy to light energy

  4. Light energy to heat energy

D. Light energy to heat energy

500

Microphones work by

  1. Submerging the sound waves

  2. converting sound waves into electrical energy

  3. Interrupting the waves

  4. All of the above

      B. converting sound waves into electrical energy

500

The orbit of Earth around the Sun causes

  1. Day and night

  2. holidays

  3. The length of shadows to change throughout the day

  4. wind


 C. The length of shadows to change throughout the day

500

If a paleontologist found ocean animal fossils up on a highland mountain, what might they conclude?

  1. someone probably carried ocean fossils up the mountain and left them there

  2. the area that is now mountains may have once been under the ocean

  3. fish and other organisms left the ocean to live on the mountain

  4. all of the above

B. the area that is now mountains may have once been under the ocean

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