General Science
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Place the following terms in the sequence best suited to perform an experiment: Analyze Data Develop a question Make conclusions Conduct the experiment State a hypothesis
What is 1) Develop a question 2) State a hypothesis 3) Conduct an experiment 4) Analyze data 5) Make conclusions
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A producer is also known as a ______troph.
What is autotroph?
100
Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic based on a. Color b. Shape c. Minerals d. Formation
What is D. Formation
100
In humans, a fertilized egg contains 46 chromosomes. Which bar graph represents the number of chromosomes contained in the sperm and the egg before fertilization?
What is 2?
100
Which statement represents relative age? a. Trilobite fossils were made 300 years ago. b. The first human-like fossil is 4.4 million years old. c. Dinosaur’s remains are older than human’s remains. d. Jenny was born in 1999 and her brother was born in 1995.
What is C. Dinosaur’s remains are older than human’s remains.
200
A student reads a graduated cylinder and states that the graduated cylinder has 150 ML of water. This statement is A) A prediction B) An observation C) A theory D) A hypothesis
What is B) An observation
200
All energy in a food chain or web starts with the _________.
What is sun?
200
Which of the following is correctly paired? a. Biosphere = Land b. Atmosphere = Air c. Lithosphere = Water d. Hydrosphere = Living things
What is B. Atmosphere= Air
200
According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of inheriting two tall traits?
What is 2/4 or 50%?
200
Using arrows, draw and label a convergent boundary, divergent boundary, and transform boundary.
What is (will draw on the board)
300
A student wondered if different types of plants would produce different amounts of oxygen. A pea plant, a fern, and a cactus were growing in equal-sized containers with equal amounts of soil. The student measured the amount of oxygen produced by each. Identify two control conditions that should be held constant besides the size of the container and amount of soil.
What is person performing the experiment, size of the plant, amount of water, light source, location, etc.
300
An organism that eats plants is known as a _____________.
What is herbivore.
300
A road often has reflectors in the middle to help people see the middle line. How do reflectors work? a. refracts light rays b. bounces light back c. absorbs light shined on it d. makes light with electricity
What is B. bounces light back
300
The fur of a snowshoe rabbit changes to white during the winter. This change is an example of ______________.
What is Adaptation.
300
Which statement best describes the property of light illustrated in the diagram below?
What is Refraction.
400
A student adds sugar to a cup of iced tea and a cup of hot tea. She notices that the time needed for the sugar to dissolve in each cup is different. She thinks this has something to do with the temperature of the tea. She wants to design an experiment to see if she is correct. Write a hypothesis based on the students observation. MUST BE IF...THEN...BECAUSE...
What is If I put sugar in ice tea and hot tea then the sugar will dissolve faster in hot tea because the molecules move faster in hot substances.
400
_____________ restore nutrients from dead organisms back into the soil.
What is decomposers?
400
The diagram represents four processes, labeled A, B, C, and D, that occur when water changes phase. Which process is represented by A? a. melting b. freezing c. condensing d. evaporating
What is C. condensing
400
_____________ is the equation that represents Newton's Second Law of Motion.
What is F= M(a)?
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a. State the term for the phase change that occurs at A. b. Explain why the phase change is a physical change.
What is a. freezing b. its still water, just in a different phase
500
A student determined that the more she shook a container of sand the higher the temperature of the sand. Determine the following: 1) The Independent Variable 2) The Dependent Variable 3) A Control Variable other than the person performing the experiment
What is IV: How much I shake the container DV: The temperature of the sand CV: The amount of sand, the container, etc.
500
In a food chain or web the arrows represent the flow of ____________.
What is energy?
500
Which pathway do most nutrients take after a person takes a bite of food? a. digestive system → circulatory system → body cells b. circulatory system → body cells → digestive system c. digestive system → body cells → circulatory system d. circulatory system → digestive system → body cells
What is A. digestive system → circulatory system → body cells
500
Identify one event other than moon phases that occurs as a result of the Moon orbiting the Earth.
What is tides and Lunar Eclipse.
500
Humans have several organ systems that allow them to carry on all life activities. Complete the chart below by identifying one organ system that is responsible for each life activity listed. Word Box Skeletal Excretory Respiratory Digestive Circulatory Nervous Life Activity Human Body System Controls and coordinates the body’s responses Breaking down large food molecules into smaller molecules Exchanging gases between the blood and the environment Removing liquid and gaseous waste from the body Transporting needed materials to the cells and carrying wastes from cells Moving the body
What is 1) Nervous 2) Digestive 3) Respiratory 4) Excretory 5) Circulatory 6) Skeletal
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