1st Grade
The North and South poles of a magnet will do what?
A) They won't do anything
B) Attract/stick together
C) Repel/ push away
D) Fly away
B) Attract/stick together
Which of these animals lives part of its life in water, and part of its life on land?
A) Hogs
B) Frogs
C) Dogs
D) Hedgehogs
B) Frogs
What is the term used when a seed begins to grow?A)Respiration
B)Photosynthesis
C)Pollination
D)Germination
D) Germination
Who is credited with the discovery of Electricity?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Thomas Edison
C) Sir Isaac Newton
D) Benjamin Franklin
D) Benjamin Franklin
gusts of wind are caused by:
A) The movement of trees
B) Changes in Air Pressure from Low to High
C) Changes in Air Pressure from High to Low
D) Presence of Clouds
C) Changes in Air Pressure from High to Low
Which of the following items is not a living thing?
A)Dirt
B)Tree
C)Mushroom
D)Owl
A) Dirt
What do you call the series of changes that many animals go through in life?
A) A Life-Cycle
B) The Circle of Life
C) Food Chain
D) Myriapod
A) A life Cycle
Which of the following does not help in the process of pollination?
A) Photosynthesis
B) Sunlight
C) Insects
D) Wind
B) Sunlight
What can be inferred from the discovery of amber (fossilized tree sap) on the Mediterranean Sea floor?
A) That area of Earth used to be dry land which supported plant life
B) Prehistoric trees grew under the ocean.
C) Sap comes from the ocean
D) Amber is actually made of some material other than tree sap.
Correct
A) That area of Earth used to be dry land which supported plant life
How does a meteorologist know how much it has rained over a certain time period?
A) Rain Cycle
B) Rain Maker
C) Rain Gauge
D) Barometer
C) Rain Gauge
Which of the following do plants and animals not need to survive?
A)Friends
B)Air
C)Water
D)Food
A) Friends
Which phase of matter does not like to change its shape?
A) Gas
B) Liquid
C) Solid
D) All of the above
B) Solid
What is a molten rock called when it is inside the earth?
A) Rock
B) Slime
C) Lava
D) Magma
D) Magma
Why did the balloon martian expand in the space simulator?
A) Increase in air pressure
B) Decrease in air pressure
C) Gravity
D) Equalized air pressure
B) Decrease in air pressure
Which travels faster in a lightning storm?
A) Same
B) Lightning
C) No way to tell
D) Thunder
B) Lighting
Which two animals have a similar habitat?
A)Whale and Bear
B)Polar Bear and Camel
C)Raccoon and Squirrel
D)Fish and Lion
C) Racoon and squirrel
While cooking breakfast one day, you wanted to cook something that would change from a liquid to a solid. Which food would we cook to do that?
A) Spreading butter on the bread
B) Making toast
C) Juicing oranges
D) Pancakes from scratch
D) Pancakes from scratch
What do we call a group of stars that looks like a picture?
A)Milky Way
B)Solar System
C)Galaxy
D)Constellation
D) Constellation
Which of the following planets is not a rocky planet?
A) Jupiter
B) Earth
C) Mars
D) Venus
A) Jupiter
What type of cloud is usually big and puffy?
A) Nimbus
B) Cirrus
C) Stratus
D) Cumulus
D) Cumulus
What animal did you see that likes to eat dead plants and turn them back into soil?
A)Millipede
B)Snake
C)Scorpian
D)Cardinal
A) Millipede
When you freeze water you are:
A)taking away heat
B)adding heat
C)adding "coldness"
D)making it smaller
A) Taking away heat
What is the scientific or medical name for the skull?
A) The Cranium
B) The Gluteus Maximus
C) Humorous
D) The Femur
What is the term used to describe the visible portion of the moon’s light getting bigger each night?
A) Waxing
B) Waning
C) Full
D) New
A) Waxing
What tool can be used to estimate the probability of a certain genetic trait being expressed solution?
A) Punnett Square
B) Test Tube
C) Hammer
D) Microscope
A) Punnett Square