Earth Science
Life Science
Physical Science
Science Inquiry
Vocabulary
100
Which solution does not help with flooding?

 a. using contour plowing 

b. using natural floodplains to absorb excess water

c. building control dams

d. building levees

What is c. using contour plowing
100
How does a cell membrane help an animal cell? 

 a. it allows the good stuff in and keeps the bad stuff out. 

b. it stores heredity information 

c. it dissolves acids

d. it creates energy for the cell

What is a. it allows the good stuff in and keeps the bad stuff out. 

100
Andy wants to connect the pieces of his electrical circuit. Which material will make the BEST wire? 

a. copper 

b. plastic 

c. glass 

d. dental floss

What is a. copper
100
A compound microscope would be MOST useful for observing 

a. the leg bones of a dog 

b. the motion of atoms 

c. the cells in an onion skin

d. an orange

What are c. the cells in an onion skin
100
A wall built along a river to control flooding is

a. dam

b. delta

c. levee

d.  jetty

What is c. levee
200
An earthquake is the result of 

 a. erosion 

b. tectonic plate movement 

c. human intervention 

d. weather patterns

What is b. tectonic plate movement
200
What do chloroplasts do? 

 a. break down food 

b. capture energy and make food 

c. provide support for the cell 

d. make protein

What is b. capture energy and make food
200
What is the buildup of electrical charges on an object?
What is Static Electricity
200
If you dissolved a lot of salt in some water in a large flat dish and put the dish in bright sunlight on a hot day, what would be left in the dish after a long time? a. dry salt 

b. water with no salt 

c. the same salty water as before 

d. nothing

What is a. dry salt
200
A constructive process results in 

a. the build up of landforms 

b. the destruction of landforms 


What is a. build up of landforms
300
Name the 4 plate movements.

a.  Move towards each other____

b.  Move away from each other____

c.  Slide past each other_____

d.  Sink under one another______

What is

a.  Convergent

b. Divergent

c. Transform

d. Subduction

300
If two parent cats have several kittens, the kittens will be 

 a. exactly like the parents. 

b. a little bit alike from each of the parents. 

c. very different from the parents. 

d. exactly like each other.

What is b. a little bit alike from each of the parents
300
What of the following is not attracted to a magnet? 

 a. iron 

b. cobalt

c. nickel 

d. gold

What is d. gold
300
Why do scientists use microscopes to study plant cells? 

a. to make plant cells grow and divide 

b. to see green cells instead of white cells 

c. to separate plant cells from other cells 

d. to see cells they cannot see with just their eyes

What is d. to see cells they cannot see with just their eyes
300
Which cell part stores the DNA? 

a. chloroplasts 

b. nucleus 

c. cytoplasm 

d. cell well

What is b. nucleus
400
In which state would an earthquake MOST LIKELY occur? 

 a. Kentucky 

b. Georgia 

c. California 

d. Oklahoma

What is c. California


**Hint - San Andreas Fault

400
Invertebrates do NOT have what physical structure listed below? 

 a. eyes 

b. brain 

c. spine 

d. hair

What is c. spine
400
Sean has a purple piece of construction paper on his desk. His teacher asks him to name an activity that would chemically change the paper. Which of his answers is correct? 

 a. pour water on the paper 

b. squish the paper into a ball 

c. pour bleach on the paper

d. put an eraser on the paper

What is c. pour bleach on the paper
400
Mr. Rummage runs a salvage company. At the junkyard, he has a large electromagnet. Which of the following items can he pick up with the electromagnet? 

 a. old shoes 

b. broken windows 

c. used washing machines 

d. recycled cardboard

What is c. used washing machines
400
What was the ancient supercontinent called? 

a. Pangaea 

b. Pandora 

c. Panacea 

d. Polyanna

What is a. Pangaea
500
In the Sahara desert, sandstorms often blow across the desert which can change the surface of rocks. Classify this process. 

 a. wind power 

b. heat exposure

c. wind erosion 

d. thermal contraction

What is c. wind erosion
500
How do bacteria and fungi beneficial? 

 a. They help us produce proteins 

b. The cause "red tides" 

c. They make bread and cheese 

d. They cause diseases

What is c. They make bread and cheese
500
Jake wants to make an electromagnet.   Which component is not necessary?

a. battery

b. bar magnet

c. wire


What is b. bar magnet
500
In a series circuit, if one light goes out______.

In a parallel circuit, if one light goes out_____.

What is 

a. they all go out

b. the other light keeps burning

500
Taxonomy, or classification, helps us to organize organisms.

Name the order from most general to most specific.

*Think Spaghetti!

What is

King Phillip Came Over for Good Spaghetti

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

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