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1. Which of the following would be at the beginning of a food chain?
a) bird
b) grasshopper
c) leaves
d) caterpillar
leaves
6. The sun is a ________?
a) planet b) rock c) star d) moon
c) star
11. To Rotate as it refers to a planet means _______.
a) to go around the sun
b) to go around the moon
c) to spin on its axis
d) to get dark
c) to spin on its axis
16. Materials that allow light to pass through them are ______.
a) translucent
b) transparent
c) opaque
d) shiny
b) transparent
21. Name the part that manufactures food for the plant.
a) seed
b) stem
c) roots
d) leaf
d) leaf
26. Which of the following groups comprise of only renewable resources :
(a) water, soil, vehicle
(b) trees, sand, petroleum
(c) bauxite, sand, water
(d) trees, soil, water
(d) trees, soil, water
31. During an experiment a mixture of salt and water was made. The water is therefore considered to be the ________________.
(a) solvent (c) solution
(b) solute (d) substitute
(a) solvent
Plants absorb water form the soil through their _____.
a) epidermis b) phloem c) lateral root d) root hairs
root hairs
7. Which planet is known as the red planet?
a) Jupiter
b) Mars
c) Mercury
d) Venus
b) Mars
12.The two sources of water in nature’s water cycle are _____.
a) rain water and river water
b) ground water and surface water
c) deep water and shallow water
d) cold water and hot water
b) ground water and surface water
17. The wind can be both harmful and useful to humans. Which of the following is NOT a harmful effect of the wind?
a) pulling trees out of the ground
b) pulling a roof off a house
c) drying clothes
d) destroying wooden houses
c) drying clothes
22.During photosynthesis, plants make their _____
a) flowers
b) little ones
c) own food
d) leaves
c) own food
27. Which of the following is not one of the three groups of rocks?
(a) granite
(b) igneous
(c) metamorphic
(d) sedimentary
(a) granite
32. The process used in the manufacturing of bottled water is __________________.
(a) chromatography
(b) filtration
(c) distillation
(d) evaporation
(b) filtration
3. Water form the roots are carried to all parts of the plant by the ______.
a) phloem b) xylem c) stem d) leaves
xylem
8. A vertebrate that has gills and lives in water is called_______.
a) an amphibian
b) bird
c) fish
d) reptile
c) fish
13. What is weather?
a) The condition all around us everyday at a certain place and time.
b) How hot or cold something is
c) The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time
d) How much rain falls everyday
c) The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time
. When we conserve resources we _______.
a) waste them b) give them away c) leave them alone
d) use them wisely
d) use them wisely
23. Which statement is TRUE?
a) a seed can only germinate in soil
b) all plants produce seeds
c) some seeds can be eaten
d) all seeds germinate at the same time
c) some seeds can be eaten
29. Which of the following statements best describes reptiles.
(a) they have dry scaly body covering to protect them from
predators
(b) they have tail fins for movement in water
(c) they have wings to help them fly
(d) their bodies are covered in fur
(a) they have dry scaly body covering to protect them from
predators
33. Metamorphosis is another term used to refer to the _________________.
(a) the larva of mosquito
(b) the food chain
(c) an adult butterfly
(d) the life cycle of an animal
(d) the life cycle of an animal
4. What is a plant eating animal called?
a) omnivore b) carnivore c) herbivore d) producer
c) herbivore
9. A device that indicates wind direction is called a ________.
a) anemometer
b) wind vane
c) rain guage
d) barometer
b) wind vane
14. Which of these shows the correct flow of energy?
a) grass- grasshopper- frog- hawk
b) grasshopper- grass- hawk- frog
c) frog- grasshopper- grass- hawk
d) hawk- grass- frog- grasshopper
a) grass- grasshopper- frog- hawk
19. A man wants to carry a large bag of sand up a hill. Which one of the following can he use to make his task easier?
a) bucket
b) wheelbarrow
c) tub
d) box
b) wheelbarrow
24. Plants go through the process of photosynthesis with the help of light energy from the sun which is then converted to __________________ energy.
(a) heat
(b) chemical
(c) electrical
(d) geothermal
(b) chemical
30. Nahim is building a simple circuit. The part of the circuit which controls energy flow is the __________________.
(a) dry cell
(b) switch
(c) bulb
(d) wire
(b) switch
34. Humans can affect the balance of nature in an ecosystem by ___________________________.
(a) reducing the amount of non-biodegradable products
(b) protection of endangered species
(c) disposing of garbage indiscriminately
(d) recycling old bottles and containers
(c) disposing of garbage indiscriminately
5. What is the instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is?
a) thermometer b) barometer c) anemometer d) hygrometer
a) thermometer
10. Which of these is a satellite?
a) sun
b) earth
c) mercury
d) moon
d) moon
15. An omnivore is an animal that eats _______.
a) meat only
b) plants only
c) both plants and animals
d) both flowers and grass
c) both plants and animals
20. Which planet in the solar system takes the most time to travel around the sun?
a) Pluto
b) Mars
c) Saturn
d) Neptune
d) Neptune
25. Mercury is a liquid metal used in thermometers. Sam would like to determine situations under which mercury expands. This would occur when it ____________________.
(a) is heated
(b) placed in a refrigerator
(c) is compressed by air pressure
(d) sucked upward by a vacuum
(a) is heated
28. Some rocks can be formed by heat or fire. They are classified as which of the following:
(a) sedimentary
(b) metamorphic
(c) igneous
(d) granite
(c) igneous
35. The part of a plant which makes fruits and seeds is the __________________.
(a) the leaf
(b) the stem
(c) the root
(d) the flower
(d) the flower