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100

When a fox builds a den, it is demonstrating A. instinct. B. dominant traits. C. a physical trait. D. environmental influences.

What is A. instinct.

100
Which of the following is true of mountains? A. They are built up by waves. B. They are built up by water carrying sediment away. C. They are built up when plates push together. D. They are made by rivers cutting through land
What is C. They are built up when plates push together.
100
Copper is to conductor as A. a magnet is to an electromagnet B. charge is to static electricity C. switch is to circuit D. plastic is to insulator
What is D. plastic is to insulator
100
Which is an example of a learned behavior? A. left-handness in a person B. a racoon eating trash C. an opossum lying still when it feels threatened D. an arctic fox turning white in the winter
What is B. a racoon eating trash
100
From what structure do vertebrates get their name? A. skull B. backbone C. number of legs D. ribs
What is B. backbone
200
Which of the following is found in plant cells but not in animal cells? A. cell membrane B. chloroplast C. nucleus D. mitochondria
What is B. chloroplast
200

Which of these land forms was created by volcanic eruption? A. mesa B. island C. canyon D. volcano

What is B. island

200
Two balloons move closer when they are placed close together. What is the BEST explanation? A. They have mixed charges. B. They have the same charge. C. They have opposite charges. D. They are uncharged.
What is C. They have opposite charges.
200
A jetty is a structure that A. holds back floodwater that would otherwise flow downstream. B. provides homes for fish and other organisms that live in the ocean. C. traps sand and small rocks in order to protect the beach. D. keeps rising flood waters within stream channels.
What is C. traps sand and small rocks in order to protect the beach.
200

Which landform is carved by running water? A. sand dune B. canyon C. mountain D. hill

What is B. canyon

300

Which of the following is a beneficial microorganism? A. staph bacteria that causes boils B. mold that produces penicillin C. fungus that causes ringworm

What is B. mold that produces penicillin

300

Which landform is not built by a constructive force? A. delta B. canyon C. sand dune D. mountain

What is B. canyon

300
Which of the following types of magnets can be switched off when magnetic attraction is not needed? A. bar magnet B. magnetic field C. electromagnet D. static magnet
What is C. electromagnet
300
When hydrogen and oxygen react they explode and form water. What kind of change is that? A. physical B. chemical C. both physical and chemical D. neither physical or chemical
What is B. chemical
300

What characteristics help scientist classify an organism as an animal? A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things. B. It is made up of many cells and absorbs food from its surroundings. C. It is made up of one cell and makes its own food. D. It is made up of many cells and makes its own food.

What is A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things.

400

Which of these can be acquired? A. height B. eye color C. skin D. reading

What is D. reading

400

Which of these is a constructive force? A. Deposition B. Weathering C. Erosion 

What is A. Deposition

400
A student measures the mass of a whole orange. He cuts up the orange and measures the mass again. What is TRUE about the orange's mass before and after it was cut up? A. It was greater when it was whole. B. It is greater in pieces. C. It is the same whole or cut up. D. It is less when it is a whole.
What is C. It is the same whole or cut up.
400

Plants that have NO roots, stems, or leaves are _______

Nonvascular like moss

400

What does an electromagnet have that a bar magnet does not have? A. electric field B. coil of wire C. magnetic poles D. magnetic field

What is B. coil of wire

500
Which pair is most closely related? A. Canis felis and Felis canis B. Felis felis and Canis canis C. Canis domesticus and felis domesticus D. felis domesticus and felis pardalis.
What is D. Felis domesticus and felis pardalis
500
What happens to a river when slow moving water deposits sediment on its bottom? A. The river changes course. B. The river becomes narrower. C. The river becomes deeper. D. The river becomes shallower.
What is D. The river becomes shallower.
500

As the temperature of water increases from 0 degrees F to 100 degrees F, what changes of state does it pass through - going from coldest to hottest? A. ice, water vapor (gas), liquid B. liquid , ice, water vapor(gas) C. water vapor, ice, liquid D. ice, liquid , water vapor

What is D. ice, liquid water, water vapor

500

Angie likes ________ and ________. "Gym" does not.

Fruits and flowers

500

What are the five vertebrate classes?

Birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians