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What part of the broccoli plant do we eat?
a. flower
b. seed
c. root
d. leaves
a. flower
Which animal changes color in winter?
a. bear
b. frogs
c. rabbit
d. turtle
c. rabbit
What kind of tree does not lose its leaves in cold weather?
a. pine
b. oak
c. maple
d. birch
a. pine
What is the term for matter that flows and takes the shape of its container?
a. solid
b. liquid
c. gas
d. plasma
b. liquid
What is a string bean?
a. fruit
b. dairy product
c. grain
d. vegetable
d. vegetable
The needle on a compass points in what direction?
a. North
b. East
c. South
d. West
a. North
What does water do when it freezes?
a. contracts
b. evaporates
c. dissolves
d. expands
d. expands
What kind of fruit is dried to make a raisin?
a. plum
b. grape
c. cherry
d. apricot
b. grape
What type of habitat would you find in northern Canada or Russia?
a. tundra
b. grasslands
c. desert
d. marshlands
a. tundra
A man-made lake created for the purpose of storing water is called a what?
a. channel
b. isthmus
c. reservoir
d. sluice
c. reservoir
What is not a component of soil?
a. humus
b. bedrock
c. clay
d. silt
b. bedrock
When was the first space shuttle launched?
a. 1979
b. 1980
c. 1981
d. 1982
c. 1981
Which ocean is the largest?
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
a. Pacific
What is the highest layer of the Earth's atmosphere?
a. ionosphere
b. stratosphere
c. troposphere
d. exosphere
d. exosphere
What does a meteorologist study?
a. stars
b.meteors
c. weather
d. animals
c. weather
What type of clouds have a white puffy appearance?
a. stratus
b. cumulus
c. cirrus
d. cumulonimbus
b. cumulus
What do you call a path along which electricity travels?
a. circuit
b. battery
c. static
d. charge
a. circuit
True or False: Weight and mass describe the same thing.
False
Which inventor built the Clermont (the first commercial steamboat)?
a. James Watt
b. Thomas Edison
c. Alexander G. Bell
d. Robert Fulton
d. Robert Fulton
How many states of matter are there?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
b. 4
Mount Fuji, Mount Shasta, and Mount St. Helens are examples of what types of volcanoes?
a. stratovolcanoes
b. cinder cones
c. shield volcanoes
d. lava domes
a. stratovolcanoes
What does an ichthyologist study?
a. birds
b. fish
c. insects
d. reptiles
b. fish
What is the largest volcano on Earth?
a. Mount Vesuvius
b. Mount Etna
c. Mount St. Helens
d. Mauna Loa
d. Mauna Loa
What do plants lose in the process known as transpiration?
a. water vapor
b. roots
c. seeds
d. leaves
a. water vapor
What is the term for the circular depression at the summit of a volcano?
a. fumarole
b. limu
c. caldera
d. rhyolite
c. caldera