Energy
Kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to its
a. Position
b. Mass
c. Motion
d. gravity
C. Motion
The resistance that one object has when moving over another object is known as ___________.
a. Friction
b. Inertia
c. Unbalanced
d. Acceleration
a. Friction
The faster a particle moves, the ______ the temperature will be.
a. lower
b. higher
b. higher
The number of waves that can pass a given point in one second.
a. Amplitude
b. Friction
c. Crest
d. Frequency
D. Frequency
What are the four types of fossils?
a. trace, hard, soft, and shells
b. mold, trace, true form, and cast
c. mold, true form, false form, and bones
b. mold, trace, true form, and cast
Mutations to genes
a. Create a temporary change in the DNA sequence
b. Does not make much difference to DNA structure
c. are a structural change to a gene’s DNA sequence
d. Are always harmful
C. are a structural change to a gene’s DNA sequence
Where is food made in a plant?
a. stem
b. roots
c. leaves
c. leaves
__________ is the process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions.
a. photosynthesis
b. breathing
c. cellular respiration
d. conversion
c. cellular respiration
A biome is an area of the world that shares the same plants, animals, and ___________.
a. people
b. sports
c. weather
d. air pressure
c. weather
A galaxy is best described as a cluster of
A. hundreds of stars.
B. thousands of stars.
C. millions of stars.
D. billions of stars.
D. billions of stars
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation around the sun?
a. One day
b. One month
c. One year
d. One hour
c. One year
What is the water cycle?
A. evaporation, condensation, precipitation
B. condensation, evaporation, precipitation
C. precipitation, condensation, evaporation
A. evaporation, condensation, precipitation
What evidence do scientists use to determine the age of the Earth?
a. Index fossils
b. Earth strata
c. Radioactive Dating
d. All of the Above
d. All of the Above
The atoms in a ______________are more tightly packed together while the atoms in a ____________move freely and independently.
A. solid, liquid
B. liquid, gas
C. solid, gas
D. gas, solid
C. solid, gas
What will happen to the kinetic energy if you double the mass?
a. The kinetic energy would be cut in half
b. The kinetic energy would double
c. The kinetic energy would be the same
d. The kinetic energy would turn to potential energy
B. The kinetic energy would double
What are two things you need to know if you are solving for speed?
a. time and distance
b. time and speed
c. speed and distance
d. distance and mass
A. time and distance
When a solid changes into a liquid, the atoms in a liquid will ____________the atoms in a solid.
A. move the same amount as
B. move less than
C. move more than
D. move at a slower rate
C. move more than
When the particles of the medium are displaced in a direction parallel to energy transport it is a________
a. Longitudinal
b. Transverse
c. Reflective
d. High-frequency
A. Longitudinal
Individuals with favorable traits survive, reproduce and pass on their traits to their offspring. What is this process called?
a. Mutation
b. Evolution
c. Adaptation
d. Natural selection
d. Natural selection
The sugar in DNA is....
a. ribose
b. deoxyribose
c. glucose
b. deoxyribose
The function of the _______ in a plant cell is to convert sunlight into food.
a. chloroplast
b. nucleus
c. mitochondria
a. chloroplast
What is one of the reactants of cellular respiration?
a. energy
b. glucose
c. carbon dioxide
d. water
c. carbon dioxide
The area where two types of water mix is a ________.
a. watershed
b. estuary
c. ecology
d. beach
b. estuary
Only the gas planets have molecular hydrogen in their atmosphere
A. True
B. False
A. True
When the moon blocks the Sun's light, a ________ eclipse occurs.
a. Solar
b. Lunar
c. Polaris
d. Interstellar
a. Solar
In a ______ pressure system, air sinks
a. high
b. low
c. medium
d. none
a. high
Absolute dating is also known as _______.
a. Radiometric and radioactive dating
b. Relative dating
c. Precise dating
d. Rock Layer Exact Dating
A. Radiometric and radioactive dating
When a chemical reaction occurs, the products that are made will have physical and chemical properties that are _______________reactants.
A. the same as
B. similar to
C. opposite of
D. different from
D. different from
Electric potential energy _________ as distance increases.
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains constant
B. Decreases
What controls the orbits of objects in our solar system?
a. Speed and light
b. Inertia and gravity
c. Gravity and speed
d. Momentum and inertia
B. Inertia and gravity
The best way to identify an element is to use the atomic number, which is always the same as the number of ___________.
A. protons
B. neutrons
C. electrons
D. neutrons and electrons
A. protons
When electromagnetic waves are absorbed by an object, what happens?
a. Nothing
b. The object moves
c. The objects stops moving
d. The object become warmer
D. The object becomes warmer
What is adaptive radiation?
a. Individuals adapt to their environment
b. Developing adaptations to make oneself immune to radiation from the Sun
c. Behavioral adaptations
d. As individual groups adapt to their different niches, they may evolve into distinct species
d. As individual groups adapt to their different niches, they may evolve into distinct species
A cell that does not contain genetic material in the nucleus is _____________.
a. eukaryotic
b. prokaryotic
c. unicellular
d. multicellular
b. prokaryotic
In a tallgrass prairie ecosystem, what adaptation would plants use to survive?
a. only growing near water.
b. having their main stems underground
c. having a lot of leaves
b. having their main stems underground
The spinal cord is protected by the _________.
a. vertebrae
b. rib cage
c. lungs
d. muscle
a. vertebrae
Because of their sensitivity to environmental conditions, ____________ are closely monitored. If their populations decline, it is a sign that there is something wrong in the environment.
a. threatened species
b. extinct species
c. endangered species
d. indicator species
d. indicator species
To express the distance between the Milky Way
galaxy and other galaxies, the most appropriate
unit of measurement is the:
A meter.
B kilometer.
C light-year.
D astronomical unit.
c. light-year
As the moon orbits around Earth...
a. Different parts of it appear to be illuminated by the Sun
b. The moon shines its light in other directions
c. This causes day and night
d. The moon always appears the same
a. Different parts of it appear to be illuminated by the Sun
How/why do clouds float?
a. gravity
b. rising warm air
c. they don't weigh anything
b. rising warm air
What is the name of the theory that states that plates move due to convection currents?
A. theory of convection currents
B. theory of tectonic plates
C. theory of continental drift
b. theory of tectonic plates
What is the correct formula for speed?
A. Speed = Distance x Time
B. Speed = Time x Distance
C. Speed = Distance/ Time
D. Speed = Time/ Distance
C. Speed = Distance/ Time
Which would have the least potential energy?
a. Ball sitting on the ground
b. Rubber band pulled back tight
c. Magnets close to each other but not touching
d. A statically charged balloon hovered over someone’s hair
A. Ball sitting on the ground
An empty box has a mass of 5 kilograms. You put a few objects into the box. Now the mass of the box increases to 25 kilograms. Which of the following statements is true?
A. When the mass increases, the amount of force needed to lift the box decreases.
B. When the mass increases, the amount of force needed to lift the box increases.
C. When the mass increases, the amount of force needed to lift the box remains the same.
D. When the mass increases, the amount of force needed to lift the box is not affected.
B. When the mass increases, the amount of force needed to lift the box increases.
Fluorine is an element with an atomic number of 9. What are two differences between the isotopes Fluorine-18 and Fluorine-19?
A. They both have different number of protons and different number of neutrons.
B. They both have different number of neutrons and different mass number.
C. They both have different number of electrons and different mass number.
D. They both have different number of neutrons and different number of electrons.
B. They both have different number of neutrons and different mass number.
Objects or substances that absorb any wavelength of electromagnetic radiation become warmer and_______.
a. Produce a gas
b. convert the absorbed energy to infrared radiation (heat)
c. Convert the absorbed energy into chemical energy
d. Reflect back twice as much energy
B. convert the absorbed energy to infrared radiation (heat)
What do artificial selection and natural selection have in common?
a. They are both methods for passing on traits
b. They both occur in the natural world
c. They can both be used for gene therapy
d. They both can both be controlled in a laboratory
a. They are both methods for passing on traits
An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present is...
a. recessive allele
b. dominant allele
c. hidden allele
d. present allele
b. dominant allele
Results from which investigation provide the best evidence supporting a claim that plants require water to perform photosynthesis?
a. A student grows two identical plants under the same conditions, except one plant is placed under a sun lamp for 12 hours a day while the other plant does not receive light. The plant under the sun lamp grows well.
b. A student places an aquatic plant in a test tube filled with water. A probe measures the carbon dioxide level in the water. The probe indicates that carbon dioxide levels decrease as the plant is exposed to sunlight for several hours
c. A student places an aquatic plant in a test tube that contains water under a lamp. The student counts the number of oxygen bubbles that the plant produces in one-minute intervals. The number of bubbles decreases when the lamp is turned off
d. A student grows two identical plants under the same conditions except one is given water daily and the other is not. The plants are exposed to the same amount of sunlight. The student records the height of the plants and finds that the plant that was given water grew taller
d. A student grows two identical plants under the same conditions except one is given water daily and the other is not. The plants are exposed to the same amount of sunlight. The student records the height of the plants and finds that the plant that was given water grew taller
What is the name for the symbiotic relationship when one organism benefits and the other is harmed?
a. commensalism
b. parasitism
c. mutualism
b. parasitism
The smallest classification group is a __________.
a. genus
b. class
c. domain
d. species
d. species
What is the name of the force that keeps everything together in the solar system?
a. potential energy
b. energy transfer
c. gravity
d. nothing
c. gravity
When the moon is in line with the Earth and sun, what types of tides do we have?
a. high tides
b. spring tides
c. low tides
d. neap tides
b. spring tides
What device measures air pressure?
a. thermometer
b. anemometer
c. barometer
c. barometer
The ________ is the thinnest layer of the Earth
a. inner core
b. crust
c. mantle
d. outer core
b. crust
Anthony is testing whether a change in the height of the ramp will affect the speed at which a toy car goes down the ramp. What is one control for this experiment?
A. height of ramp
B. speed of car
C. mass of car
D. all of the above
C. mass of car
How do mass and speed relate to kinetic energy?
a. Increasing mass decreases kinetic energy
b. As mass and speed go up, the kinetic energy of an object increases
c. As mass and speed decrease, kinetic energy increases
d. Speed and mass do not affect kinetic energy
B. As mass and speed go up, the kinetic energy of an object increases
What is the difference between speed and velocity?
A. Speed includes direction and velocity does not include direction.
B. Velocity includes direction and speed does not include direction.
C. Speed has a measurable quantity and velocity cannot be measured
D. Speed and velocity have no differences.
B. Velocity includes direction and speed does not include direction.
Elements that have similar chemical properties, such as reactivity and the same number of valence electrons, are usually located _______________.
A. in the same group
B. in the same period
C. across from each other
D. to the left and right of one another.
A. in the same group
Which of these are are advantages of digital signals?
a. Digital signals do not break down over time
b. Digital signals are inexpensive
c. Digital signals are not stable
d. Digital signals are lighter than analog signals
A. Digital signals do not break down over time
Which of the following is a behavioral adaptation?
a. the strong wings of a hummingbird
b. the ways bees work together
c. the long beak of a hummingbird
d. the slimy skin of a frog
b. the ways bees work together
Which genotype would result in having blue eyes, if B is dominant for brown eyes?
a. BB
b. Bb
c. bb
c. bb
What term describes a plant growing toward or away from light?
a. phototropism
b. photosynthesis
c. commensalism
a. phototropism
Which of the following is a decomposer?
a. shark
b. squirrel
c. bird
d. worm
d. worm
The general conditions (temperature, air pressure, etc.) in an area over time.
a. climate
b. weather
a. climate
Which of the following sets contains only objects
that shine as a result of reflected light?
A. moons, planets, and comets
B. moons, comets, and stars
C. planets, stars, and comets
D. planets, stars, and moons
A. moons, planets, and comets
Stars are classified by surface temperature, _______, and absolute magnitude
a. color
b. size
c. distance
a. color
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is what we experience on a daily basis.
Climate is long-term patterns in weather data over time.
The ________ helps us build a picture of the history/geologic time of Earth
a. superposition
b. theory
c. fossil record
c. fossil record
A force of 200 N is pushing down and another force of 200 N is pushing up. A third force is pushing with 50 N to the right and a fourth force is pushing with 35 N to the left. What is the net force?
A. 400 Newtons up and 15 Newtons right
B. 400 Newtons down and 15 Newtons left
C. 15 Newtons left
D. 15 Newtons right
D. 15 Newtons right