Science or Bust
As the temperature of water increases from 0 degrees C to 100 degrees C, what changes of state does it pass through - going from coldest to hottest? A. ice, water vapor, liquid water B. liquid water, ice, water vapor C. water vapor, ice, liquid water D. ice, liquid water, water vapor
What is D. ice, liquid water, water vapor?
This inventor is credited with creating the first practical lightbulb and moving picture camera.
Who was Thomas Edison?
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by plant roots or ice
What is weathering?
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?
How can you change matter from one state to another? A) by changing its container B) by adding or removing heat C) by dividing it in half D) by changing its volume
B) adding or removing heat
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?
The Wright Brothers made their first successful flight in this North Carolina city.
What is Kitty Hawk?
This force builds up land, such as volcanoes creating new islands like Hawaii.
What is a constructive force?
What is a benefit to using floodplains as a flood control measure? A. They prevent sediment from being carried down a river. B. They prevent rivers from overflowing their banks. C. They absorb the water during a flood. D. They protect the structures build on them from damage.
What is C. They absorb the water during a flood.
Which of the following is an example of a chemical change? A) water boiling B)metal rusting C)ice melting D) seismic activity (an earthquake)
What is B) metal rusting (think about color change)
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.
This 1898 war led to the U.S. gaining territories like Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
The movement of sediment or soil from one location to another by water, ice, or wind.
What is erosion?
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?
Mixtures are made up of substances that are: A) chemically changed and can be physically separated B) chemically changed and cannot be physically separated C) not chemically changed and can be physically separated D) not chemically changed and cannot by physically separated
What is C) not chemically changed and can be physically separated?
Which of the following is a beneficial microorganism? A. staph bacteria that causes boils B. mold that produces penicillin C. algae that causes red tide D. fungus that causes ringworm
What is B. mold that produces penicillin
This massive construction project connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, making trade much faster.
What is the Panama Canal?
Which landform is not built by a constructive force? A. delta B. canyon C. sand dune D. shield volcano
What is a canyon?
Islands such as the Hawaiian Islands were formed as a result of: A) deposistion B)glaciers C)Hurricanes D)volcanic activity
What is D. Volcanic activity
What characteristic best describes what happens during a physical change? A)chemical composition changes B)composition stays the same C)form (state of matter) stays the same D) mass is lost
What is B)composition stays the same
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.
These two "Jazz Age" icons became famous during the Roaring 20s for their music and literature.
Who are Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes?
Which landform is carved by running water? A. sand dune B. canyon C. mountain D. hill
What is a canyon?
Mr. James was looking at pictures of different mountain ranges in the United States. He was surprised to see that the Appalachian Mountains were smaller and more rounded than the Rocky Mountains, explain why the Appalachian Mountains look old and worn compared to the Rockies: A) the effect of wind and water caused erosion, wearing away the mountains B)Too many people and animals traveled across the mountains, causing them to wear away C)All of the snowfall was so heavy that it weighted down the mountains and caused them to shrink D)The water that used to cover Earth wore away parts of the mountains
What is A) the effect of wind and water caused erosion, wearing away the mountains (destructive)
When water enters a crack in a rock and then freezes, what will possibly happen to the rock? A) the crack might get larger and split the rock B) the rock might become stronger due to the ice C)the rock might melt and change into an igneous rock D)none of the above
What is A) the crack might get larger and split the rock