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Rocks and Minerals
Sound
Bridges
Crickets
The Water Cycle
100
Identify this rock type:
Sedimentary
100
Sound is a type of:

A. force
B. molecule
C. vibrate
D. energy
D. energy
100
What kind of bridge will hold the most mass over long spans?

A. suspension
B. arch
C. beam
D. cable
B. arch
100
Animals that hunt and kill other animals are called

A. producers
B. predators
C. prey
D. food
B. predators
100
What powers the water cycle?

A. wind
B. air
C. the sun
D. water
C. the sun
200
Kayla and Ajani tested samples of the same mineral for hardness. Kayla scratched her mineral with her fingernail and a penny, and Ajani scratched his mineral with a knife and a steel nail. Both the penny and the knife scratched the mineral. Kayla thinks the mineral has a hardness of 3, but Ajani thinks the mineral has a hardness of 5. Who is correct?

Ajani
200
High and low are two ways to describe:

A. volume
B. sound
C. pitch
D. energy
C. pitch
200
Joints are:

A. places where the bridge has cables
B. places where the bridge is really strong
C. places where parts of the bridge connect to each other
C. places where parts of the bridge connect to each other
200
Write a sentence:

Why do crickets have ovipositors?
Judge's ruling!
200
Which is not a form of precipitation?

A. fog
B. rain
C. snow
D. sleet
A. fog
300
A mineral that has a metallic luster:

A. does not reflect light
B. sparkles or glints like metal
C. looks shiny
D. is opaque
B. sparkles or glints like metal
300
Which sound wave has a soft volume: A (left) or B (right)?

B (right)
300


Which tower will be stronger: A (left) or B (right)?
B, because its base is wider.
300


How is the body part labeled #1 an adaptation for the cricket?
A cricket's jumping legs allow it to escape from predators.
300


What is the stage shown at #3?
Evaporation
400
Name the two steps that sediment would have to take to become a metamorphic rock.
1. Compaction and cementation, then
2. Undergoing extreme heat and pressure
400
The height of a sound wave is called the:

A. frequency
B. amplitude
C. vibration
D. sound
B. amplitude
400
Mikiah and Adara do an experiment where they measure how much mass a flat beam and a cylinder beam can hold. What question are they trying to answer?

A. Which beam is better?
B. Which shape beam holds the most mass?
C. How do bridges hold mass?
D. Why do we have bridges?
B. Which shape beam holds the most mass?
400
What is the stage of the cricket life cycle where crickets can reproduce?

A. egg
B. adult
C. nymph
D. crickets don't reproduce
B. adult
400
The stage where a gas cools and turns back into liquid water is called:

A. rain
B. condensation
C. evaporation
D. collection
B. condensation
500
Cameron and Jasmine are identifying minerals using the chart below. They know that quartz is glassy, leaves a white streak, and is very hard. Cameron says that mineral #4 is quartz, but Jasmine says the quartz must be #7. Who is correct? How do you know?

Mineral Color Streak Luster Transparency Hardness
1 silver brown metallic opaque 5
2 gray silver metallic opaque 2
3 white white glassy translucent 3
4 clear white glassy translucent 2
5 gray black metallic opaque 7
6 yellow yellow dull opaque 2
7 white white glassy translucent 7
Jasmine is correct. #7 has a hardness of 7.
500
How can you change a high pitch to a low pitch?

A. Make molecules move faster
B. Make molecules move slower
C. Make molecules move with more energy
D. Make molecules move with less energy
B. Make molecules move slower
500
Mikiah and Adara do an experiment where they measure how much mass a flat beam and a cylinder beam can hold. Here is their table:

Shape Mass it can hold
Flat beam 5 g
Cylinder beam 12 g

Which beam is stronger and why?
The bridge with the cylinder beam is stronger because the force of compression is distributed around the cylinder.
500


If all the snakes die, will the population of frogs increase or decrease? Why?
The population of frogs will increase because they no longer have predators.
500
Write a sentence:

Why is the water cycle called a cycle?
Judge's ruling!