Life Science
Sun and Moon
Water
Systems
Miscellaneous
100

A sheep ate the plants in the pasteure and walked around. What is the original source of energy for the sheep?

A. Sun         C. Air        

B. Plants      D. Water

What is A. Sun

100

Why is the sun brighter than other stars in the sky? 

A. The sun has more mass than all other stars in the sky.

B. The sun has more gravity that all the other stars in the sky.

C. The sun is hotter than any other star in the sky.

D. The sun is much closer to Earth than all the other stars.

What is D. the sun is much closer to Earth than all the other stars.

100

Where is the largest amount of fresh water located?

A. Estuaries              C. Oceans on the Earth

B. Polar Ice Caps       D. All the Seas on Earth

What is B Polar Ice Caps.

100

In which environment will a plant grow BEST in?

A. Plenty of shade and plenty of nutrients

B. plenty of nutrients, low sunlight, and very little water

C. Plenty of water, sunlight, and nutrients

D. plenty of shade, water and nutrients

What is C. Plenty of water, sunlight, and nutrients

100

Which of the following would reduce the erosion of an ocean beach in a tropical area?

A. Increase the wave activity on the beach

B. Removing coarl reefs by the beach

C. Take away all plants on or by the beach

D. Plant mangrove trees and other plants on and near the beach

What is D. plant mangrove trees and other plants on and near the beach.

200

Which of the following allows a flower to create sugars?

A. Animals, Water, and Wind

B. Moonlight, Stones, and Air

C. Sunlight, Water, and Air

D. Sunlight, Stones, and Air

What is C. Sunlight, Water, and Air

200

Whic is the term for when the moon is in the Earth's shadow?

A. Last Quarter      C. Full Moon

B. Solar Eclipse      D. Lunar Eclipse

What is D. lunar eclipse

200

Which of the following would BEST dissolve in water?

A. Sand                   C. Salt

B. Vegetable Oil        D. Pebbles

What is C. Salt

200

Which of the following allows a farm to reduce the amount of toxins which is washed away from a farm?

A. Increase the use of fertilizers on a crop

B. Depositing animal wastes in local streams

C. Planting grass, bushes, and trees at the edges of crop fields

D. Increase pesticides on areas where animals roam

What is C. Planting grass, bushes, and trees at the edges of crop fields

200

Which is the BEST example of erosion?

A. lava cooling over land and forming igneous rock

B. over a million of years a river deposits sediments in a large body of water and forms a delta fan

C. Over millions of years a stream forms a canyon

D. Over millions of years depositing stones and forming sedimentary rock

What is C. over millions of years a stream forms a canyon.

300

Which of the following are non-organic matter needed for plants to produce food?

A. Nutrients, Water, and Sunlight

B. Decomposed plants and water

C. Macteria, Light, and water

D. Light, Water, and Moss

What is A. Nutrients, Water, and Sunlight.

300

On Earth all the stars in the sky give less Earth less light energy than the sun. Why is this true?

A. The sun is much bigger than the other stars

B. The sun has more mass than the other stars

C. The sun is closer to the Earth than the other stars

D. The sun has more volume than the other stars

What is C. the sun is closer to the Earth than the other stars

300

Which are the 2 BEST examples of saltwater bodies of water?

A. Ponds and streams

B. Streams and Rivers

C. Oceans and Lakes

D. Oceans and Seas

What is D oceans and seas

300

Which BEST displays the cycle of matter in an ecosystem?

A Seeds are eaten by a mouse, the mouse is eaten by a snake, the eagle eats rabbits, and after the eagle dies, it is frozen and does not decompose.

B. Seeds are eaten by a mouse, the mouse is eaten by a snake, an eagle avoids the snake, and after the eagle dies, it is found by scientists and preserved in a museum.

C. Seeds are eaten by mice, rabbits are eaten by snakes, and fish are eaten by eagles.

D. Seeds are eaten by a mouse, the mouse is eaten by a snake, the snake is eaten by an eagle, and after the eagle dies, it is decomposed by fungus.

What is D. seeds are eaten by a mouse, the mouse is eaten by a snake, the snake is eaten by an eagle, and after the eagle dies, it is decomposed by fungus.

300

Which of the following would have the common characteristic for most examples of being shiny, a solid, can be drawn into wires, and can be hammered into thin sheets?

A. Rocks         C. Glass

B. Metal         D. Wood

What is B. metal

400

For a week Albert placed three exact types of rose plants in the exact same type of soil, in the exact type of flower pot, with the same amount of water. She placed one next to a window, one in the middle of the room, and one in the closet. Which term describes the locations of the plants for her experiment.

A. Independent Variable           C. Dependent Variable

B. Hypothesis                          D. Control

What is A. Independent Variable.

400

The ______ and ______ of a shadow help to predict where the sun is located in the sky.

A. length and width

B. direction and length

C. Size and darkness

D. length and volume

B. what is direction and length

400

Where would you expect to find the MOST saltwater?

A. Streams          C. Seas

B. Lakes              D. Ponds

What is C. seas

400

Animals obtain nitrogen through eating plants. Fungus return the nitrogen to the soil by decompsing the animals. Plants absorb the nitrogen with help from lightening and bacteria. Which cycle best describes this process?

A. Nutrient cycle          C. Carbon Cycle

B. Carbon Cycle           D. Life cycle

What is A nutrient cycle

400

Albert was testing how a slope of a hill changes the speed of a tire rolling down it. Which would BEST display his results?

A. Increasing the slope of the hill will decrease the speed

B. Increasing the slope of the hill will increase the speed

C. Decreasing the slope of the hill will increase the speed

D. The change of slope of the hill will not change the speed

What is B. Increasing the slope of the hill will increase the speed

500

Which of the following BEST provides nutrients to plants?

A. Animals eating plants

B. Fungi and bacteria breaking down organic materials

C. Insects pollinating flowers

J. Animals eating fruits of plants

What is B. fungi and bacteria breaking down organic materials

500

What are the 8 phases of the moon in order?

A. New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent.

B. Full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter and waxing gibbous

C. first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning gibbous, waning cresent, new moon, and waxing crescent.


What is A. New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent

500

What are the stages of the water cycle?

A. Evaporation, Condensation, Rain, Sleet, Snow, Accumulation

B. Evaportion, Condensation, Accumulation, Run off

C. Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Accumulation, Transporation

D. Evaporation, Water Vapor, Rain, Accumulation

What is C Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Accumulation, Transporation

500

Sea otters eats sea urchins, while sea urchins eat kelp forests. Fishing over the kelp forests scares away many of the sea otters, which causes the sea urchins to eat a large portion of the kelp forest. Which of the following would help regrow the kelp forest?

A. Introduce predators of the sea otters to the kelp forest.

B. Stop fishing over the kelp forest and add more sea otters

C. Stop fishing over the kelp forests and add more sea urchins.

D. Increase fishing over the kelp forest.

What is B. stop fishing over the kelp forest and add more sea otters.

500

Albert uses a scale to compare two objects, what is he comparing?

A. Volume            C. Mass

B. Area                D. Temperature

What is C Mass