Review for Benchmark!

Review for Benchmark!

By Theresa Robinson

Multiple Choice

What 2 things does gravity depend on?

• Weight and speed
• Temperature and pressure
• Volume and shape
• Mass and distance

Draw

Draw the interaction of the Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere

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The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is called the...

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The manipulated variable is the one thing YOU

.

Multiple Choice

How much of the total potential energy will be converted into Kinetic Energy at the lowest point of the pendulum?

• 100% of the total potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
• 25% of the total potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
• 50% of the total potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
• 75% of the total potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.

Multiple Choice

Which point has greatest kinetic energy?

• A

• C

• B

Draw

Draw a contact force

Multiple Select

What are some examples of a Noncontact Force?

• Gravitational Force

• Electrical Force

• Normal Force

• Magnetism

Multiple Choice

Which current is responsible for warmer winters in Paris compared to Montreal?

• Antarctic Circumpolar Current
• California Current
• Gulf Stream
• Pacific Current

Draw

Draw the Jet Stream

Multiple Choice

What is a Net Force?

• Net force is the speed of an object in motion.
• Net force is the weight of an object only.
• Net force is the distance traveled by an object.
• The net force is the total force acting on an object, taking into account all individual forces.

Multiple Choice

The ozone layer is found in this sphere

• thermosphere
• mesosphere
• stratosphere
• troposphere

Multiple Choice

A truck driver drove his truck for 5 miles. She drove that distance in a total of 20 minutes. What was the truck driver's average speed?

• 20 miles per hour
• 0.15 miles per hour

• 10 miles per hour
• 0.25 miles per hour

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering?

• Iron in rocks reacting with oxygen to form rust

• Erosion of rocks by wind
• Formation of soil from parent material
• Frost action breaking rocks apart

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Radiation is the

heating the Earth

Multiple Choice

Which one of Earth's spheres includes non-living soil, rocks, and minerals that make up the land of Earth.

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer

• Evaporation
• Convection
• Radiation
• Conduction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements describes how temperature changes in the mesosphere?

• Temperature increases with altitude in the mesosphere.
• Temperature remains constant throughout the mesosphere.
• Temperature fluctuates randomly in the mesosphere.
• Temperature decreases with altitude in the mesosphere.

Draw

What is potential energy?

Draw

What is in the Biosphere?

Multiple Choice

Law of Conservation of Energy

• Energy can be destroyed but not created.
• Energy is always lost in transformations.
• Energy can be created from nothing.
• Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

Multiple Choice

What type of force would be present if you were to win a tug of war?

• Unbalanced force

• Electromagnetic and nuclear forces.
• Centrifugal and centripetal forces.
• Gravity and magnetic forces.

Multiple Choice

How does the mass of an object affect it's motion?

• The greater the mass of an object, the more force is required to change its motion.
• Lighter objects always move faster than heavier ones.
• Mass has no effect on motion.
• Mass only affects the speed of an object, not the force needed to change its motion.

Multiple Choice

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

• Newton's Third Law of Motion
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Newton's Second Law of Motion
• Newton's First Law of Motion

Multiple Choice

What forces an object to come to rest, or stop?

• Inertia keeping the object in motion

• Friction and opposing forces

• Gravity pulling the object down
• Magnetism attracting the object to a surface

Multiple Select

Select all the organelles you would find in the following organism:

Palm Tree

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

• Cell wall

• Golgi apparatus

Multiple Choice

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 1 pointing to?

• Evaporation
• Conduction
• Radiation
• Convection

Multiple Choice

How do trade winds affect the climate of tropical islands near the equator?

• Trade winds cause uniform rainfall across all sides of tropical islands.
• Trade winds lead to warmer temperatures on tropical islands.

• Trade winds have no significant impact on the climate of tropical islands.
• Trade winds cause cooler conditions with consistent winds

Multiple Choice

What is #3 in the diagram?

• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Ribosome
• Mitochondrion

Multiple Choice

What is the variable in the experiment that NEVER changes?

• Dependent variable
• Constant variable
• Independent variable
• Control variable

Multiple Choice

Calculate the Net Force.

• 40 N to the right
• 70 N to the left
• 20 N to the right
• 60 N to the left

Multiple Choice

What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Argon
• Nitrogen

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The quantity of matter within an object is

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why coastal areas tend to have milder climates than inland areas?

• Inland areas have more vegetation, leading to cooler temperatures.

• Coastal areas experience more rainfall than inland areas.
• Oceans moderate temperature fluctuations

• Coastal areas are warmer due to higher elevation.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the concept that cells arise from pre-existing cells in all living organisms?

• Cells can only arise from a single type of cell.
• All cells are identical and do not vary in origin.
• All cells come from pre-existing cells.
• Cells can spontaneously generate from non-living matter.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements correctly describe why scientific theories are widely accepted?

• They are based on popular opinion and consensus.
• They are supported by extensive evidence and rigorous testing.

• They are accepted because they are easy to understand.
• They are often presented in textbooks without scrutiny.

Draw

What is Newton's 2nd Law?

Multiple Choice

What is the function of chloroplast in a cell?

• To produce energy through respiration
• To conduct photosynthesis

• To store genetic material
• To synthesize proteins for the cell