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

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

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

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