Simulation review

Simulation Review

By Jill King

Multiple Choice

Something that is changed or tested in an experiment.

• independent variable
• dependent variable

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Observations that are made using only the senses and that describe properties.

• qualitative observations
• quantitative observations

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Observations that use numbers or measurements.

• qualitative observations
• quantitative observations

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Which is a quantitative observation?

• The car took 6 seconds to roll across the desk.
• The car is red.
• The birds made their nests in apple trees.
• The colder the air, the slower mold will grow on fruit.

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This is how much matter an object takes up.

• matter
• mass
• volume
• thermometer

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This measures temperature.

• graduated cylinder
• thermometer
• pan balance
• matter

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Which tool would you use to measure volume?

• graduated cylinder
• pan balance
• meter tape
• stopwatch

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is changed during an experiment?

• dependent variable
• independent variable

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• Balance
• Triple beam balance
• Mass
• Graduated cylinder

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What is a hypothesis?

• A theory
• An educated guess based on information that uses the words "if" and "then"
• What is changed in an experiment
• The first step in the Scientific Process

Multiple Choice

What is the dependent variable in the following testable question:
How does changing the color of the can affect how hot it will get in the sun?

• How hot it will get in the sun
• The color of the can

Multiple Choice

In the following experiment, which of the choices below should be kept constant?
"Three baseball players investigate to see who can throw a baseball the farthest. They mark off an area on the playground for their investigation."

• Color of ball
• Throwing order
• Throwing spot

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What is a dependent variable?

• The one change of an experiment
• What is measured in an experiment
• Things that must stay the same

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What is a constant variable?

• The one change of an experiment
• What is measured in an experiment
• Things that must stay the same

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The first step in the scientific method is to

• Write a testable question
• Make a hypothesis
• Go as someone for help
• Write the results

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What tool would you use to measure Ms. Jones' foot?

• a ruler
• a meter stick
• a graduated cylinder
• a stopwatch

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture of the food web. Which term describes the fox in this food web?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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All the populations of different species that live in the same place are called a/an _____________.

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• niche

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Ecosystem factors such as sunlight, water, nutrients, soil, and air are called _____________ factors.

• living

• renewable

• non-living

• nutrients

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Look at the picture of the food web. Which term describes the tree in this food web?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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1. When two or more blue jays live and interact in the same area, the blue jays are a(n)

• ecosystem

• population

• community

• single organism

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Decomposers break down wastes into _________, which become part of the soil.

• nutrients

• algae

• habitats

• protons

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A niche is a(n)

• community of animals

• part of the food web

• organism's special role in the environment.

• kind of habitat

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A guide used to identify organisms based on characteristics is

• an atlas

• a ruler

• a cylinder

• a dichotomous key

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Several food chains that overlap form a

• a spider web

• a food web

• a community

• niche

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During its life cycle, an organism's role in the community (niche) may change.

• true

• false

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The interactions and organization within an ecosystem is based on the use of energy from the ____.

• moon

• sun

• Earth

• plants

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Organisms that live in the same ecosystem and share the same need for resources must _____ for them

• compete

• share willingly

• interact

• change

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A ______ is always at the bottom of a food chain.

• consumer

• producer

• decompser

• snail

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The arrow in a food chain always points to the organism_____

• doing the eating

• getting eaten

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To the blue crab, the open bay of the Chesapeake Bay region is its_____

• niche

• habitat

• community

• population

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Look at the picture of the cloud types. Which cloud type is associated with rain or snow that may fall within several hours?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

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Look at the picture of the cloud types. Which cloud type is associated with fair weather?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

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A weather report predicted that a low-pressure area was expected during the weekend. What type of weather should he expect?

• Clouds and precipitation

• Clouds but no precipitation

• Clear skies and cold temperatures

• Clear sky and warm temperatures

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Which storm type occurs over warm, tropical water and has winds equal to or greater than 119 km per hour?

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

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Which storm type forms from thunderstorms as the wind changes direction and rotates?

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

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Look at the picture of the cloud types. Which cloud type is associated with light rain or drizzle?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

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Which storm type forms under warm, humid conditions and has a brief period of heavy rain?

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

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A student was organizing data collected from a weather station. Which measurement below would they make using the instrument pictured?

• 37°C

• 1.5 inches

• 7 mph

• 30 inHg

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A student was organizing data collected from a weather station. Which measurement below would they make using the instrument pictured?

• 37°C

• 1.5 inches

• 7 mph

• 30 inHg

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A student was organizing data collected from a weather station. Which measurement below would they make using the instrument pictured?

• 37°C

• 1.5 inches

• 7 mph

• 30 inHg

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture of the cloud types. Which cloud type is associated with thunderstorms?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

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Which answer correctly matches the weather equipment to what it measures?

• Anemometer= air pressure

  Barometer= wind speed

  Temperature= rain gauge

  Precipitation= thermometer

• Anemometer= air pressure

  Barometer= wind speed

  Temperature= thermometer

  Precipitation= rain gauge

• Anemometer= wind speed

  Barometer= air pressure

  Temperature= thermometer

  Precipitation= rain gauge

Multiple Choice

How many planets are there in our solar system?

• 10

• 5

• 8

• 9

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What four planets are terrestrial planets?

• Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Venus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mars, Neptune, Saturn, Earth

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Multiple Select

What two types of planets are there in our solar system?

• Stars

• Gas Giants

• Asteroids

• Terrestrial

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What four planets are gas giants?

• Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mars, Neptune, Saturn, Earth

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Gas giants are primarily made of _______________.

• gas

• ice

• rocky substances

• cores

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Terrestrial planets are primarily made of __________________.

• gas

• ice

• rocky substances

• cores

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Which of the following is true about gas giants?

• They are heavy and large

• They are lightweight, small, and have solid surfaces

• They are made of rocky substances

• They are lightweight, have rings, and have many moons

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Which planet is similar in size and mass to Earth?

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Mercury

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Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

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Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Uranus

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

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Which planet is farthest from the sun?

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Uranus

• Neptune

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Which planet is so large it could fit all the other planets inside of it?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Neptune

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The Earth rotates on its ____________.

• horizon

• axis

• poles

• latitude

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Planets travel in an oval path around the sun. What is this action called?

• Revolution

• Axis

• Revolve

• Orbit

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The Earth ______________ around the sun.

• rotates

• tilts

• revolves

• doesn't move

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Earth rotates on its axis as it orbits the sun. What do we call these two actions?

• Turn

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotate

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How long does it take for the earth to make one revolution around the sun?

• 2 seasons

• 365 days

• 2 weeks

• 3 years

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It takes the moon _______ days to revolve around the Earth.

• 16 days

• 29 days

• 20 days

• 32 days

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What moon phase is shown?

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

• third quarter

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The reason we have seasons is due to the ....

• moon phases

• the tilt of the Earth's axis and its revolution around the sun

• the sun revolving around the Earth

• the moon spinning on its axis

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The Earth is divided into two halves called ___________

• The equator

• The West and East Hemishperes

• none of these

• The Northern and Southern Hemisphere

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What is the moon phase shown?

• new moon

• third quarter

• first quarter

• full moon

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It takes the Earth about _____________ to revolve around the sun.

• 356 years

• 6 months

• 30 days

• 365 days

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Earth rotates on an imaginary line called an(a) _______________.

• longitude line

• equator

• axis

• all of the above

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What cause day and night on Earth?

• Earth's revolution

• moon phases

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's rotation

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When the Earth is between the Sun and the moon we have a ____________.

• first quarter

• new moon

• third quarter

• full moon

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How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 48 hours

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When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is _________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• winter

• spring

• fall

• summer

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What moon phase is shown?

• full moon

• new moon

• first quarter

• third quarter

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The moon reflects light from the _____________

• moon

• Earth

• sun

• stars

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What phase is it when the moon is between the Earth and the sun?

• full moon

• first quarter

• third quarter

• new moon

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High and low tides are caused by ______________.

• the sun

• the Earth

• space

• the moon

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The land that water flows over and under as it makes its way to a body of water

• watershed
• natural resource
• river
• bay
• lake

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A body of water partly enclosed by land but with a wide mouth that opens into an ocean or sea.

• watershed
• natural resource
• river
• bay
• lake

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A body of water that is surrounded by land on all sides.

• watershed
• natural resource
• river
• bay
• lake

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A natural stream of water that flows into a larger body of water

• watershed
• natural resource
• river
• bay
• lake

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A material that is produced in nature

• watershed
• natural resource
• river
• bay
• lake

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Which of the following is NOT a water resource in Virginia?

• rivers

• lakes

• b

• wood

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Why is soil an important resource for humans?

• Soil is used to make medicine
• Soil is need for crops to grow
• Soil is needed food for humans
• Soil is used in the construction of homes and furniture.

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Which of the following is true about watersheds?

• Water flows uphill across a watershed.
• Watersheds are divided by oceans
• Watersheds only include groundwater.
• Watersheds drain into a larger body of water

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Which of the following is NOT a water resource in Virginia?

• gulf
• lake
• bay
• river

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Which of the following is NOT one of the major watersheds in Virginia?

• Chesapeake Bay
• Gulf of Mexico
• North Carolina Sounds
• Drummond

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Which ocean borders Virginia?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Southern
• Indian

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More than half of Virginia is covered in _______.

• animals
• bays
• forests
• oceans

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Which of the following best describes the movement of water through a watershed?

• north
• south
• downhill
• uphill

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Match the item to the correct category PLASTIC

• Man-Made Resource
• Natural Resource

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A push, pull, friction or gravity are all examples of..

• velocity
• Newton's First Law of Motion
• momentum
• force

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A force that acts on an object to slow or stop its motion

• speed
• friction
• gravity
• unbalanced forces

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The distance an object can travel in a specific amount of time is its

• motion
• position
• speed
• inertia

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the amount of matter an object has is its

• velocity
• mass
• inertia
• momentum

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The change in the position of an object is

• direction
• momentum
• friction
• motion

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The ability to do work

• motion
• energy
• force
• gravity

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The force that pulls objects to earth or toward each other

• force
• gravity
• friction
• work

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Students conducted an investigation in which they rolled marbles 

across different surfaces to measure the effect of the force of 

friction on each surface. Friction slows down and stops objects.

Which of the surfaces tested showed the greatest amount of friction?

• Surface A

• Surface B

• Surface C

• Surface D

Multiple Choice

True or False.... A rolling ball is in motion. If nothing touches it, it will continue to move in a straight line until it stops.

• true

• false

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Which object would require the most force to move?

• a tennis ball

• a baby

• a car

• a cell phone

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On which surface would a car pushed with the same force move the farthest?

• a smooth surface

• a bumpy surface

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True or False...SPEED is the path a moving object takes?

• True

• False

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The picture represents a forces exerted on opposite sides of an object that are not equal in strength.

• seesaw

• magnetic force

• unbalanced force

• balanced force

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The flow of energy as a current is called ________________.

• electricity

• heat

• light

• sound

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Materials that allow electricity to easily flow through them are _______________________.

• circuits

• conductors

• inhibitors

• insulators

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Which of these is NOT a conductor?

• copper wire

• metal coin

• rubber band

• sea water

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Materials that do not allow electricity to flow easily through them are _____________________.

• circuits

• conductors

• inhibitors

• insulators

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True or False: An electrical current WILL flow through an open circuit.

• true

• false

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A __________________ circuit allows electricity to flow within the circuit.

• closed

• open

• short

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The transfer of negatively charged particles between materials is called _______________________.

• mechanical energy

• radiant energy

• static electricity

• thermal energy

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Which of these is NOT an example of static electricity?

• getting a shock when touching a door knob

• pedaling a bicycle

• clothes sticking together when coming out of a dryer

• lightning

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A ___________________ circuit consists of a light bulb, a battery and a wire.

• complex

• elastic

• simple

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When using a fan, electrical energy is transformed into _____________________ energy.

• mechanical

• radiant

• thermal

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When using a toaster, electrical energy is transformed into _______________________ energy.

• mechanical

• radiant

• thermal

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When using a lamp, electrical energy is transformed into _________________ energy.

• mechanical

• radiant

• thermal

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When an electric current flows through a wire wrapped around an iron nail, what is formed?

• lightning

• open circuit

• electromagnet

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To increase the strength of an electromagnet, you would ____________________ the number of coils around the nail.

• decrease

• increase

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You will have a stronger electromagnet if you wrap which material around the iron nail?

• copper wire

• rubber band

• yarn

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A current flowing through a wire creates a(n) ______________________.

• blank space

• electron transfer

• magnetic field

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Sound is a form of ______ energy made by ______ matter.

• Thermal, vibrating

• Radiant, oscillating

• Mechanical, vibrating

• Mechanical, echoing

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A back and forth motion of an object

• Vibration

• Oscillation

• Compression

• Rarefaction

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The movement of sound energy through air, liquid, or solid

• Compressions

• Sound waves

• Rarefactions

• Transverse waves

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The result of molecules being squeezed or pressed together

• Rarefactions

• Oscillations

• Vibrations

• Compressions

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Distance between two crests or two troughs of a wave

• Crest

• Wavelength

• Rarefaction

• Trough

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Places where the molecules of air are not squeezed and are spread apart

• Rarefaction

• Compression

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How high or low a sound is. This is determined by frequency

• Frequency

• Pitch

• Vibrations

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The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time: the higher the frequency, the higher the pitch

• Amplitude

• Pitch

• Frequency

• Volume

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Produced by larger, longer, or thicker vibrating objects

• High pitch

• Low frequency

• Low pitch

• High frequency

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Produced by smaller, shorter, or thinner (or stretched) vibrating objects

• Low pitch

• High frequency

• Low frequency

• High pitch

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Sound travels fastest through _____ forms of matter

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

• Solid

Reorder

For you to hear sound, what is the correct order of the three events that must take place? Indicate the order by sorting the cards into their correct order of what must happen first, second, third.

• An object vibrates to make a sound.

• Air particles vibrate as sound moves through the air.

• Your eardrum vibrates when the sound wave reaches it

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

A teacher placed a cell phone in a special glass container called a “bell jar”, as shown on the picture below. Then, she removed all air particles out of the jar, using a pump. Complete the sentence below to explain what would happen if someone calls this phone.

"The phone will ____________________ because _________________________."

• ring at a higher pitch;

  the air particles have more energy

• ring at a lower pitch;

  there are no air particles to silence it

• will not make a sound;

  there are more air particles

• ring at a regular pitch;

  there are no air particles to transfer energy

Multiple Choice

Look at the graph. What can you conclude about how air temperature affects the speed of sound?

• When air temperature increases, the speed of sound remains the same

• When air temperature increases, the speed of sound increases.

• When air temperature increases, the speed of sound decreases

• Air temperature has no effect on the speed of sound.

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Look at the graph. What would be a reasonable explanation of why sound travels faster through glass than gold?

• Gold particles are closer together than glass particles

• Glass particles are further apart than gold particles.

• Glass is gas but gold is solid.

• Glass transfers energy better than gold.

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Label the transverse wave with the correct parts.

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Trough

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Label the transverse wave with the correct parts.

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Trough

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Label the transverse wave with the correct parts.

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Trough

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Light bouncing off an object is called --

• absorbing

• refracting

• reflecting

• bending

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Students place a pencil in a glass of water as shown. The pencil in the water looks broken because --

• water dissolves the pencil

• water is colder than air

• light refracts when it enters the water

• light is absorbed when it hits the glass

Multiple Select

Which statements would be true of an object that appears white in the presence of light? Select all that apply.

• The object does not absorb any wavelengths of the visible light spectrum.

• The object reflects the smallest wavelength, violet, but not the largest wavelength, red.

• The object absorbs all of the spectrum except for the wavelength of white.

• The object reflects all wavelengths of the visible light spectrum.

• The object is transparent allowing all wavelengths to pass through without absorbing or reflecting.

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order of the colors of the visible light spectrum?

• Orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and red

• Red, orange, green, blue, violet, and yellow

• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet

• Green, blue, violet, red, orange, and yellow

Multiple Choice

When all colors of the visible spectrum are absorbed, what color of light is produced?

• Yellow

• White

• Black

• Red

Multiple Choice

A black asphalt highway becomes hotter in the summer than a white concrete highway because --

• it reflects all the colors of visible light except black, which it absorbs, making the highway hotter.

• it absorbs all the colors of visible light and transforms that radiant energy into heat energy.

• it absorbs all the colors of visible light except black, which it reflects, and transforms that radiant energy into heat energy.

• it reflects all the colors of visible light and transforms that radiant energy into heat energy.

Multiple Choice

A beam of white light falls on a bunch of bananas. Which image shows the colors of light reflected from it?

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Which of the following is the best observation of the refraction of light?

• Looking at a shadow of an object

• Viewing an object partially in the water

• Looking at oneself in a mirror

• Viewing an object through an open window

Multiple Choice

Objects are seen as different colors because --

• objects reflect certain wavelengths and absorb others

• objects reflect wavelengths and do not absorb others

• objects do not reflect certain wavelengths

• objects cannot be seen in different colors

Multiple Choice

Which of these objects is translucent?

• A student notebook

• A brick wall of a school

• The lenses of sunglasses

• A mirror on the bus

Multiple Choice

Which of these objects is opaque?

• Liquid water

• Eyeglass lenses

• Brick wall

• Stained glass window

Multiple Select

Which of the following items are transparent?

• Plastic wrap

• Windshield

• Stain glass window

• Construction Paper

• Magnifying glass

Multiple Choice

Which tool can be used to separate white light into colors of the visible spectrum?

• A prism

• A mirror

• A wave

• A lens

Multiple Choice

______ is the amount of matter in an object.

• Matter

• Mass

• Energy

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Matter of any type can be broken down into particles called ______ that are too small to see.

• Energy

• Matter

• Atoms

• Solid

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Sometimes when two or more different substances are combined, they DO NOT lose their identifying characteristics.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Matter gains AND loses mass during phase changes

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

As temperature increases, many kinds of matter change from a solid to a _______ to a gas.

• solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Multiple Choice

As hot water is cooled, what process is used to change it from a gas to a liquid?

• Solution

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Melting

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Water changes from a solid to a liquid when you add

• Cold

• Heat

• Ice

• Liquid

Multiple Choice

Matter is made up of tiny parts called....

• Atoms

• Mass

• Properties

• Solids, liquids, and gases

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Matter is _______________________________.

• The amount of matter in an object.

• The amount of space an object occupies.

• Anything that has mass and volume.

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When the temperature of matter decreases the particles ...

• speed up and move farther apart
• speed up and move closer together
• slow down and move farther apart
• slow down and move closer together

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When the temperature of matter increases the particles ...

• speed up and move farther apart
• speed up and move closer together
• slow down and move farther apart
• slow down and move closer together

Multiple Choice

The picture shows some different kinds of seed pods. Which graph correctly shows the number of seeds in each pod?

Multiple Choice

The process shown here would be classified as:

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

Multiple Choice

Gallium is a metal that melts at about 30 degrees Celsius. If a person, whose body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius held a cube of Gallium for five minutes, what will most likely happen to the Gallium?

• It will change to a gas.

• It will change to a solution.

• It will change to a liquid.

• It will change to a mixture.

Multiple Choice

Which of these shows how frozen water changes as the temperature of the air increases?

• Gas>Liquid>Solid

• Solid>Gas>Liquid

• Liquid>Gas>Solid

• Solid>Liquid>Gas

Multiple Choice

Which one of these will change solid iron to a liquid?

• Raising the air pressure.

• Increasing the temperature.

• Crushing the solid iron.

• Adding water to the iron.

Multiple Choice

The circles in the bottles represent small particles of matter. Which pattern of particles represent a gas in a bottle?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

What will happen if the lid is removed from a container that holds helium gas?

• The gas will expand and escape from the container.

• The gas will change slowly back into a liquid.

• When light hits the gas, it will change colors.

• Gravity will keep the gas in the container.

Multiple Choice

Which of these will happen if the temperature of a metal pan is increased?

• The molecules/atoms of the pan will begin to move faster.

• The pan will begin to lose heat.

• The metal will change into another metal.

• The pan will contract.

Multiple Choice

A student makes a fruit drink by mixing a powdered mix into cold water. Why is the fruit drink a solution?

• The powder dissolves in the water.

• The water changes color.

• The student stirs the water.

• The water is the proper temperature.

Multiple Choice

The core is made-up of what two elements?

• iron and nickel
• iron and oxygen
• nickel and silicon
• oxygen and silicon

Multiple Choice

Which layer is the thinnest?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Multiple Choice

The correct order of the Earth's layers starting from the OUTSIDE going IN is

• crust, inner core, mantle, outer core

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Multiple Choice

Earth's crust is made of one solid piece of rock.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When two continental plates collide, they form

• oceans

• trenches

• tall mountains

• canyons

Multiple Choice

What is happening in the picture?

• layers of the Earth are changing positions

• the inner and outer core are solid

• the internal heat of the Earth is causing the tectonic plates to move

• the mantle is growing

Multiple Choice

What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals and other materials into sedimentary rocks?

• Compacting and Cementing
• Cooling
• Heat and Pressure
• Melting

Multiple Choice

What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

• Compacting and cementing
• Cooling 
• Heat and pressure
• Melting

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Extrusive

Multiple Choice

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Weathering

Multiple Choice

The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• dumptruck

Multiple Choice

______________________ occurs when eroded materials stop moving and begin to build up.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Multiple Choice

The Geologic Time Scale identifies how fossils have changed over time. Which arrow points to the most ancient organisms?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a fossil?

• A rock with an imprint of a leaf.
• A seashell found at the beach.
• A leaf print in a sidewalk.
• A broken piece of a rock.

Multiple Choice

Why might a seashell fossil be found in the middle of a desert?

• The fossil was moved there by an animal.
• The fossil was moved there by a human.
• The landscape changed over time.
• It was formed in the desert.

Multiple Choice

A scientist says that layers Y and M are the same age. How does he know this?

• They are found in the same type of rock.
• They are the lowest layers.
• They have the same type of fossil.
• They are near each other.

Multiple Choice

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core