Review for Science FSA

Science FSA is tomorrow!

By Felicia Powers

Match

Butter bean seeds were placed in dishes lined with moist paper towel for 5 days at different temperatures & germination was measured.  Match the variables.

• Controlled Variable

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

Number of seeds

Temperature

Germiniation

• Number of seeds

• Temperature

• Germiniation

Multiple Choice

Brittany is investigating plant growth. She completes the following

activities in class.

Which statement best describes why activity 1 is an experiment and

activity 2 is an investigation?

• Only activity 1 has a control and variables.

• Only activity 1 requires the adding of fertilizer.

• Activity 1 requires more trials than activity 2 does.

• Activity 1 takes more time to set up than activity 2 does.

Multiple Choice

What should NOT be included in your evidence?

• Observations from an investigation.

• Numbers from your data table.

• Opinions about the scientific data.

Multiple Choice

In 1980, a scientific journal published an article describing the

observations that led to a hypothesis. The hypothesis stated that an

asteroid striking Earth brought about the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Which of the following would best provide support for a scientific

hypothesis?

• opinions and personal beliefs

• new evidence and personal opinions

• new evidence and additional observations

• additional observations and informed predictions

Multiple Choice

Scientific theories are developed over time in all areas of science.

Which statement best describes scientific theories?

• They are based on scientific laws that came first.

• They are pieces of scientific evidence that support a hypothesis.

• They are explanations of scientific events that may change based on

  continuous research.

• They are predictions of events that usually remain constant because

  scientific ideas rarely change.

Multiple Choice

Scientists create both scientific theories and scientific laws as they make observations and conduct experiments about the natural world. Which of the following statements most accurately compares the difference between scientific theories and scientific laws

• science laws are based on evidence while science theories are not

• science theories involve only biology, while laws involve all types of science

• science theories involve mathematical equations, while science laws are based on observations

• science theories are ideas that explain natural events, while science laws predict what will happen in a natural event.

Multiple Choice

Match the description to the graph:

"The car is coming back."

Multiple Choice

In which of the following graphs below did one runner overtake (run past) the other?

Multiple Choice

Mandy applies the brakes on her bicycle and stops quickly to avoid

hitting a basketball that bounces into the street. Which of the following

best explains what happens to the bicycle’s kinetic energy?

• It increases because the tires make a screeching noise.

• It is destroyed because Mandy stops the bicycle quickly.

• It remains the same because Mandy is the source of energy.

• It is transformed to heat because the tires are slowed by friction.

Multiple Choice

Two Olympic cyclists rode their bicycles on an oval track. The graph

below represents the number of 500-meter laps they completed.

Based on the graph, which statement best describes the motion of the

cyclists as they rode their bicycles?

• Both cyclists made stops about halfway through their rides.

• Both cyclists rode their bicycles at about the same speed.

• Cyclist 1 rode about twice as fast as Cyclist 2.

• Cyclist 2 made more stops than Cyclist 1.

Reorder

Order the following from least energy to most energy

• Microwave

• Infrared

• Visible Light

• Ultraviolet

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

The table below shows the range of frequencies, in Hertz (Hz), for part

of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Which of the following types of radiation has the longest wavelength?

• Infrared

• Ultraviolet

• X-Rays

• Gamma Rays

Match

Match the following

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

  (Also Reflection)

• Absorption

  (Converted in a different energy)

Bouncing of light

Bending of light

Light being taken in by an object

Light being converted to heat energy

• Bouncing of light

• Bending of light

• Light being taken in by an object

• Light being converted to heat energy

Multiple Choice

Sound waves need to travel through something made of atoms or molecules in order to keep moving. They travel at different speeds through different materials. Through which of the following would they be likely to travel fastest?

• Air

• Water

• Wood

• Vacuum of space

Multiple Choice

Cassandra flashes a beam of white light toward a prism. The prism

separates the white light into different colors. Which of the following

causes the separation of the white light?

• The white light is concentrated.

• The white light is absorbed.

• The white light is refracted.

• The white light is reflected.

Plate Tectonics

What do each plate boundaries form?

How are the plate moving?

Evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics

What evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?

Multiple Choice

Scientists have collected large amounts of evidence that support the idea

shown in the illustration.

Which of the following is a scientific theory that is best supported by

this evidence?

• Evolution

• Law of Superpostion

• Plate tectonics

• Universal gravitation

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows two hypotheses for the same process that occurs beneath Earth’s surface.

Which of the following processes is represented by these hypotheses?

• convection current movement in Earth’s mantle

• plate movements in Earth’s outer core

• layer separation in Earth’s inner core

• rock formation in Earth’s lithosphere

​Wind is caused by uneven heating of Earth . CONVECTION!

Multiple Choice

Convection currents in the atmosphere influence many weather patterns. What property of the air has the most influence on convection currents?

• the direction of the wind
• the velocity of the wind
• the temperature of the air
• the mass of the air

Multiple Choice

The core is the central and hottest section of the sun,

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An astronomer observes a sunspot. Which of the following describes this

feature of the Sun?

• a location where heat rises to the Sun’s surface

• a location that produces most of the Sun’s heat energy

• a location that is cooler than other parts of the Sun’s surface

• a location where energy and matter leave the Sun’s atmosphere

Multiple Choice

What layer can be seen here?

• chromosphere
• corona
• photosphere
• core

Multiple Choice

In the image , what does X represent?

• 1 light-year

• 1 meter

• 1 year

• 1 AU

Multiple Choice

The Andromeda Galaxy was previously called the Great Andromeda

Nebula because astronomers thought this patch of light was composed

of glowing gases. In the 1900s, scientists determined the nebula was

actually a spiral galaxy. Which of the following describes the relationship

between this galaxy and other astronomical bodies?

• This galaxy is the largest star and is found in the universe.did

• This galaxy is surrounded by thousands of stars in the universe.

• This galaxy includes a universe that is composed of millions of stars.

• This galaxy is one of billions of galaxies in the universe and contains

  billions of stars.

Labelling

Match the terms to their proper model.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Geocentric

Heliocentric