Science Olympiad Tryouts (2019-2020)

Animals with backbones are called ____________.

• Invertebrates

• Chloroplasts

• Vertebrates

• Nucleus'

What is the smallest unit of a living thing?

• A plant

• A cell

• An ecosystem

• A root

A section of Earth's crust and mantle that fits together with other sections like puzzle pieces.

• landform

• plate

• weathering

• erosion

The process of moving sediment by wind, water, or ice.

• erosion

• jetty

• plate

• weathering

Where would you most likely find a delta?

• on a mountaintop

• in a deep valley

• near the mouth of a river

• at the base of a volcano

The four inner planets are...

• Rocky and small

• Small and made of ice

• Very large and made of ice

• Very large and made of gases

Which object has the most gravity?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• moon

• sun

Why does the Sun appear to rise and set each day?

• The moon rotates on its axis.

• The sun rotates on its axis.

• The Earth rotates on its axis.

• The Earth revolves on its axis.

It takes the Earth 365 1/4 days to make one what?

• rotation

• revolution

• resolution

• circle

Which of these might you find in a plant cell but not an animal cell?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• nucleus

• cell wall