Quiz about Year 9 Science Quiz

Question 1

What characteristic defines all chemical changes?

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A new material is formed.

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There is a change of state.

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Electricity is produced.

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Bubbles are produced.

Question 2

Is corroding metal a chemical or physical change?

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chemical

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physical

Question 3

This type of cell needs a cell wall and chloroplasts

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Plant cell

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Animal Cell

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Bacteria

Question 4

Plants perform photosynthesis through this organelle.  It captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for the cell.

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Chloroplasts

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Chlorophyll

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Mitochondria

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Golgi Apparatus

Question 5

A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food

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Producer

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Consumer

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Herbivore

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Carnivore

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A living thing that feeds on the wastes and remains of plants and animals

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Decomposers

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Fungus

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Scavenger

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Microorganism

Question 7

A force is a push or a pull.

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True

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False

Question 8

When something is unbalanced it causes an object to move.

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True

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False

Question 9

Which moon phase comes after waxing crescent?

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First Quarter

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Waning Crescent

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Full moon

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Waxing Gibbous

Question 10

The orbit of the Earth around the sun is:

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elliptical

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circular

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irregular

Question 11

What causes the temperatures at the north and south pole to remain cold throughout the year?

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The tilt of the Earth on its axis

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The speed at which the Earth moves around the sun

Question 12

Fill in the blanks.In a 24 hour period, the earth completes one ________ on its ________

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rotation, axis

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rotation, orbit

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revolution, axis

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revolution, orbit

Question 13

Which moon phase is Earth between the moon and the sun?

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full moon

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New moon

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first quarter

Question 14

Pure water has a pH level of around?

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7

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6

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8

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9

Question 15

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

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Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Steven Hawking

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Isaac Newton

Question 16

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Because they come from dominant alleles.

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Because they come from recessive alleles.

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Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Question 17

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

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Variation

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Adaptation

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Behavior

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Environment

Question 18

What is the difference between particles in a gas and a solid?

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gas particles have more kinetic energy than solid particles

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gas particles are closer together

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solid particles move faster than gas particles

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solid particles expand on heating

Question 19

Always starts with a Hydrocarbon that reacts with oxygen and produces carbon dioxide and water.

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Combustion

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Decomposition

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Synthesis

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Single Replacement

Question 20

This is an example of a ______ circuit

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Parallel

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Series

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Open

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Dihexihedral

Question 21

wood is a _____?

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insulator

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conductor

Question 22

A material in which electrons are able to move easily

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Conductor

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Circuit

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Insulator

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Resistance

Question 23

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

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The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.

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The insects in the habitat would increase.

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The willow tree population would decrease.

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Foxes would dies due to no food source.

Question 24

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

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primary consumer

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secondary consumer

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tertiary consumer

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producer

Question 25

The X axis is labeled with

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the independent variable

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the control variable

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the sample variable

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dependent variable

Question 26

The Y axis is labeled with the

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dependent variable

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control variable

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independent variable

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sample variable

Question 27

Which is correct?

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the dependent variable is distance

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the independent variable is distance

Question 28

What tool is used to measure the mass of an object?

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balance

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meter stick

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graduated cylinder

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spring scale

Question 29

What does this tool measure?

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mass

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weight

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gravity

Question 30

What does this science tool do?

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used for measuring volume of a liquid

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used for heating a liquid

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used for measuring mass

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used for measuring volume of a sound

Question 31

Which of the following represents an element?

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H2

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H2O

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NaCl

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CaCO3

Question 32

What products are produced when we react an acid with an alkali?

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salt + water

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salt + carbon dioxide + water

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salt + hydrogen

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salt + water + hydrogen

Question 33

What salt is produced if you react sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid?

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sodium chloride

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sodium hydroxide

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sodium sulfate

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sodium nitrate

Question 34

A salt is formed when nitric acid combines with sodium hydroxide. What is the name of the salt?

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Sodium nitrate

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Sodium chloride

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Hydrogen Nitrate

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Nirate

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