Science Pre-Assessment

1. What are the two most important things that a plant needs to survive?

• water and dirt

• sunlight and water

• roots and shade

• animals and tress

A volcano erupting is an example of a ___________ change to the Earth.

• Fast

• Slow

In which habitat would you find a deer?

• desert

• grasslands

• forest

• tundra

I am high and tall and sometimes a river flows through. What landform am I?

• mountain

• plain

• valley

• river

What is the name of the largest body of salt water?

• lake

• ocean

• river

• peninsula

What is one characteristic of the desert?

Friction acts in a direction ___________to the direction of an object's motion.

• unrelated

• opposite

• equal

• perpendicular

What type of weather has rain and flashes of light coming from the sky?

• rain

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• blizzard

What type of cloud looks like cotton balls?

• nimbostratus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

what causes a ball to move?

• Friction

• Gravity

• Position

• Force