Grade 11 Science Assessment No. 1

In order for life as we know it to exist, a planet must have ______________________

• heat
• animals
• liquid water
• solar energy

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What happens if a planet is too hot?

• The water will be nice and warm

• The water will boil away

• The water will be too cold

• The water will freeze and make ice

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What happens if a planet is too cold?

• The water will be nice and warm

• The water will be cold

• The water will boils away

• It will be like a giant snowball

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What is the habitable zone?

• A zone with the correct distance away from a star
• A zone in space where water turns into vapor
• A zone where life can not be sustained
• A zone in space where water is frozen

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Earth’s atmosphere contains water vapor and carbon dioxide. These greenhouse gases are important because they -

• are substances animals need to breathe.

• trap heat or thermal energy in the atmosphere.

• protect against magnetic particles.

• create Earth’s gravitational field.

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Which helps protect the earth from radiation?

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Mantle
• Gravity

Atmosphere is :

• only consisting of argon and oxygen
• gases on the floor of the Earth
• all the gases around a planet
• all the gases near the solar beams

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

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Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?

• Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another

• All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.

• All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.

• Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.

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Which of the following is evidence of the Big Bang Theory?

• Cavemen heard a loud bang at the beginning of time.
• The universe isn't moving
• The universe is expanding
• The universe is getting smaller

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