Science Final Exam Review

What step of the water cycle occurs after precipitation?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

What step of the water cycle is happening when water falls back to Earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

The Sun is a star made up mostly of

• gases

• solids

• liquids

• metals

Which planet:

is rocky

is gray

is covered in craters

looks a bit like the Moon?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

During the winter, days are _______ than in the summer.

• shorter

• longer

• warmer

• brighter

What has to take place in the condensation step of the water cycle for snow or hail to fall instead of rain?

• Nothing has to happen. It is the same as rain.

• Melting

• Evaporation

• Freezing

What energy source helps evaporate water from the Earth's surface in the water cycle?

• Moon

• Sun

• gasoline

• plants

Light can pass through a stained glass window, but it is hard to see clearly through the colored glass.

Which word best describes the stained glass window?

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• Reflective

If you shine a laser pointer into an ice cube, which of the following properties will cause the laser light to bend as it enters the ice cube?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Scattering

• Absorption

If you shine a flashlight on a mirror, what will happen to most of the light?

• The mirror will absorb it

• The mirror will reflect it

• The mirror will refract it

• The mirror will bend it