SCIENCE POP QUIZ 9TH GRADE

1. What are the smallest particles of matter?

• Elements

• Atoms

• Mass

2. What is the mass of an object?

• Amount of matter

• Amount of water

• Volume

3. Which type of star is the sun?

• Red giant

• Hypernova

• Supernova

4. Fire can not burn without _____________

• Sun light

• Oxygen

5. What is the measure of the pull of gravity on an object?

• mass

• pressure

• weight

6. What is Earth’s inner core made of?

• hot gases

• dense, solid metals

• partly-melted rock

7. Which list has all terrestrial planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune

8. Which of the following is an antibiotic?

• Insulin

• Penicillin

• Tetanus

9. The stage during which a cell's nucleus divides into two nuclei is called?

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

• Mitosis

10. Which of the following revolutionized map making in the twentieth century?

• Radioactive dating

• Satellite images

• The law of superposition