IA 5 Science Review

A ______________ is where two or more tectonic plates meet and show movement.

• fault

• sediment

• glacier

• outer core

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Beaches along Florida's coast often change shape when a hurricane or other strong storm hits. What

causes this change in shape?

• The rain from the storm erodes the sand away from the shoreline.

• The waves from the storm wear away the rock underneath the sand.

• The wind and waves from the storm move the sand from one place to another.

• The tornadoes from the storm pick up the sand and drop it out in the ocean.

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Why would a seisomologist use GPS (Global Positioning System) technology?

• To predict where an earthquake will happen.

• To determine the strength of an earthquake

• To determine what causes an earthquake

• To track migration patterns of plates

If you were creating an electrical circuit and ran out of wire, which of these materials would make a good

substitute?

• yarn

• licorice candy

• plastic fork

• tin foil

A student is designing a simple electrical circuit. She wants to create the circuit using items she has in her

house. She finds some wire and a light bulb. Which other item will she need to complete her electrical

circuit?

• motor

• switch

• wood base

• power source

Kim is using an electric current to produce a magnetic field. What will happen when she turns off the

current?

• The strength of the magnetic field will increase.

• The poles of the magnetic field will reverse.

• The magnetic field will disappear.

• The strength of the magnetic field will decrease.

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Insects, arachnids, worms, and mollusks all belong to which group?

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

• classification

• vascular

Benny was reading about elephants that live at a wildlife preserve. His book stated that baby elephants are

born knowing how to do some things, but that they learn other things from their parents. Which of the

following traits was probably learned from a parent?

• walking to the gate for feeding time

• drinking water with its trunk

• trumpeting with its trunk

• staying close to its family at night.

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Which is not one of the main components of the cell theory?

• all living things are made of cells

• all cells come from other cells

• cells must contain DNA

• cells are the basic unit of life

Select the correct statement to describe when a sample of liquid water vaporizes into water vapor

• Temperature increases while particles speed up.

• Temperature increases and particles decrease in motion.

• Temperature decreases and particles speed up

• Temperature decreases and particles slow down.

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