Science UIL practice test

How is a delta formed?

• By a river moving swiftly

• When warm and cold air mix

• Slow moving water dropping sediments

• Warm and moist air mixing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What substance are your nails made of

• Keratin

• Bone marrow

• Bone

• Calcium

How many bones does the adult human body have?

• 500

• 318

• 206

• 106

Which of the following best describes evaporation?

• liquid water is heated and becomes water vapor, which has a definite shape

• liquid water is cooled and becomes water vapor, which is invisible

• liquid water is heated and becomes water vapor, which is invisible

• liquid water is heated and becomes a solid taking on a definite shape

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Bones that make up your spine are called what?

• ribs

• vertebrae

• bone marrow

• spinal cord

Which of these best describes what makes up a community?

• all of the animals in an area

• all of the living things that live in an area

• all of the members of the same species that live in an area

• all of the plants in an area

What is an example of high friction?

• sliding on concrete, rubbing sand paper on something, pulling a heavy box

• sliding on ice, wheels rolling on a smooth surface, adding wax to a surface

• how smooth a surface is

• how fast an object moves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

All living things contain which element?

• helium

• sodium

• copper

• carbon

What is the closest planet to the sun?

• mars

• venus

• mercury

• earth

What is the role of the roots in a plant or tree?

• to make oxygen

• to make seeds

• to trap sunlight for photosynthesis

• to take in water and move it through the plant or tree