Quiz about Pre/Post Test

Question 1

Single-celled organisms can reproduce and create cells exactly like themselves without combining genes from two different parent cells.  When they do this, they use a type of ?

Accepted Answer

asexual reproduction

Answer

gamete formation

Answer

natural selection

Answer

sexual reproduction

Question 2

A container is filled with 100ml of water and placed in a freezer. The water in the container freezes at 0*C. A second container is filled with 90ml of water is placed in a second freezer. At what temperature does this second container of water freeze?

Accepted Answer

0*C

Answer

-10*C

Answer

1*C

Answer

10*C

Question 3

If a homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that an offsrping will have black fur?

Accepted Answer

100%

Answer

25%

Answer

50%

Answer

75%

Question 4

The highest high tides and the lowest low tides are called spring tides. Which positions of the moon produce high spring tides in Earth's oceans?

Accepted Answer

2 or 4

Answer

1 or 3

Answer

3 or 4

Answer

1 or 4

Question 5

Based on the diagram, which of the following best represents how the moon would appear at position 4?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

1st quarter

Answer

3rd Quarter

Question 6

Based on the data in the table, on which planet does the Sun exert the greatest gravitational force?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Uranus

Answer

Neptune

Question 7

Two students are riding identical bicycles on a level sidewalk. Student R has a mass of 55 kg and student S has a mass of 40 kg. Both students are traveling at a speed of 3 m/s. Determine whether student R has a larger, smaller, or an equal amount of kinetic energy compared to student S.

Accepted Answer

larger

Answer

smaller

Answer

equal amounts

Question 8

Student R from previous question is at rest, begins to ride, and then moves faster and faster. Identify which graph (1,2,or 3) best represents the relationship between student R's speed and kinetic energy.

Accepted Answer

Graph 3

Answer

Graph 1

Answer

Graph 2

Question 9

When a person eats a sandwich, the person's digestive system breaks down the sandwich into food molecules.

Select two statements that describe how the food molecules are used by the person's body.

Accepted Answer

The food molecules are used to produce energy for cell processes.

Accepted Answer

The food molecules are assembled into larger molecules that are used for cell growth.

Answer

The food molecules deliver oxygen and remove wastes from cells.

Answer

The food molecules store genetic information that is used to direct cell division.

Question 10

A pendulum is hanging from a fixed point called a fulcrum. When the pendulum is raised to the start position and released, it swings. The pendulum is shown in four numbered positions later it is released.

Select the position at which the pendulum has the greatest amount of kinetic energy.

Accepted Answer

Position 2

Answer

Position 1

Answer

Position 3

Answer

Position 4

Question 11

Which of the following cellular structures store the instructions that determine the color of cat's fur?

Accepted Answer

chromosomes

Answer

flagella

Answer

vacuoles

Answer

chloroplasts

Question 12

The diagram shows the relative positions of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun at a certain time.

Which of the following could be observed from Earth when Earth, the Moon, and the Sun are in these positons?

Accepted Answer

solar elclipse

Answer

full moon

Answer

lunar eclipse

Answer

gibbous moon

Question 13

A scientist is studying mutations in bacteria. Which of the following describes something the scientist could do to determine whether a mutation in a bacterial cell causes changes to a trait in the bacterial cell?

Accepted Answer

make changes to the cell's genes and then look for changes in the proteins created

Answer

make changes to the nutrients available to the cell and then look for changes in the nucleus.

Answer

make changes to the cell's color using dye and then observe whether the cell changes shape

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make changes to the air temperature surrounding the cell and then observe whether the cell changes size

Question 14

The diagram shown represents the chromosome pairs present in the body cells of a fruit fly. Fruit flies reproduce sexually. Exactly how many chromosomes does fruit fly offspring normally inherit from EACH parent?

Accepted Answer

4 chromosomes

Answer

1 chromosome

Answer

2 chromosomes

Answer

8 chromosomes

Question 15

A student created these two diagrams. Which of the following are represented by these diagrams?

Accepted Answer

two different compounds

Answer

two different elements

Answer

two different forms of the same mixture

Answer

two different forms of the same compound

Question 16

Two pea plants are crossed. Each parent plant has a dominant allele for height (H) and a recessive allele for height (h). What is the percentage that the offspring will have the genotype of HH?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

0%

Answer

50%

Answer

100%

Question 17

The diagrams represent the movement of particles in two samples of the same gas. The samples are in identical, closed, glass containers. The length of an arrow represents the speed of a gas particle. Which of the following MUST be different between the two samples?

Accepted Answer

temperature

Answer

color

Answer

mass

Answer

volume

Question 18

The model shows Earth at two different positions during its orbit around the sun. Complete the following statement to describe what causes the seasons to change in Massachusetts.

The seasons change in Massachusetts as Earth travels around the sun because of Earth's ______

Accepted Answer

tilted axis

Answer

orbital distance

Answer

rotational speed

Question 19

Before a race, a runner eats a banana. The banana provides nutrients that help the runner complete the race. Identfiy the two body systems that are involved in getting nutrients from the banana to different parts of the body

Accepted Answer

digestive and circulatory

Answer

digestive and reproductive

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digestive and immune

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circulatory and excretory

Question 20

Which of the following best describes a mixture?

Accepted Answer

A material that contains two or more different substances

Answer

A material that is made up of many molecules

Answer

A substance that can be changed into another substance

Answer

A substance that has been broken down into its smallest parts

Question 21

Miilions of years ago, a small population of birds lived on the Hawaiian Islands. Over time, this population evolved into more than 54 species, each with different colors, beak shapes and food sources.

Which of the following BEST explains why the original population of birds evolved into so many different species?

Accepted Answer

The bird population moved into and adapted to many different environments on the Hawaiian Islands.

Answer

Many of the birds were killed each time a volcano erupted on the Hawaiian Islands.

Answer

The Hawaiian Islands had few predator species to decrease the lifespan of the birds.

Answer

The climate of the Hawaiian Islands rarely changed, which helped the bird population size to increase.

Question 22

Strawberry plants can reproduce both asexually and sexually. Strawberry farmers use both kinds of reproduction, depending on the desired outcome.

In which of the following situations would a farmer MOST LIKELY want the strawberry plants to reproduce sexually?

Accepted Answer

When developing new varieties of fruit

Answer

When making identical copies of a plant

Answer

When producing fruit that is all the same size

Answer

When growing many new plants from cuttings

Question 23

Which of the following BEST explains why seasonal variations in temperature are more extreme at location X than at location Y?

Accepted Answer

The angle of incoming solar radation varies more at location X than at location Y.

Answer

The gravitational force is less at location X than at location Y

Answer

The rotation of Earth has less effect on location X than on location Y.

Question 24

In what position does that ball have the GREATEST amount of potential energy?

Accepted Answer

Position 1

Answer

Position 2

Answer

Position 3

Answer

Position 4

Answer

Position 5

Question 25

Which diagram shows one possible location of the Moon at the time when these tides occur?

Accepted Answer

Question 26

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information in the table?

Accepted Answer

Two elements can combine to produce different substances with different properties

Answer

When two elements combine, the mass of each element changes.

Answer

When two compounds are mixed, the state of matter of the mixture changes

Answer

Two compounds can be mixed together to produce difference materials with different properties.

Question 27

Which of the following diagrams BEST describes represents the levels of organization of multicellular organisms?

Accepted Answer

Pre/Post Test

30 questions

Single-celled organisms can reproduce and create cells exactly like themselves without combining genes from two different parent cells. When they do this, they use a type of ?

A container is filled with 100ml of water and placed in a freezer. The water in the container freezes at 0*C. A second container is filled with 90ml of water is placed in a second freezer. At what temperature does this second container of water freeze?

If a homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that an offsrping will have black fur?

The highest high tides and the lowest low tides are called spring tides. Which positions of the moon produce high spring tides in Earth's oceans?

Based on the diagram, which of the following best represents how the moon would appear at position 4?

A teacher asked a class to write the "cosmic address" of Massachusetts. A cosmic address is ordered from smallest to largest.
Drag and drop a label into each box to complete the cosmic address of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts, United States, North America, Northern Hemisphere, (a) , (b) , (c) , (d)

Based on the data in the table, on which planet does the Sun exert the greatest gravitational force?

Two students are riding identical bicycles on a level sidewalk. Student R has a mass of 55 kg and student S has a mass of 40 kg. Both students are traveling at a speed of 3 m/s. Determine whether student R has a larger, smaller, or an equal amount of kinetic energy compared to student S.

Student R from previous question is at rest, begins to ride, and then moves faster and faster. Identify which graph (1,2,or 3) best represents the relationship between student R's speed and kinetic energy.

When a person eats a sandwich, the person's digestive system breaks down the sandwich into food molecules.
Select two statements that describe how the food molecules are used by the person's body.

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Pre/Post Test

30 questions

Single-celled organisms can reproduce and create cells exactly like themselves without combining genes from two different parent cells. When they do this, they use a type of ?

A container is filled with 100ml of water and placed in a freezer. The water in the container freezes at 0*C. A second container is filled with 90ml of water is placed in a second freezer. At what temperature does this second container of water freeze?

If a homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that an offsrping will have black fur?

The highest high tides and the lowest low tides are called spring tides. Which positions of the moon produce high spring tides in Earth's oceans?

Based on the diagram, which of the following best represents how the moon would appear at position 4?

Based on the data in the table, on which planet does the Sun exert the greatest gravitational force?

Two students are riding identical bicycles on a level sidewalk. Student R has a mass of 55 kg and student S has a mass of 40 kg. Both students are traveling at a speed of 3 m/s. Determine whether student R has a larger, smaller, or an equal amount of kinetic energy compared to student S.

Student R from previous question is at rest, begins to ride, and then moves faster and faster. Identify which graph (1,2,or 3) best represents the relationship between student R's speed and kinetic energy.

When a person eats a sandwich, the person's digestive system breaks down the sandwich into food molecules.Select two statements that describe how the food molecules are used by the person's body.

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When a person eats a sandwich, the person's digestive system breaks down the sandwich into food molecules.
Select two statements that describe how the food molecules are used by the person's body.