Science Quiz Show!

What two gases make up most of the Earth's atmosphere? 

17% of students got this correct on a national test.

• Hydrogen and oxygen

• Hydrogen and nitrogen

• Oxygen and carbon dioxide

• Oxygen and nitrogen 

Why does the leaf of a plant look green? 

27% of students got this correct on a national test.

• Because it absorbs green light

• Because it reflects green light

• Because it absorbs only yellow and blue light

• Because it reflects a mixture of yellow and blue light 

A human CANNOT survive the loss of which of the following?

42% of students got this correct on a national test.

• the appendix

• the liver

• a lung

• a kidney

Which layer of Earth is divided into plates?

51% of students got this correct on a national test.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What atoms combine to make up a molecule of water?

54% of students got this correct on a national test.

• 1 hydrogen

  1 oxygen

• 1 hydrogen

  2 oxygen

• 2 hydrogen

  1 oxygen

• 2 hydrogen

  2 oxygen

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Water evaporates and falls back to Earth as rain or snow. What is the primary energy source that drives this cycle? 

53% of students got this correct on a national test.

• the sun

• the wind

• air pressure

• ocean currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Kelly slides a flat rock across the smooth ice of a frozen pond. The rock slows down after several seconds. What causes the rock to slow down?

74% of students got this correct on a national test.

• The thickness of the ice 

• The temperature of the air above the ice 

• The force of friction between the ice and the rock 

• The gravitational force between the ice and the rock

All of the following are examples of erosion EXCEPT: 

32% of students got this correct on a national test.

• The wind in the desert blows sand against a rock. 

• A glacier picks up boulders as it moves.

• A flood washes over a riverbank, and the water carries small soil particles downstream.

• An icy winter causes the pavement in a road to crack. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Three funnels were filled with equal volumes of pebbles, fine sand, and coarse sand. The same amount of water was poured into each funnel.  Which correctly lists the order in which the water passed through the funnels, from fastest to slowest?

45% of students got this correct on a national test.

• Pebbles, fine sand, coarse sand 

• Pebbles, coarse sand, fine sand 

• Fine sand, coarse sand, pebbles 

• Coarse sand, pebbles, fine sand

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Why do mountain climbers at high elevations use oxygen tanks to help them breathe? 

69% of students got this correct on a national test.

• At high elevations, the ozone layer draws oxygen out of the atmosphere. 

• The atmosphere is less dense at higher elevations so there is less oxygen available. 

• Oxygen is heavier than the other gases in the atmosphere and sinks to lower elevations. 

• Radiation from the Sun splits oxygen molecules into atoms making the oxygen unbreathable.