SCIENCE_ASSET EXAM 2023

Why are adaptations important for animals?

• All animals need to adapt to eat their favorite food.

• All animals need to be able to adapt to their habitat to be able to survive.

• All animals need to adapt to look different.

• All animals need to adapt to fit in with other animals.

All of these are types of animal adaption EXCEPT:

• Having camouflage to blend in

• Growing sharp spines

• The number of stripes on an animal

• Using echolocation to hunt

Why do plants come in so many varieties?

• The plants need to survive in their environment

• The plants need a structure for birds to perch on

• The plants need to attract the right pollinators

• All of the above

A teacher wants to know if eating peppermints during a science test helps students perform better. She gives 1/2 the class a peppermint candy. The other half receives a piece of candy that is not peppermint flavored.

What is the independent variable in this experiment?

• the type of candy the student receives

• the results of the test the student takes

• the peppermint candy

• the non-peppermint flavored candy

Warm-blooded animals that carry their embryos in their womb and nurse their young with milk are:

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Amphibians

Miss Poole's class is studying the water cycle. They learn that for evaporation to happen, there needs to be a source of energy. What is the main source of energy that drives the water cycle?

• wind

• the sun

• the ocean

• clouds

Which of the following processes is part of the of water above the surface of Earth? (the blue box)

• runnoff

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

There is a relationship between landforms and wind. Which landform is a result of deposition by wind?

• a canyon

• a desert

• a forest

• a mountain

Observe the ice splitting the rock. The ice is contributing to slow changes to Earth's surface from-

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

Deposition from ice can cause slow changes to Earth's surface. Pick which is an example of deposition by ice.

• Ice breaks apart rocks

• Water carries away pieces of floating ice

• Glaciers drop rocks and sediment as they melt