Science Quiz

Gold and silver are types of what?

• vitamins

• living things

• frozen liquids

• solid substances

Atoms are particles that form the building blocks of what?

• boulders

• continents

• very small pieces

• medium-size stones

The miners were able to locate what kind of deposits of coal?

• hot liquid rock

• crystal patterns

• complete lack of

• amounts in one place

The hurricane caused what along the rainfall?

• creation

• accumulation

• wearing away

Which word is a synonym for principles in the sentence below? "The principles of plate tectonics suggest that Earth’s plates are always moving."

• theories or facts

• parts and pieces

• questions and answers

• forces such as magnetism

Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change and change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below. duplicate - duplication

• clinic - clinician

• history - historian

• nominate - nomination

• sense - sensation

Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change and change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below. music - musician

• college - collegian

• electric - electrician

• library - librarian

• Russia - Russian

Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change and change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below. distinct - distinction

• apply - application

• convene - convention

• presume - presumption

• reject - rejection

Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change and change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below. logic - logician

• Canada - Canadian

• guard - guardian

• history - historian

• magic - magician

Read the question. Then choose the best answer. The suffix -ian can be used to change the word politic into —