Science Quiz

A new house is being built in Waco, Texas. The owners want to be able to watch the sunset from their front porch every evening. Which direction should their house face?

• North

• South

• East

• West

To the right is an image of shale rock, a type of sedimentary rock. Shale rock is a mixture of clay minerals and quartz. It is usually gray in color. Fossil fuel deposits are often found in shale rocks. What other materials must have been present during the formation of shale rock containing fossil fuels?

• Sand deposits from rock erosion

• Decomposing plants and animals

• Silt from the bottom of a river or lake

• Natural gas present in the Earth’s crust

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Based on the information in the chart, which animal would most likely NOT live in the Texas Coastal Sand Plains region?

• White-tailed Hawk

• American Black Bear

• Northern Pygmy Mouse

• Bobcat

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A teacher is doing a demonstration at the front of the classroom. She is heating a test tube with a Bunsen burner. She is holding the test tube with a metal test tube holder, but the handles are covered in plastic. Why are the handles of the test tube holder covered in plastic?

• The plastic handle is a good conductor of electric energy.

• The plastic handle is a good insulator of electric energy.

• The plastic handle is a good conductor of thermal energy.

• The plastic handle is a good insulator of thermal energy.

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A partial food web of a marine ecosystem is shown here. Which type of organism is represented by the letter X?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Predator

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What type of landform is created when a glacier moves through a region?

• V-shaped canyon

• Delta

• U-shaped valley

• Cave

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A student places a glass, filled with ice and water, outside on a hot and sunny day. The student returns an hour later and observes that the ice cubes are gone, and the glass has water droplets on the outside. Which two changes has the student observed in the water glass?

• Melting and evaporation

• Evaporation and freezing

• Condensation and precipitation

• Melting and condensation

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To the right is a picture of a small freshwater mussel known as the zebra mussel. Zebra mussels were accidentally introduced into U.S. waterways in the 1980’s and are currently living in many Texas lakes. Zebra mussel populations grow quickly, and they attach to hard surfaces. As a result, they are destroying boats, pipes and water treatment plants. Zebra mussels are also harming plants and animals that live in the lakes. Zebra mussels are harming local plants and animals in all the following ways except —

• zebra mussels cause fish populations to reproduce more

• zebra mussels compete with other animals for available food

• zebra mussels attach to local mussels and harm them

• zebra mussels filter the water and change the local ecosystem

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Sometimes after a rainstorm, a rainbow appears in the sky. Rainbows happen when sunlight enters a raindrop and the light bends and separates into different colors. Then the light bounces around the raindrop and exits. The bending of light is an example of which property of light?

• Refraction of light

• Reflection of light

• Absorption of light

• Production of light

The water cycle is the continuous movement of water on Earth. In the diagram to the right, which process is labeled by the letter X?

• Sublimation

• Absorption

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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