Quiz about Measurement Questions

Question 1

The length of an adult human footprint would be closest to 20

Accepted Answer

centimeters

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millimeters

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meters

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decameters

Question 2

About how tall is this mushroom?

Accepted Answer

4 centimeters

Answer

1 kilometer

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3 meters

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10 millimeters

Question 3

The picture shows a magnified view of a tick on a penny. About how long is the tick?

Accepted Answer

1 millimeter

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2 kilometers

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4 meters

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10 centimeters

Question 4

According to the picture, which measurement best identifies the length of the leaf?

Accepted Answer

6.0 cm

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5.0 cm

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6.5 cm

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7.0 cm

Question 5

About how much longer is the jackknife clam than the razor clam?

Accepted Answer

7 centimeters

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5 centimeters

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10 centimeters

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12 centimeters

Question 6

What is the length of the tadpole?

Accepted Answer

3.1 cm

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2.8 cm

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.5 cm

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0 cm

Question 7

Based on information in the diagram, about how tall is the tree?

Accepted Answer

40 feet

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10 feet

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20 feet

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80 feet

Question 8

Three measurements of the same leaf were taken during June. Based on the graph, how much did the leaf grow in length from June 1 to June 30?

Accepted Answer

11 cm

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6 cm

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7 cm

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13 cm

Question 9

What is the length of this caterpillar?

Accepted Answer

6.5 cm

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6.0 cm

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7.0 cm

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7.5 cm

Question 10

By August, a student noticed that the sunflowers outside his house were as tall as the back door of his house. About how tall were the sunflowers?

Accepted Answer

2 meters

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0.2 meters

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20 meters

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200 meters

Question 11

Over the period of one year, a rock wall shifted 15 millimeters. Which of these lines best shows the distance the wall moved?

Accepted Answer

B

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A

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C

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D

Question 12

If 5 milliliters of vinegar are added to the water in the cylinder, what will be the total volume of the liquid?

Accepted Answer

35 milliliters

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30 milliliters

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27 milliliters

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37 milliliters

Question 13

Students filled a graduated cylinder with the amount of water shown. How much more water needs to be added to the cylinder to measure 25 mL?

Accepted Answer

4 mL

Answer

2 mL

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6 mL

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9 mL

Question 14

What is the difference between the water level in the cylinder before and after the rock was added?

Accepted Answer

11 mL

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3 mL

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14 mL

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25 mL

Question 15

Which of these is the most accurate reading of the mass of the rock on the balance scale pictured?

Accepted Answer

120.3 g

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33 g

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123 g

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303 g

Question 16

What is the mass of this mineral?

Accepted Answer

10 grams

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5 grams

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15 grams

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20 grams

Question 17

Which of the following measurements is most likely the mass of a pencil?

Accepted Answer

10 grams

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10 centimeters

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17 kilograms

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17 millimeters

Question 18

Amanda studied the mass gain in chickens for her science project. Which of these is the mass of this chicken?

Accepted Answer

5 kg

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2 kg

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3 kg

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7 kg

Question 19

Which item below would have a mass closest to that of a thumbtack?

Accepted Answer

Paperclip

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Magnet

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Apple

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Fork and knife

Question 20

Which unit is best to use for measuring the width of oak tree leaves?

Accepted Answer

Centimeter

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Gram

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Kilometer

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Milliliter

Question 21

This surveyor is measuring the distance of a road. The most appropriate units to measure this distance are -

Accepted Answer

meters

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millimeters

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centimeters

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decimeters

Question 22

During a study of the human body, students are asked to observe the back of their hands and record their observations. What units would be most appropriate for measuring the width of their hands?

Accepted Answer

Centimeters

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Grams

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Liters

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Meters

Question 23

Students must conduct an experiment in which they find out how long a rubber ball bounces before it comes to a stop. Which unit would be best for recording this information?

Accepted Answer

Second

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Gram

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Degrees Celsius

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Meter

Question 24

Which of these units would be best to use to measure the amount of water in a test tube?

Accepted Answer

Milliliters

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Meters

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Kilograms

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Seconds

Question 25

Students collect pond water in their beakers. Which is the best unit of measurement for the volume of water they collect?

Accepted Answer

Milliliters

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Grams

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Meters

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Centimeters

Question 26

Which tools would be needed to measure the size and the mass of a block of wood?

Accepted Answer

A ruler and a balance

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A watch with a second hand and a ruler

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A graduated cylinder and a thermometer

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A thermometer and a meter stick

Question 27

Which tools are best used to determine the speed of a turtle as it walks along a path?

Accepted Answer

Stopwatch and meter stick

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Meter stick and graduated cylinder

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Balance and metric ruler

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Balance and stopwatch

Question 28

Which of these is needed to measure the mass of a rock?

Accepted Answer

A balance

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An anemometer

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A barometer

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A metric ruler

Question 29

What tool is used to determine the mass of an object?

Accepted Answer

Balance

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Meter stick

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Thermometer

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Graduated cylinder

Question 30

Which is the best tool for measuring the temperature of lake water?

Accepted Answer

Thermometer

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Meter stick

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Balance

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Graduated cylinder

Question 31

Which of these should be used to accurately measure 250 mL of water?

Accepted Answer

Graduated cylinder

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Beaker

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Pipette

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Thermometer

Question 32

Which of these would be the best tool to measure the volume of water absorbed by a sponge?

Accepted Answer

Graduated cylinder

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Balance

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Ruler

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Thermometer

Question 33

A student wants to compare the masses and volumes of three marbles. Which two instruments should be used?

Accepted Answer

Balance and graduated cylinder

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Centimeter ruler and thermometer

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Graduated cylinder and centimeter ruler

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Thermometer and balance

Question 34

Which of the following instruments is used to measure mass?

Accepted Answer

Balance

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Ruler

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Graduated cylinder

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Thermometer

Question 35

Juan is doing an experiment to see how long it takes an acorn to grow into a 0.5-meter-tall oak tree. Which two instruments should he choose?

Accepted Answer

Centimeter ruler and calendar

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Thermometer and centimeter ruler

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Thermometer and calendar

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Centimeter ruler and pan balance

Question 36

Which of these would be used to measure the mass of a marble?

Accepted Answer

Balance

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Microscope

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Ruler

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Thermometer

Question 37

Which of these is the best tool to use when measuring the water depth at the edge of a pond?

Accepted Answer

Meter stick

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Net

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Beaker

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Binoculars

Question 38

A group of students tested the effects of different amounts of water on ivy plant growth. Afterwards, they could not remember how much each plant grew per day. What should they have done to practice good science?

Accepted Answer

Record daily information in a data table.

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Discuss their observations with other groups in their class.

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Conduct the experiment with more than one type of plant.

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Make up explanations for the results.

Question 39

According to the picture, which of these is an inference rather than an observation?

Accepted Answer

This animal is frightened.

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This animal has hair.

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This animal has a tail.

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This animal is arching its back.

Question 40

Which of these is a conclusion rather than an observation?

Accepted Answer

This bear lives in a cold climate.

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This bear has big teeth.

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This bear has black claws.

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This bear has small ears and eyes.

Question 41

Based on the picture above, which of these is a conclusion rather than an observation?

Accepted Answer

This animal is a mammal.

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This animal has hair.

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This animal is standing.

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This animal has four legs.

Question 42

Which of these can be observed in this picture?

Accepted Answer

The moon is circular.

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The moon spins around on its axis.

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The moon is solid rock.

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The moon has little air.

Question 43

Which of the following is an observation about grasshoppers that a science class could have made on their nature walk?

Accepted Answer

The grasshoppers are green with long back legs and antennae.

Answer

The grasshoppers will live longest in a container filled with plants.

Answer

The grasshoppers will probably eat more grass than tree leaves.

Answer

The grasshoppers all hatched from eggs laid the year before.

Question 44

Sandy grows roses along her walkway. The roses close to the street had more blooms than the roses close to the house. Which statement is a hypothesis Sandy could make about her roses?

Accepted Answer

The roses closest to the street had more blooms because they received more sunlight.

Answer

There were many blooms on the roses near the house and fewer blooms on the roses closest to the street.

Answer

The roses near the house were taller but had fewer blooms.

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The roses close to the house had fewer blooms and leaves.

Question 45

Two students wanted to find out which of their toy race cars would go the farthest. They let each car roll down a ramp and then measured how far the cars rolled. Which of these should be held constant if they want a fair test of their cars?

Accepted Answer

The height of the ramp

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The weight of the ramp

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The length of the cars

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The shape of the cars

Question 46

Three baseball players investigate to see who can throw a baseball the farthest. They mark off an area on the playground for their investigation. Which should they keep constant?

Accepted Answer

Spot from which players throw

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Height of players

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Color of the baseballs thrown

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Order in which the players throw

Question 47

Students want to learn which of two soils holds more water. They put clay in one bottle and sand in the other. Then they put equal amounts of water in the bottles. Some of the water drained into beakers. Which of these is the manipulated, independent variable?

Accepted Answer

Type of soil

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Type of beaker

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Amount of water

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Number of bottles

Question 48

The pictures above show how one student tried to see how the heat from a light bulb affected the rate of evaporation of a liquid. What is the only variable being changed in this experiment?

Accepted Answer

The position of the light bulb

Answer

The size of the container

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The position of the thermometer

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The amount of water

Question 49

A student designed an investigation to test the effect of light color on plant growth. What was the manipulated (independent) variable in the investigation?

Accepted Answer

Color of light bulb

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Height of plant

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Hours of light

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Size of pot

Question 50

Students planted bean seeds in the same kind of soil in separate cups. The cups were put next to each other on a sunny windowsill. Cup 1 was given 10 mL of water every other day. Cup 2 was given no water. Which of these is the independent (manipulated) variable in the experiment?

Accepted Answer

The amount of water

Answer

The type of soil

Answer

The type of seed

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The amount of sunlight

Question 51

In an experiment, Jackson tested to see how the size of rocks affects the amount of dirt that washes away when water flows downhill. Which variable was manipulated?

Accepted Answer

Size of the rocks

Answer

Amount of water

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Slope of the hill

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Type of dirt

Question 52

Todd observes that his strawberry plant has grown little green strawberries. Which of these is a prediction Todd might make about his strawberry plant?

Accepted Answer

The green berries will ripen into red berries.

Answer

The strawberry plant is growing under an oak tree.

Answer

The strawberry plant doesn't have enough water.

Answer

The green berries are a new type of strawberry.

Question 53

Which of these is the fairest way to find out if sand or silt will settle faster when mixed with water?

Accepted Answer

Container C

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Container A

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Container B

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Container D

Question 54

Students want to find out if an empty can rolls down a ramp faster than a can filled with sand. Which of these would be the fairest way to find out?

Accepted Answer

Ramp a

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Ramp b

Answer

Ramp c

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Ramp d

Question 55

A student thinks that orange juice will freeze faster than any other substance. She fills identical containers with the same amount of different liquids, then places each in the freezer. She checks them every five minutes and discovers that the orange juice is the last one to freeze and the water is the first to freeze. Which should the student do next?

Accepted Answer

Repeat her investigation to see if her results are the same.

Answer

Change her results to match her original hypothesis.

Answer

Conclude that investigations can only be performed on water.

Answer

Tell her friends that investigations at school work better than at home.

Question 56

Which is the fairest way to find out if salt water boils faster than fresh water?

Accepted Answer

Fresh water and salt water with flame source.

Answer

Fresh water with flame source, salt water without flame.

Answer

Salt water with flame source, fresh water without flame.

Answer

Fresh water and salt water without flame source.

Question 57

Using the picture and classification key, what is this animal?

Accepted Answer

Hammerhead shark

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Swordfish

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Leopard shark

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Nurse shark

Question 58

Lee uses a microscope during science class. He sees this organism in a drop of water. Which organism did he most likely see?

Accepted Answer

Paramecium

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Vorticella

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Euglena

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Amoeba

Question 59

Based on the information in the table, the best way to tell gold from pyrite is by which property?

Accepted Answer

Hardness

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Color

Answer

Transparency

Answer

Luster

Question 60

Plants use their location and flower color to attract pollinators. A plant with red flowers living along a woodland stream would most likely be pollinated by which of these butterflies?

Accepted Answer

Silver-spotted Skipper

Answer

Clouded Skipper

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Cloudywing

Answer

Appalachian Brown

Question 61

According to the identification key, what type of creature is creature Y?

Accepted Answer

Woznat

Answer

Zapoom

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Nanner

Answer

Ock

Question 62

According to the information in the chart, which of the following rocks is a sedimentary rock?

Accepted Answer

Rock a

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Rock b

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Rock c

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Rock d

Question 63

A student observes a mineral that is colorless and harder than glass. Based on the chart, which mineral is the student observing?

Accepted Answer

Quartz

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Amphibole

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Feldspar

Answer

Garnet

Question 64

Based on the bird of prey key, which bird is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Bald eagle

Answer

Owl

Answer

Vulture

Answer

Golden eagle

Measurement Questions

93 questions

The length of an adult human footprint would be closest to 20

About how tall is this mushroom?

The picture shows a magnified view of a tick on a penny. About how long is the tick?

According to the picture, which measurement best identifies the length of the leaf?

About how much longer is the jackknife clam than the razor clam?

What is the length of the tadpole?

Based on information in the diagram, about how tall is the tree?

Three measurements of the same leaf were taken during June. Based on the graph, how much did the leaf grow in length from June 1 to June 30?

The wingspan of this moth is about —

What is the length of this caterpillar?

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