Middle School Science Vocabulary Review

The powerhouse of the cell is the...It converts energy from food into energy the cell can use

• Mitochondrion
• Golgi body
• Nucleus
• Ribosomes

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ATP is made in the mitochondria. What is ATP?

• The Genetic Code
• An Infection
• A Form of Stored Chemical Energy
• An Organelle

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What organelle do plants have surrounding their cells that animal cells lack?

• Cell Wall
• Woody Stems
• Sharp thorns
• Cell Membrane

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
• the continents DO NOT move.
• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

• along the edges of all the continents
• along mid ocean ridges
• in deep ocean trenches
• at the north and south poles

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A rift valley forms at a _____

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform boundary
• deep ocean trench

The way that heat moves in flowing liquids and gases is called _______.

• convection
• radiation
• conduction
• temperature

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If an object has particles that are moving very quickly, the object's temperature is probably _____.

• cold
• slow
• big
• hot

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Heat from the sun travels to Earth by _____.

• conduction
• convection
• insulation
• radiation

Which is a conductor?

• wool sweater
• aluminum foil
• oven mitt
• wooden spoon