Science State Testing

80% of the Earth's volume is made up of the _____.

• continental crust

• core

• mantle

• oceanic crust

The most abundant element in the mantel and the crust_________________.

• magnesium

• silicon

• oxygen

• iron

Which type of force(s) will cause a change in an object's motion?

• gravity

• zero net force

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

friction is a force that acts 

• in the same direction as the motion

• opposite to the direction of the motion

• opposite to the applied forces

• the same direction as the applied force

What is the name for a push or pull?

• movement

• force

• Speed

• Density

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You push on a tree with 20 N of force. If the tree doesn't move, the tree is pushing back on you with _____of force.

• 20N 

• 40N 

• 10N 

• 70N

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What Unit do we Measure Force in? 

• Newtons

• Joules

• Force

• Don't know

Who is Charles Darwin ?

• the ship that many scientists and naturalist traveled upon when making many discoveries about different species

• a famous naturalist who described Natural Selection as the mechanism behind evolution. He traveled around Southeast Asia only making many observations.

• a famous naturalist who was the FIRST to describe Natural Selection as the mechanism behind evolution, from his observations in the Galapagos.

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What is another word for Natural Selection?

• also known as phyletic gradualism

• also known as survival of the fittest

• also known as the Law of Use and Disuse

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Evolution was also called by Charles Darwin...

• The Law of Use and Disuse

• Phyletic Gradualism

• Descent with Modifications

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