Science Vocabulary Quiz

What is the name for a body of water where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean?

• Estuary

• Hydrothermal Vent

• Fossil Fuel

• Compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do you call two or more substances that can be separated by physical means?

• Compound

• Mixture

• Atom

• Nonmetal

What is a solid created during a chemical reaction called?

• Precipitate

• Malleability

• Ductility

• Conductivity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the term for a relationship in which both organisms benefit?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Abiotic

• Biotic

Which of the following is a non-living component of an ecosystem, such as light or temperature?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Bacteria

• Compound

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do you call an organism such as a mosquito or tick that carries and transmits a disease without being infected?

• Vector

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Atom

What is the ability to be hammered into thin sheets (like aluminum foil) called?

• Ductility

• Conductivity

• Malleability

• Nonmetal

What is a single identifiable source of air, water, or thermal pollution that can be traced back to the source?

• Non-Point Source Pollution

• Point Source Pollution

• Compound

• Mixture

What is the upward movement to the ocean surface of deeper, cold, and usually nutrient-rich waters called?

• Upwelling

• Estuary

• Hydrothermal Vent

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are microscopic living organisms that may be harmful or beneficial called?

• Bacteria

• Abiotic

• Atom

• Nonmetal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5