WorksheetsPASS Review
Total questions: 125
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the net force on the block? (click on the words to view the picture)
a)
5 Newtons up
b)
5 Newtons down
c)
15 Newtons up
d)
15 Newtons down
2.
How is gravity affected by mass?
a)
the larger the mass of the object, the greater the gravity
b)
small objects have no gravity
c)
gravity is not affected by mass of objects, whether large or small
3.
What is a force that opposes motion between two surfaces?
a)
friction
b)
acceleration
c)
velocity
d)
motion
4.
What is inertia?
a)
the tendency of an object to resist change in motion
b)
how fact an object is going in a given direction
c)
a measure of the lack of motion of an object
d)
change in speed or direction of an object
5.
What is the difference between mass and weight?
a)
mass is how much matter is in an object, and weight is the gravitational pull on that object
b)
mass and weight are the same
c)
weight affects how much mass is in an object
d)
weight is determined by how many atoms make up an object
6.
Find the average speed of a train that traveled 540 km in 6 hours?
a)
80 km/h
b)
100 km/h
c)
90 kn/h
d)
3240 km/h
7.
If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force. What will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
8.
Which example shows NO acceleration?
a)
going straight at a constant speed
b)
going straight while slowing down
c)
speeding up
d)
circling at at constant speed
9.
Scott travels north 6 miles and then goes west 5 miles before coming straight back south 3 miles. What is his distance?
a)
6
b)
8
c)
10
d)
14
10.
What is the location of an object?
a)
point
b)
position
c)
the sun
d)
intertia
11.
When you tell the direction and speed of an object, you give its
a)
motion
b)
velocity
c)
acceleration
d)
mass
12.
What object does it take the most force to push?
a)
car
b)
plane
c)
skateboard
d)
bicycle
13.
A bowling ball and a soccer ball are rolling at the same speed on the same surface. Why will the bowling ball be harder to stop?
a)
it has greater velocity
b)
it has greater momentum
c)
it has greater friction
d)
it has greater acceleration
14.
What is the name of the model in which the Sun is in the middle of the Solar System?
a)
Solarcentric
b)
Suncentric
c)
Geocentric
d)
Heliocentric
15.
What two factors combine to keep the planets moving in orbit?
a)
Gravity and Mass
b)
Gravity and Weight
c)
Inertia and Gravity
d)
Inertia and Mass
16.
Where is the asteroid belt located?
a)
Between the Earth and Moon
b)
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
c)
Between Earth and Mars
d)
Between the Sun and Mercury
17.
What shape are the orbits of most comets?
a)
Circle
b)
Square
c)
Ellipse
d)
Triangle
18.
What type of galaxy has spiral arms that are made up of gas, dust, and new stars that have formed?
a)
Spiral
b)
Eliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
19.
Which term below is a relatively small, rocky body that travels through space?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
20.
Which term describes a meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up completely?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
21.
Which term describes a bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
22.
What type of galaxy has a very bright center and very little dust and gas?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
23.
What type of galaxy doesn't fit into any other class?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
24.
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
25.
What term describes a small body of ice, rock, and comic dust loosely packed together?
a)
Meteorite
b)
Asteroid
c)
Comet
d)
Meteoroid
26.
1. What is the spinning of an object in space?
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Revolution
d)
Rotation
27.
1. What is the orbiting of an object in space?
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Revolution
d)
Rotation
28.
1. How many hours is 1 day on Earth?
a)
12
b)
24
c)
36
d)
48
29.
1. The Earth Rotates around _______________.
a)
Jupiter
b)
The Moon
c)
The Sun
d)
Earth's Axis
30.
1. The Earth Revolves around ________________.
a)
Jupiter
b)
The Moon
c)
The Sun
d)
Earth's Axis
31.
How long does the Earth take to revolve around the Sun?
a)
360
b)
365
c)
365.25
d)
366
32.
What is the order from New Moon to Full Moon?
a)
Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
b)
Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, 1st Quarter
c)
Waning Crescent, 3rd Quarter, Waning Gibbous
d)
Waning Gibbous, 1st Quarter, Waxing Crescent
33.
Crescent Moon is ________ of the Moon is lit.
a)
Less than one half
b)
More than one half
c)
One Half
d)
No Part
34.
Waxing Moons are ____________________.
a)
Gradual Lighting of the Moon's Surface
b)
Gradual Dimming of the Moon's Surface
c)
When the Moon is not lit at all
d)
When the Moon is Completely lit
35.
A Gibbous Moon is ____________ of the Moon is lit.
a)
Less than one half
b)
More than one half
c)
One half
d)
No part
36.
Waning Moons are ____________________.
a)
Gradual Lighting of the Moon's surface
b)
Gradual Dimming of the Moon's surface
c)
When the Moon is not lit at all
d)
When the Moon is completely lit
37.
What is the term for the Moon Casting a shadow on the Earth?
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Solar Eclipse
c)
Lunar Solstice
d)
Solar Solstice
38.
What is the term for the Earth Casting a shadow on the Moon?
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Solar Eclipse
c)
Lunar Solstice
d)
Solar Solstice
39.
What term is high tides when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are inline.
a)
Winter
b)
Neap
c)
Summer
d)
Spring
40.
What term is high tides when the Sun, Earth, and Moon make a 90 degree angle
a)
Winter
b)
Neap
c)
Summer
d)
Spring
41.
What Combination creates seasons?
a)
Earth's Rotation and Revolution
b)
Earth's Revolution and Earth's axis
c)
Earth's Rotation and Earth's axis
d)
Earth's Revolution and Moon's Revolution
42.
The Earth's axis is angled at _______ degrees.
a)
180
b)
90
c)
45
d)
23.5
43.
When the Northern Axis is pointing away from the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere is in___________.
a)
Winter
b)
Spring or Fall
c)
Summer
d)
Hunting Season
44.
When there is Equal hours of day and night, the Season is ______________.
a)
Winter
b)
Spring or Fall
c)
Summer
d)
Hunting Season
45.
Which day of the year has the most sunlight?
a)
Winter Solstice
b)
Summer Solstice
c)
Vernal Equinox
d)
Autumnal Equinox
46.
Which day of the year has the least amount of daylight?
a)
Winter Solstice
b)
Summer Solstice
c)
Autumnal Equinox
d)
Vernal Equinox
47.
What is the phase of this moon?
a)
Third Quarter
b)
Waning Crescent
c)
First Quarter
d)
Waning Gibbous
48.
What is the phase of this moon?
a)
Waning Gibbous
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Third Quarter
d)
Full Moon
49.
What is the reason why we experience seasons on Earth?
a)
Earth's distance from the Sun
b)
The speed of Earth's rotation
c)
The tilt of the Earth
d)
The sun's orbit around Earth
50.
How long is the moon's revolution around Earth?
a)
About a month
b)
About a year
c)
About a day
d)
About 3 - 4 days
51.
What is the phase of the moon during a solar eclipse?
a)
New
b)
Full
c)
Third Quarter
d)
First Quarter
52.
What is the phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse?
a)
Full
b)
New
c)
First Quarter
d)
Third Quarter
53.
What type of eclipse is the picture showing?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
54.
What is the phase of the moon in the picture?
a)
New Moon
b)
Third Quarter
c)
First Quarter
d)
Waxing Gibbous
55.
What is the phase of this moon?
a)
Waxing Gibbous
b)
First Quarter
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waning Crescent
56.
What is the phase of this moon?
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waxing Gibbous
57.
What is the phase of this moon?
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waxing Crescent
58.
True or False: Half of the moon is always illuminated by the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
59.
Which of these electromagnetic waves can we see?
a)
radio
b)
x-ray
c)
microwave
d)
visible light
60.
Which of these waves can travel in a vacuum (empty space)/
a)
sound wave
b)
radio wave
c)
compressional wave
d)
water wave
61.
Gamma rays have the shortest waveslength, and therefore the ____ frequency.
a)
lowest
b)
highest
62.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
63.
Which of these CANNOT travel in empty space?
a)
electromagnetic waves
b)
mechanical
64.
If ALL colors of visible light are reflected back to your eye, what color will the t-shirt appear?
a)
white
b)
black
c)
red
d)
green
65.
Black will ____ all wavelengths of the visible spectrum.
a)
reflect
b)
absorb
c)
refract
d)
diffract
66.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
67.
Why do some people have to wear glasses because images are blurry?
a)
cornea is opaque
b)
light rays not focused correctly on retina
68.
The transparent protective layer of the eye is called the ___.
a)
cornea
b)
lens
c)
pupil
d)
retina
69.
This layer of the eye refracts the light onto the back of the eye.
a)
lens
b)
retina
c)
optic nerve
d)
vitreous humor
70.
What is the function of the outer ear?
a)
collects sound waves
b)
interprets the sound
c)
transmits the sound
d)
amplifies the sound
71.
If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___
a)
frequency
b)
amplitude
c)
speed
d)
volume
72.
This part of the eye controls how much light enters the eye.
a)
cornea
b)
iris
c)
lens
d)
retina
73.
The first part of the middle ear where the sound waves transfer the vibrations is the ___.
a)
eardrum
b)
pinna
c)
cochlea
d)
auditory nerve
74.
Which part of the ear? The tiny hairs on the cochlea vibrate transmit energy to nerves to the brain.
a)
outer ear
b)
middle ear
c)
inner ear
d)
brain
75.
A periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium
a)
A. surface wave
b)
B. transverse wave
c)
C. wave
d)
D. mechanical wave
76.
A wave that requires a medium through wave which to travel
a)
A. electromagnetic wave
b)
B. longitudinal wave
c)
C. mechanical wave
d)
D. transverse wave
77.
A wave that does not require a medium
a)
A. electromagnetic wave.
b)
B. surface wave
c)
C. medium
d)
D. transverse wave
78.
A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling
a)
A. surface wave
b)
B. transverse wave
c)
C. electromagnetic wave
d)
D. longitudinal wave
79.
A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion
a)
A. mechanical wave
b)
B. surface wave
c)
C. longitudinal wave
d)
D. wave
80.
The number of waves produced in a given amount of time
a)
A. amplitude
b)
B. wave speed
c)
C. frequency
d)
D. wavelength
81.
The maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position
a)
A. frequency
b)
B. wavelength
c)
C. wave speed
d)
D. amplitude
82.
The bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs
a)
A. refraction
b)
B. reflection
c)
C. resonance
d)
D. standing wave
83.
The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not penetrate
a)
A. refraction
b)
B. reflection
c)
C. resonance
d)
D. standing wave
84.
A section of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together is called a
a)
A. rarefaction.
b)
B. vibration
c)
C.compression
d)
D. surface wave.
85.
Which of the following items would work well in space?
a)
A. flashlight
b)
B. radio
c)
C. guitar
d)
D. drum set
86.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread a part?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
87.
What can electromagnetic waves travel through?
a)
mediums
b)
empty space
c)
solely solids
d)
both mediums and empty space
88.
An example of this is an echo
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
89.
What kind of wave moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?
a)
compressional waves
b)
mechanical waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
ultraviolet rays
90.
This behavior occurs when waves bend from changing speed.
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
91.
This behavior occurs when energy is not transferred through or reflected by a medium.
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
92.
What happens when an object absorbs electromagnetic waves?
a)
It bends the object
b)
It heats the object up
c)
It causes it to become transparent
d)
It stays the same
93.
What is an example of an index fossil?
a)
Marine Life
b)
Trilobites
c)
Horses
d)
Preserved fossils
94.
Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?
a)
the fish were dropped their by flying birds
b)
this land was once under the ocean
c)
farmers fed the fish to the cows
d)
fish used to live on land
95.
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
a)
fur
b)
lung
c)
bone
d)
muscle
96.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
preserved
b)
petrified
c)
carbonized
d)
cast
97.
A(n) ______ is an organism that lived for a short amount of time , were plentiful, and lived in a wide geographical area.
a)
index fossil
b)
cast fossil
c)
perserved fossil
d)
petrified fossil
98.
What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
99.
According to superposition, the fossils found in the lower layer of rocks are ________ than those found at higher layer
a)
older
b)
Same age
c)
Younger
d)
tougher
100.
Comparing one rock to another rock to determine the age is considered to be called
a)
Absolute age
b)
Relative age
c)
Actual age
d)
Predicted age
101.
What is the process that explains how a species can survive and change over time called?
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
102.
The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?
a)
old geologists
b)
sweet geology music
c)
the known history of rocks and fossils
d)
a list of every living thing ever
103.
Which is the correct order of geologic time?
a)
Era >Eon >Period >Epoch
b)
Eon >Era >Period >Epoch
c)
Epoch >Period >Era >Eon
d)
Era >Eon > Epoch >Period
104.
When NO members of a species are left, this is an example of____________________________.
a)
a. Endangered
b)
b. Extinction
c)
c. Protected
d)
d. Threatened
105.
The age of Mammals, or the current era, is known as...
a)
Mesozoic
b)
Cenozoic
c)
Paleozoic
106.
In what Era did the dinosaurs live?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Precambrain
107.
Humans are causing extiction in which ways?
a)
By over hunting animals for food or products.
b)
By destroying the natural habitat of species.
c)
By polluting the environments of the world.
d)
All of the above.
108.
Adaptations cause ______________ among species.
a)
variations
b)
hunting
c)
traits
d)
natural selection
109.
What occurs when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate
a)
Subduction
b)
Mountains Form
c)
Seafloor Spreading
d)
Convection Currents
110.
In which layer do convection currents occur?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Mantle
111.
The collision of which two plates form mountain ranges?
a)
Oceanic-Continental
b)
Continental-Continental
c)
Oceanic-Oceanic
d)
Continental-Oceanic
112.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Lithospheric Crust
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Convection Crust
113.
This theory states Earth's plates move on top of the mantle at a slow constant rate
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Superposition
d)
Pangaea
114.
This theory states that the continents were once together in a super continent and then drifted apart
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Pangaea
d)
Superpostion
115.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
at plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
116.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
117.
What does the image represent?
a)
Triangulation
b)
Seismograph
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismic Waves
118.
What does the image represent?
a)
Triangulation
b)
Seismograph
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismic Waves
119.
What does the image represent?
a)
Triangulation
b)
Seismograph
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismic Wave
120.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
121.
What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
1 billion
122.
Which wave arrives first to the seismic station?
a)
P - Primary
b)
S - Secondary
c)
Surface
123.
What is the name of the place within Earth where the Earthquake begins?
a)
Focus
b)
Epicenter
124.
What is the name of the place on the surface of Earth where the Earthquake begins?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
125.
Which wave is moves perpendicular to the motion at right angles?
a)
P - Primary
b)
S - Secondary
c)
Surface
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