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Worksheets60 Word Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 58mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime.
a)
air mass
b)
analyze
c)
behavior
d)
acquired trait
2.
A large body of air with about the same temperature and humidity throughout
a)
air mass
b)
air pressure
c)
air resistance
d)
anemometer
3.
The weight of the atmosphere pressing at a certain place
a)
air mass
b)
air pressure
c)
air resistance
d)
atmosphere
4.
The force of friction that acts between a moving object and air particles.
a)
air resistance
b)
air mass
c)
air pressure
d)
atmosphere
5.
To study something carefully to understand what it means
a)
behavior
b)
analyze
c)
classify
d)
acquired trait
6.
A tool used to measure wind speed
a)
barometer
b)
air resistance
c)
anemometer
d)
analyze
7.
A water-based ecosystem
a)
desert
b)
tundra
c)
rain forest
d)
aquatic ecosystem
8.
The mixture of gases and dust that surrounds Earth
a)
air mass
b)
barometer
c)
atmosphere
d)
air pressure
9.
A graph that shows numbers as bars of different lengths
a)
bar graph
b)
line graph
c)
data table
10.
A tool used to measure air pressure
a)
anemometer
b)
rain gauge
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
11.
A way in which a living thing acts or responds to its surroundings
a)
communicate
b)
behavior
c)
classify
12.
A consumer that eats only or mostly animals
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
prey
13.
The smallest part of a living thing that can carry out all the processes of life
a)
organism
b)
multicellular
c)
frogs
d)
cell
14.
A change in which one or more new types of matter form
a)
chemical property
b)
chemical change
c)
conduction
d)
matter
15.
The ability of a material to react with other materials in a certain way
a)
chemical property
b)
chemical change
c)
matter
d)
conclusion
16.
The body system that carries oxygen, food, and wastes throughout the body
a)
muscular system
b)
skeletal system
c)
circulatory system
d)
nervous system
17.
To sort objects, ideas, or information into groups based on their characteristics
a)
sort
b)
classify
c)
investigation
d)
model
18.
A mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air
a)
air mass
b)
cloud
c)
cold front
d)
air pressure
19.
A place where a cold air mass bumps up against a warm air mass
a)
warm front
b)
stationary front
c)
cold front
d)
occluded front
20.
To share ideas and information
a)
communicate
b)
conversation
c)
behavior
d)
competition
21.
The demand for a resource by two or more organisms
a)
competition
b)
adapt
c)
learned behavior
d)
acquired behavior
22.
A statement about what you think data and observations mean
a)
observation
b)
conclusion
c)
belief
d)
statement
23.
The change from a gas to a liquid
a)
conduct
b)
conduction
c)
conductor
d)
condensation
24.
To let heat pass through easily
a)
conduction
b)
conduct
c)
conductor
d)
condensation
25.
The transfer of thermal energy between things that are touching
a)
conductor
b)
conduction
c)
conduct
d)
condensation
26.
A material through which heat can move easily
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
conductor
d)
conduct
27.
A living thing that gets energy by eating other living things
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
scavenger
28.
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of liquids or gases
a)
conduction
b)
radiation
c)
combustion
d)
convection
29.
A flow of air or water in a certain direction
a)
air
b)
wind
c)
current
d)
ocean
30.
Pieces of information
a)
data table
b)
graph
c)
data
31.
A chart made up of rows and columns, used to organize data
a)
data
b)
data table
c)
collection
d)
bar graph
32.
A living thing that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead plants and animals
a)
scavenger
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
producer
33.
A condition that may change when a scientist changes the independent variable in an experiment
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
variable
34.
The body system that breaks down food so it can be used by the body
a)
muscular system
b)
cardiovascular system
c)
digestive system
d)
nervous system
35.
The path that a moving object follows
a)
path
b)
direction
c)
distance
d)
current
36.
To mix evenly in a liquid. When a substance dissolves, it breaks into tiny pieces that seem to disappear.
a)
mix
b)
sink
c)
dissolve
37.
The length of a line between two points
a)
distance time graph
b)
direction
c)
distance
d)
length
38.
A line graph that shows an object's motion, with time on the x-axis and distance on the y-axis
a)
bar graph
b)
distance
c)
distance time graph
d)
line graph
39.
All the living and nonliving things in an area
a)
biome
b)
biotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
abiotic
40.
An unusual warming of surface water in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator
a)
jet stream
b)
La Nina
c)
gulf stream
d)
El Nino
41.
The ability to make things move or change
a)
energy pyramid
b)
energy
c)
motion
d)
movement
42.
A diagram that shows how the amount of energy changes as it moves through a food chain or food web
a)
food chain
b)
food web
c)
energy pyramid
d)
energy
43.
An imaginary line that divides Earth in half horizontally
a)
latitude
b)
longtitude
c)
hemisphere
d)
equator
44.
A body of water in which freshwater from a river meets and mixes with salt water from the ocean
a)
estuary
b)
salt marsh
c)
ocean
d)
river
45.
The change from a liquid to a gas
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
runoff
46.
A controlled test done to answer a scientific question
a)
hypothesis
b)
test
c)
experiment
47.
A model that shows the path of energy as it flows from one living thing to the next
a)
food chain
b)
food web
c)
energy pyramid
48.
A model that shows how several food chains connect together
a)
food chain
b)
energy pyramid
c)
food web
49.
A push or pull
a)
friction
b)
motion
c)
force
d)
energy
50.
An ecosystem that contains many trees
a)
grassland
b)
taiga
c)
forest
d)
desert
51.
A force that acts between surfaces that touch each other
a)
force
b)
friction
c)
gravity
52.
A place where two different air masses meet
a)
boundary
b)
air mass
c)
front
d)
hemisphere
53.
An ecosystem that has fertile soil covered with tall grasses
a)
desert
b)
estuary
c)
forest
d)
grassland
54.
A force that pulls objects toward each other
a)
gravity
b)
force
c)
motion
d)
friction
55.
A warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Gulf Stream
b)
Jet Stream
c)
low pressure
d)
high pressure
56.
One half of earth
a)
continent
b)
maritime
c)
hemisphere
57.
A consumer that eats only or mostly plants
a)
consumer
b)
herbivore
c)
omnivore
d)
carnivore
58.
A large storm that brings strong winds and heavy rain
a)
thunderstorm
b)
rainstorm
c)
hurricane
d)
snowstorm
59.
A condition that a scientist changes in an experiment
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
factor
d)
experiment
60.
A characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents
a)
inherited trait
b)
learned behavior
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