WorksheetsScience 3
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This light has a shorter wavelength than visible light. These are responsible for causing our sunburns. The ozone layer blocks these usually. These are types used in tanning beds.
a)
Ultraviolet light
b)
convection
2.
a material that light or sound travels through. must be a solid, liquid or gas
a)
medium
b)
alter
3.
the transfer of heat through a liquid or gas by the rising of warm air and sinking of cool air. It keeps the water cycle moving. ex. water boiling on the stove.
a)
medium
b)
convection
4.
the outer has iron and nickel in liquid form. The inner has iron and nickel but in solid form. The pressure and temperature increases as you get closer to the inner.
a)
core
b)
crust
5.
Also known as the lithosphere. It is the thinnest layer. Contains the continental and oceanic plates. This contains the layers of soil
a)
core
b)
crust
6.
the yellow tip of the stamen where pollen is produced
a)
anther
b)
crust
7.
any living thing, plants, animals and humans
a)
cores
b)
organisms
8.
an energy flow through ecosystems with energy starting with the sun and passing into producers and then to consumers to decomposers.
a)
organisms
b)
food chains
9.
to grow. beginning growth of a plant when the right conditions are available.
a)
dormant
b)
germinate
10.
a period of inactivity in a mature seed prior to germination
a)
germinate
b)
dormancy
11.
harmful, bad, pollution,
a)
tides
b)
toxic
12.
to change. a plant may change change its position to find more sunlight
a)
elevate
b)
alter
13.
these occur because of the pull of gravity of the moon and the sun on the earths oceans. The moon has the greatest effect on this. there are high ones and low ones every 24 hours.
a)
tides
b)
crusts
14.
The highest of tides
a)
Spring Tides
b)
Neap Tides
15.
THe lowest of low tides
a)
Spring Tides
b)
Neap Tides
16.
a layer of air above the Earth that is made up of many layers and gases that surround the Earths surface keeping humans safe from too much of the sun's radiation.
a)
weathered rock
b)
atmosphere
17.
these waves are the first to arrive after an earthquake.
a)
Primary Waves (P waves)
b)
Secondary Waves (S waves)
18.
These waves arrive shortly after a primary wave.
a)
Secondary waves (S waves)
b)
Primary waves (P waves)
19.
Which waves travel quickly through solids and liquids
a)
Primary waves (P waves)
b)
Secondary waves (S waves)
20.
Which waves travel through solids only
a)
Primary waves (P waves)
b)
Secondary Waves (S waves)
21.
Which waves compress and expand like an accordian
a)
Primary waves (P waves)
b)
Secondary waves (S waves)
22.
Which waves vibrate up and down and from side to side.
a)
primary waves (P waves)
b)
Secondary waves (S waves)
23.
Which waves are are called longitudinal (compressional)
a)
Primary Waves (P waves)
b)
Secondary Waves (S waves)
24.
Which waves are called transverse (Light waves)
a)
Primary waves (P waves)
b)
Secondary waves (S waves)
25.
the main rock that other rocks are broken down from. could be the third layer of soil
a)
Parent rock
b)
weathered rock
26.
Broken pieces of rocks. the main thing that soil is made of
a)
weathered rock
b)
parent rock
27.
an increase or rise
a)
alter
b)
elevate
28.
all natural, created by nature
a)
organic
b)
toxic
29.
sedimentary rocks are an example of
a)
parent rock
b)
weathered rock
30.
humus is an example of
a)
organic
b)
weathered rock
31.
caused by the Earths revolution around the sun and the unchanging tilt of the earths axis.
a)
seasons
b)
tides
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