WorksheetsSSA Poster Question
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ryan conducted an experiment to measure the effect of a sugar solution on the height of a plant. He used identical plants and altered the amount of sugar in the solution used to water each plant. He watered the plants with the same amount of solution, used the same amount of soil, and placed the plants in the same location, then he measured their height each day and recorded it. Which of the following is the dependent (outcome) variable in this experiment?
a)
the percent of sugar solution used
b)
the type of plant used
c)
the total amount of time each plant grows
d)
the final height of each plant
2.
Mrs. Mondshein is investigating to find out if bean plants grow taller in ordinary topsoil or special potting soil over a three-week period. She sets up her investigation with 10 bean plants of equal size in each type of soil. What should Jane do each day to make sure she gets valid results?
a)
Water
only the plants in special potting soil.
b)
Calculate
the average plant height for each soil type.
c)
Move
the plants in ordinary topsoil to different locations.
d)
Estimate
the height of each plant's stem and record the estimate
3.
Daniel and Tia wanted to find out which material would insulate their teacher's coffee cup and keep the coffee hot for the longest period. They first wrapped her cup with bubble wrap and recorded the temperature of the coffee once every 15 minutes for 2 hours. They repeated the investigation, this time using newspaper instead of bubble wrap, but they got the same results for both materials. What could they do to make sure their results are valid?
a)
Replicate,
repeat their experiment.
b)
Use
tea instead of coffee.
c)
Use a different thermometer.
d)
Conduct
their investigation in a colder room
4.
Haylie has offered her canary, Alejandro, a choice of sunflower seed or ground corn for two months. She has observed that Alejandro eats more sunflower seeds than ground corn during the two months. She concludes Alejandro prefers sunflower seeds over ground corn. What should Haylie do if she wants to confirm her results?
a)
Repeat
the experiment with her friend's bird.
b)
Repeat
the experiment using different food containers.
c)
Repeat
the experiment with the same exact conditions.
d)
Repeat
the experiment with another feed instead of corn.
5.
Genesis hypothesized that dark colors absorb more heat than light colors. He put equal quantities of water in a can covered with black paper and in a can covered with white paper. Genesis measured the temperature of the water in each can 150 different times on several sunny days. He constructed a graph to display the average temperature of each can over the course of his experiment. Which of the following actions made Genesis’ experiment more valid?
a)
He graphed his results.
b)
He used a lengthy procedure.
c)
He repeated his experiment over and over, 150 trials.
d)
He recorded the temperature in metric units.
6.
Scientists have changed their mind about the best gasoline due to new collected evidence. Mrs. Silva’s mom had a car that used the exact same gasoline as Mrs. Silva’s car for over ten years. Mrs. Silva’s mom heard about the new findings so she purchased a new car that uses a different gasoline than Mrs. Silva’s car because she was told it uses a different gas that costs less money. She decided to try the car out for a few weeks to see if the claim was true. If she wants to try out the new car, what would the control group be so that she knows if the new car runs for less money?
a)
Mrs. Silva’s car
b)
The new car
c)
An electric car
d)
Her neighbor's car
7.
A scientist performs an experiment and asks other scientists around the world to replicate it. Why would other scientists most likely try to perform the same experiment?
a)
to find out if weather of various regions of the world would affect the results
b)
to see if the experiment would be less expensive in another part of the world
c)
to confirm the results of the experiment conducted by the scientist
d)
to verify that the hypothesis of the experiment is a scientific law
8.
Scientists can use rocks to help them determine how old a fossil is. How do the scientists most accurately determine the true age of the rocks that are found in the same area as the fossils?
a)
By looking at the position of the rock layer
b)
By studying the amount of radioactive material that is in the rock
c)
By identifying the type of minerals that make up the rock.
d)
By measuring the density of each rock layer.
9.
Scientist discover that the Law of Superposition does not always describe what they see. As shown in the image below, the youngest layer is no longer at the top, Law of Superposition is disrupted, describe what change caused the land to look different.
a)
Folding
b)
Faulting
c)
Erosion
d)
Radiation
10.
According to the Law of Superposition, which of the labeled rock layers is the youngest in the image below?
a)
A is the youngest
b)
B is the youngest
c)
C is the youngest
d)
D is the youngest
11.
A construction company planned to build an office building in an area that had been prone to landslides. The company’s geologist suggested a different location because a landslide could damage the office building. Which force causes the most concern for constructing the office building in this area? (Landslides are most affected by which force?)
a)
adhesion
b)
friction
c)
gravity
d)
magnetism
12.
Mrs. Monshein was doing laundry for 5 hours straight on a Sunday. Every time she took a shirt out of the dryer, a sock was sticking to it. What force was causing the sock to stick to the shirt?
a)
Magnetic Force
b)
Gravitational Force
c)
Electrical Force
d)
Resistance Force
13.
Mr. G dropped a penny from the Empire State Building. The speed of the penny increased as it got farther away from his hand. What is the best explanation for the increase in the speed of the penny?
a)
Electric forces are acting on the penny.
b)
Air resistance is accelerating the penny.
c)
Magnetic forces are pushing the penny.
d)
Gravitational force is pulling on the penny.
14.
Mrs. Mondshein and Mr.G’s students are pulling on the tug of war rope as shown in the diagram below.
What is the net force acting on the tug of war rope?
What is the net force acting on the tug of war rope?
a)
300 N to the left
b)
300 N to the right
c)
4700 N to the left
d)
2500 N to the right
15.
An object moves through space with balanced forces acting on it. Which statement best describes the speed and direction of the object as long as the forces acting on it remain balanced?
a)
The speed and direction of the object will both change.
b)
The speed and direction of the object will remain constant.
c)
The speed will change, but the direction will remain constant.
d)
The speed will remain constant, but the direction will change.
16.
Organisms extract energy from food to maintain homeostasis. Which of the following processes would best help cells in an organism maintain these conditions?
a)
using carbon dioxide
b)
making more ribosomes
c)
using energy
d)
producing oxygen
17.
Which of the following descriptions describes the cell theory?
a)
All organisms are either uni-cellular or multi-cellular
b)
All organisms are uni-cellular, made up of one cell
c)
All cells are exactly the same
d)
All cells are autotrophic, have chlorophyll and make their own food.
18.
It is snowing outside and Mrs. Mondshein is so cold! How does her body keep her from getting too cold? (Homeostasis)
a)
All her muscles get stiff and do not move.
b)
The muscles of the muscular system contract and warm the body when the nervous system signals it.
c)
The digestive system produces more hormones to warm the body.
d)
The skeletal system produces more blood cells that circulate through the blood vessels, increasing the warmth of the body.
19.
Which of the following structures are found in a plant cell and not in an animal cell?
a)
Vacuoles
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Cell Membrane
20.
Which of the following structures is found in both plant and animal cells?
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Just one large vacuole
d)
Cell Membrane
21.
Which answer correctly identifies the Domains of Life?
a)
Archaea , Protists, and Eukarya
b)
Archaea , Bacteria, and Amoeba
c)
Archaea , Bacteria, and Eukarya
d)
Archaea , Fungi, and Eukarya
22.
Which answer correctly identifies the Classification of Living things (Taxonomy)?
a)
Domain,
Phylum, Kingdom, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
b)
Domain,
Kingdom, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Phylum
c)
Domain,
Kingdom, Class, Order, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
23.
Mushrooms, mold, and mildew are part of the kingdom called Fungi. Which of the following describes a characteristic of the kingdom called Fungi?
a)
They
are all heterotrophs, meaning they make their own food
b)
They
are all prokaryotes, with no organized nucleus
c)
They
are all made up of one cell, unicellular
d)
They are all heterotrophs, meaning they cannot
make their own food
24.
Slime molds and algae are part of the kingdom called Protists. Which of the following describes a characteristic of the kingdom called Protists?
a)
They
are all heterotrophs, meaning they make their own food
b)
They are all eukaryotic organisms,
with an organized nucleus
c)
They
are ALL unicellular
d)
They
are all heterotrophs, meaning they cannot make their own food
25.
The interaction between the cryosphere and hydrosphere can have an impact on Earth’s oceans. Which of the following is an example of an interaction between the cryosphere and hydrosphere?
a)
evaporation
of water from oceans at the equator
b)
release of fresh water into ocean water as
icebergs melt
c)
decomposition
of organic matter at the bottom of oceans
d)
release
of large amounts of salt from icebergs into the ocean
26.
Evaporation can take place when the sun’s energy is absorbed by water, the process of evaporation provides water vapor which can eventually cool, which can form clouds that can fill with water, this can lead to precipitation. Which two spheres are most directly involved in this process?
a)
Geosphere
and Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere and
Atmosphere
c)
Atmosphere
and Biosphere
d)
Cryosphere
and Geosphere
27.
How does the atmosphere insulate and protect life on Earth?
a)
It
keeps all the sun’s light from reaching the Earth
b)
It keeps the Earth’s temperatures from being too
hot or too cold.
c)
It
keeps the Earth’s tornadoes from producing winds over 50 mph.
d)
It
keeps all the ultraviolet rays from reaching the Earth.
28.
Which of the following is NOT part of the Earth’s cryosphere?
a)
an ocean
b)
snow
c)
a glacier
d)
an iceberg
29.
Omar and his friends were playing baseball outside his house when they saw lightning and heard thunder rumbling in the distance. They wanted to know how far away the storm was, so they went inside, and as soon as they saw the next lightning flash, they started counting seconds until they heard the thunder. For every three seconds they counted, they knew the storm was about one kilometer away. Which of the following properties did Omar and his friends use to determine the distance of the storm?
a)
speed of light
b)
speed of sound
c)
speed of the storm
d)
speed of the lightning
30.
Scientists use a microscope to look at very tiny organisms that they can’t see with the naked eye. But when they are looking at larger materials, like a leaf, they can use a magnifying glass to see it smaller parts. How does the magnifying glass work?
a)
It
makes the wavelength of light shrink
b)
It refracts light
c)
It
makes the light brighter than usual
d)
It
reflects light
31.
Sunlight is composed of the following types of energy waves: Radio, Microwaves, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-Ray, Gamma. How is the light we can see, visible light energy, different from the other types of energy?
a)
They
travel a different distance from the Sun
b)
They have different wavelengths
c)
They
have a frequency, others don’t
d)
They
travel at different speeds
32.
There is only one fish in the fishbowl below. When Joseph looks down at the fish, the image he observes is closer to the surface than the actual location of the fish. Image of fish Actual location of fish Which wave characteristic does Joseph’s observation demonstrate?
a)
amplitude
b)
diffraction
c)
reflection
d)
refraction
33.
Adien notices a yellow flower and sees that its color is yellow. Which of the following describe why Adien sees this color of the flower?
a)
The
flower absorbs and reflects light.
b)
The flower absorbs and refracts light.
c)
The flower reflects and refracts light.
d)
The flower refracts and blocks light.
34.
A scientist was conducting an experiment on the effects of acid rain on the growth of plants. She watered 150 plants with regular water, and the other 150 were watered with “acid rain water”. Both sets of plants were the same type, and received the same amount of water and soil. After 2 months, the plants that were given regular water grew 6 inches taller than the plants given “acid rain water”. Which is the independent (test) variable in this experiment?
a)
The type of plant used
b)
the type of water given to the plants
c)
the amount of water given to the plants
d)
the 2 months that passed before the plants were measured
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