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Total questions: 110
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1.
Sound is able to travel faster in solids than in air because the molecules in a solid are
a)
closer together than air molecules
b)
more easily moved than air molecules
c)
moving faster than air moleculesmoving faster than air molecules
d)
larger than air molecules
2.
Sound waves travel the fastest through
a)
rock
b)
seawater
c)
space
d)
atmosphere
3.
Sound waves travel the fastest through dense materials. Through which of these would sound waves travel the SLOWEST?
a)
air
b)
glass
c)
metal
d)
water
4.
The loudness of sound can be changed by
a)
decreasing pitch
b)
increasing the frequency
c)
increasing the amplitude
d)
decreasing the wavelength
5.
Which letter represents the amplitude of the wave in the diagram?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
6.
Sound waves are what kind of wave?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
c)
Surface
d)
Electromagnetic
7.
If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___
a)
frequency
b)
amplitude
c)
speed
d)
volume
8.
What happens when you increase the amplitude of a sound?
a)
it makes the sound louder
b)
it makes the sound travel faster
c)
it increases the wavelength of the sound
d)
it increases the frequency of the sound
9.
This is the unit used to measure the volume of a sound.
a)
Decibel
b)
Medium
c)
Vibration
d)
Oscilloscope
10.
Another name for pitch is
a)
frequency
b)
medium
c)
amplitude
d)
pitches
11.
True or False: Can sound travel through a vacuum (space).
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True or False: Sound travels better through solids than through liquids
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What is A?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
compression
d)
rarefaction
14.
What is B?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
compression
d)
rarefaction
15.
True or False? Sound is a vibration.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
True or False: The Doppler effect occurs when a wave source moves towards an observer.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
What is a pitch?
a)
speed of the vibration
b)
the intensity of a vibration
c)
the amplitude of the sound wave
d)
volume of sound
18.
Sound waves move more quickly through _________________ matter
a)
dense
b)
light
19.
What is volume?
a)
sound
b)
Frequency
c)
Speed of the vibration .
d)
Intensity of the vibration
20.
The lowest part of the wave is?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
rarefaction
d)
wavelength
21.
The highest point on a wave
a)
trough
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
wavelength
22.
Light is a form of
a)
energy
b)
radiation
c)
reflection
23.
Material that allows light to pass through allowing you to see "clearly" to the other side
a)
opaque
b)
translucent
c)
transparent
24.
Light travels in a straight line
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Visible light is ...
a)
Light bulb
b)
sun
c)
light that we can see with our natural eye
d)
fire
26.
What kind of medium does not let light through
a)
opaque
b)
translucent
c)
transparent
27.
What kind of medium allows light through but does not allow one to see clearly through it
a)
opaque
b)
translucent
c)
transparent
28.
What type of medium allows light through and can be clearly seen through?
a)
opaque
b)
translucent
c)
transparent
29.
Waves are bent around a barrier
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
30.
Waves bend as their speed changes as they move from one medium to another
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
31.
What do we call it when light strikes an object and bounces off?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
32.
What EM wave has the lowest frequency?
a)
radiowaves
b)
visible light
c)
xrays
d)
microwaves
33.
EM waves are what type of waves?
a)
transverse
b)
longitudinal
34.
To find the speed of light you need to know the frequency and the
a)
amplitude
b)
crest height
c)
trough depth
d)
wavelength
35.
Black t-shirts ______________ all light.
a)
absorb
b)
reflect
36.
White t-shirts _____________ all light
a)
absorb
b)
reflect
37.
Light is a part of what spectrum?
a)
hydroelectric
b)
Solarpower
c)
electromagnetic
d)
Censa
38.
Which number represents the wavelength
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
39.
Which travels faster, light or sound?
a)
Light
b)
Sound
c)
They travel at the same speed.
d)
It depends on the situation.
40.
Sound is a form of?
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
d)
matter
41.
What is vibration?
a)
how loud a sound is
b)
the back and forth movement of matter
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the loudness or softness of a sound
42.
Older fossils are found
a)
At the top
b)
At the bottom
c)
In the middle
43.
What is the law of superposition
a)
A statue
b)
A bone
c)
A layer on top, is younger than a layer on the bottom and vice-versa
d)
TECH N9NE
44.
What are index fossils
a)
The end of a book
b)
Organisms that are widely distributed, but live for a short period of time
c)
The person next to me
d)
A book
45.
what is relative dating
a)
Gross
b)
Using rocks or fossils to date other rocks
c)
ME
d)
pick MEEEEEEEEEE
46.
The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock
a)
weathering
b)
sedimentation
c)
erosion
d)
cementation
47.
In the diagram there are 4 outcrops or 4 different locations for rock layers shown. Fossils are found at all 4 locations. Looking at the diagrams, which letter (A, B, C, or D) most likely represents an index fossil?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
48.
The ears of this fox are an example of...
a)
A behavioral adaptation
b)
Poor breeding
c)
A physical adaptation
d)
Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong
49.
1. 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.
50.
What is Natural Selection?
a)
survival of the weakest organisms
b)
survival of those organisms genetically best adapted to the environment
c)
elimination of the smallest organisms by the largest organisms
51.
When every organism of a species has died.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artificial Selection
52.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
53.
___________ states that the earth has changed gradually over long periods of time.
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
catrastorphism
c)
superposition
d)
disconformities
54.
___________ is the idea that the earth changes very rapidly over short periods of time.
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
catrastorphism
c)
superposition
d)
disconformities
55.
What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?
a)
Lamarck
b)
Einstein
c)
Washington
d)
Darwin
56.
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
a)
To look different from other species.
b)
To be able to eat different types of food.
c)
To fly faster.
d)
To confuse scientists.
57.
Evolution means...
a)
Change over time in a population.
b)
That everything is the same.
c)
That organisms never change.
d)
Negative traits are acquired in populations.
58.
Survival of the Fittest and the theory of evolution are attributed what scientist?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Jean Baptiste de Lamark
d)
Isaac Newton
59.
Some lizards have different size legs. Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food. Over time, lizards with short legs became less common.
What is the successful adaptation?
What is the successful adaptation?
a)
Lizards
b)
Long legs
c)
Food
d)
Leg sizes
60.
What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?
a)
HMS Beagle
b)
SS Beagle
c)
HMS Bugle
d)
SS Bugle
61.
Mutations are a change in what?
a)
DNA
b)
tRNA
c)
genotype
d)
phenotype
62.
The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)
a)
change
b)
adaption
c)
species
d)
variation
63.
Modern whales developed their traits through natural selection. What occurs during the process of natural selection?
a)
Organisms choose mates from other species to create new species
b)
Breeders selectively cross organisms with desired traits
c)
Only the fittest organisms can survive and reproduce
d)
Organisms remain exactly the same over time.
64.
Why did the population of peppered moths in England change from light to dark after the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Light moths were easy to see against sooty trees and were eaten
b)
Light moths were killed by soot
c)
The birds that ate the dark moths were killed by soot
d)
Dark moths were produced by industrial processes
65.
The example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrates that
a)
A change in an environment can result in the evolution of species living there
b)
Evolution occurs so slowly that is it not possible to determine that it has happened in less than a million years
c)
The environment near these cities has always favored dark colored moths
66.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
67.
Heterozygous is when...
a)
the alleles are the same
b)
the alleles are different
c)
the alleles are absent
d)
the alleles are present
68.
In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.
a)
recessive
b)
dominant
c)
lower case letter
d)
both
69.
T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
70.
G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
all of the choices result in yellow
71.
B = brown fur b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
72.
In the punnett square shown, what is the genotypes of the two parents?
a)
RW and RR
b)
RW and WW
c)
RR and WW
d)
RW and RR
73.
B = brown fur b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
74.
A person heterozygous for wet earwax (Ww) mates with a person homozygous recessive for dry earwax (ww). What is the chance their baby is heterozygous?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
75.
Which of the following is NOT a genotype?
a)
heterozygous
b)
blue eyes
c)
Bb
d)
homozygous recessive
76.
Aa is
a)
homozygous (purebred)
b)
heterozygous (hybrid)
77.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous
d)
DNA
78.
Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
a)
0 %
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
79.
Purebred is another word for __________, while hybrid is another word for __________.
a)
dominant; recessive
b)
recessive; dominant
c)
homozygous; heterozygous
d)
heterozygous; homozygous
80.
An offspring will receive how many alleles (genes) from each parent to determine a specific trait?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
five
81.
The phenotype is ...
a)
the physical trait shown
b)
the genes that are present in an organism
c)
whether an organism is purebred or a hybrid
d)
determines the way an organism will act
82.
The dominant trait as seen in this punnett square is
a)
yellow pea seeds
b)
green pea seeds
c)
there is no dominant seed
d)
Jolly green giant
83.
A ________________________ is a tool used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents
a)
Mendel Grid
b)
Genetic Tic Tac Toe
c)
Punnett Square
d)
Pedigree Plot
84.
Red flower (R) color is dominant to white flower (r) color in rose plants. What is the expected phenotypic results of a cross between two heterozygous (Rr) rose plants?
a)
100% red
b)
75% red, 25% white
c)
50% red, 50% white
d)
75% white, 25% red
85.
Two heterozygous parents produce offspring. What is the probability of the HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT GENOTYPE appearing in the offspring generation?
a)
75%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
86.
What is a factor that covers up another trait?
a)
Recessive
b)
Dominate
87.
What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring known as?
a)
Heredity
b)
Genetics
c)
Punnett Square
88.
Which of the following alleles is homozygous recessive?
a)
Tt
b)
tt
c)
TT
d)
T
89.
An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.
a)
hidden allele
b)
dominant allele
c)
recessive allele
d)
present allele
90.
What is a hybrid?
a)
Crossing two organisms with different traits
b)
A cool car
c)
A parent
91.
How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?
a)
2015 years old
b)
3.6 billion years old
c)
4.6 billion years old
d)
4.6 million years old
92.
Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
a)
relative dating
b)
absolute dating
c)
radioactive dating
d)
radiometric dating
93.
Which division on the geologic time scale is the shortest?
a)
epoch
b)
era
c)
eon
d)
period
94.
Relative age of a rock is the number of years that have passed since the rock formed?
a)
true
b)
false
95.
Radiometric dating is often referred to as
a)
total age.
b)
absolute dating.
c)
historic age.
d)
geologic age.
96.
the time it takes for half the atoms in an element to decay into something else is called
a)
absolute age dating
b)
relative age dating
c)
half-life
d)
extinct
97.
The ________ states that layers of sediment were originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity.
a)
law of superposition
b)
law of horizontality
c)
uniformitarianism
d)
unconformities
98.
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
99.
Why is the fossil record incomplete?
a)
fossils get eroded away over time
b)
most organisms never became fossils
c)
scavengers and decomposers eat them too quickly
d)
all of the above
100.
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
101.
An index fossil can help you
a)
get to know new people
b)
plan your next vacation
c)
determine the relative age of a rock layer
d)
determine the absolute age of a rock layer
102.
a break in the Earths crust
a)
fault
b)
intrusion
c)
extrusion
d)
index fossil
103.
Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth?
a)
because the phases change
b)
because it rotates and revolves at the same rate
c)
because half of the moon always receives sunlight
d)
The moon changes positions�
104.
What is the correct order of the moon phases?
a)
new, full, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter
b)
new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, 3rd quarter
c)
1st quarter, 3rd quarter, new moon, full moon
d)
new, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, full
105.
Define Waxing
a)
Part of the moon that is lit appears to be growing from the right
b)
Completely illuminated
c)
dark side is facing earth
d)
Part of the moon that is lit appears to be shrinking from the left
106.
How long is the moons complete phase?
a)
29.5 days
b)
30 days
c)
45 days
d)
I don't know
107.
When does a lunar eclipse happen?
a)
I do not know
b)
when there is a shadow of the Earth on the moon
c)
It is a phase of the moon
108.
Is a waning moon getting smaller in size?
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
let me think...
109.
Is a moon that is waxing growing in size?
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
I don't know
d)
no
110.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waxing Gibbous
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waning Gibbous
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