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Worksheets2016 Science Semester Exam
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Should electrical appliances be used around water?
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.
Where do earthquakes generally occur?
a)
Convergent boundaries, where plates come together
b)
Divergent boundaries, where plates pull apart
c)
Transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other
d)
Continental Drift
3.
When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, what is most likely to occur?
a)
a rift valley
b)
a mid-ocean ridge
c)
a chain of folded mountains
d)
a chain of volcanic mountains
4.
What forms when two oceanic plates pull apart?
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
rift valley
d)
volcanic island
5.
Which theory did Alfred Wegener propose?
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Pangaea
d)
Continental Drift
6.
What are plants on a food chain called?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Omnivores
7.
What do the contour lines on a topographic line show?
a)
Air Pressure
b)
Elevation
c)
Wind Speed
d)
Plate Boundaries
8.
Which of the following is NOT a result of human pollution on a beach?
a)
Plastic
b)
Glass
c)
aluminum cans
d)
driftwood
9.
What is the Earth's main heat source?
a)
The Moon
b)
Mars
c)
The Sun
d)
Electricity
10.
What is Pangaea?
a)
The Earth
b)
A supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago
c)
When the Earth froze 100 million years ago
d)
Evolution
11.
Which warms up more quickly during the day?
a)
Ocean
b)
Land
12.
Which warms up more quickly during the day?
a)
Ocean
b)
Land
13.
What is an example of a long-term environmental change?
a)
deforestation
b)
flooding
c)
global climate change
d)
hurricane
14.
Which of the following is a positive human impact on ocean systems?
a)
artificial reefs
b)
toxic waste being dumped into the ocean
c)
run-off with fertilizer in it
d)
over-fishing
15.
Which scientist used sonar technology to discover the mid-ocean ridge?
a)
Alfred Wegener
b)
Harry Hess
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Bill Nye
16.
Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
a)
sunlight
b)
rocks
c)
oxygen
d)
fish
17.
Westerly winds blow from the?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
18.
What is it called when warm air rises and cold air sinks?
a)
Trench
b)
Subduction
c)
Convection
d)
Conduction
19.
Prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds that blow along the equator are?
a)
easterlies
b)
westerlies
c)
tradewinds
d)
currents
20.
If you want to observe an insect up close in it's natural habitat, what instrument would you use?
a)
hand lense
b)
microscope
c)
binoculars
d)
telescope
21.
What does abiotic mean?
a)
melting
b)
freezing
c)
non-living
d)
living
22.
At which plate boundary do earthquakes occur?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
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