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1st Semester Final Exam Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
S = t/d
b)
S = d/t
c)
S = d x t
d)
S = t x d
2.
What is velocity?
a)
the quickness of an object
b)
the location of an object
c)
acceleration
d)
speed in a specific direction
3.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash (distance).  It takes her 10 seconds to finish (time).  What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
4.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Deacceleration
d)
Not moving
5.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
6.
Which runner had a head start?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None of them
7.
According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?
a)
2 m
b)
10 m
c)
0 m
d)
5 m
8.
What is the person doing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds?
a)
Walking 
b)
Running
c)
Standing Still 
d)
Walking Fast
9.
What is Newton's First Law
a)
F=ma
b)
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
c)
An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion. 
d)
Friction 
10.
What is the speed of an object that travels 20 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
80 m/s
b)
0.2 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
24 m/s
11.
What pulls a ball back to earth?
a)
Gas
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Molecules
12.
A(n) __________ is a push or pull.
a)
newton
b)
acceleration
c)
force
d)
momentum
13.
What is Newtons 2nd law of motion?
a)
Pancakes 
b)
Force= Mass multiplied by acceleration
c)
For every action there is a equal and opposite  re-action.
d)
Law of gravity 
14.
What law of motion does this picture represent?
a)
Newtons 1st law
b)
law of gravity 
c)
Newtons 4th law 
d)
Newtons 2nd law
15.
What law of motion does this picture represent?
a)
Newtons 1st law
b)
Newtons 4th law 
c)
Newtons 3rd law 
d)
Newtons 2nd law
16.
A net force of 15 N is exerted on an encyclopedia to cause it to accelerate at a rate of 5 m/s2. Determine the mass of the encyclopedia?
a)
 m = 3.0 kg
b)
m = 4.0 kg 
c)
m = 3.0 ml 
d)
m = 30.0 g
17.
Determine the accelerations that result when a 12-N net force is applied to a 3-kg object. 
a)
3 m/s
b)
4 ft/s 
c)
13 m/s
d)
4 m/s 
18.
For every action there is a equal and opposite...
a)
action
b)
movement 
c)
re-action 
d)
Newtons law of inertia 
19.
What Newtons law does this picture represent
a)
Newtons 2nd law 
b)
Law of gravity 
c)
Newtons 1st law
d)
Newtons 5th law
20.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
21.
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
22.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
23.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
24.
This weather tool measures wind speed and direction
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
25.
Which weather tool measures temperature?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
anememeter
26.
The boundary  between two air masses is known as:
a)
front
b)
storm
c)
climate
d)
flood
27.
Hot air (RISES / FALLS) __________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
28.
Cold air (RISES/ FALLS)  _________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
29.
name this front
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
30.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
31.
A _____ is a large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
blizzard
b)
cold front
c)
tornado 
d)
hurricane
32.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
33.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
34.
When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
35.
what are the safety equipments in a lab?
a)
Chairs 
b)
Windows
c)
Eyewash station, fire extinguisher first aid kit,fire blanket. 
d)
Doors
36.
What do you do when you get chemicals in your eyes?
a)
Don't flush your eyes with runing water 
b)
Don't tell nobody 
c)
The eyewash station 
d)
Go home 
37.
Which testable questions could be tested using the materials in the picture and necessary measurement tools?
a)
How does the moon effect the tides?
b)
How many days does it take the earth to rotate?
c)
How does the amount of direct sunlight affect temperature?
d)
How does rotation of the earth effect temperature?
38.
What do you call the things you MUST keep the same to make sure your results are reliable and fair? 
a)
Constants
b)
Variables
c)
Data
d)
All of the above
39.
How many independent variables can be tested in a controlled experiment?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
as many as possible
40.
Type of graph that shows changes in quantities over time and distance.
a)
line graph
b)
pie graph
c)
bar graph
41.
How many children like green?
a)
100
b)
10
c)
2
d)
5
42.
How many children like hamsters?
a)
0
b)
2
c)
4
d)
6
43.
The graph shows the favorite fruits of some students. How many more students chose a banana as their favorite fruit than a peach? 
a)
2
b)
5
c)
6
d)
17
44.
Free stickers are being given away at Carmela's school basketball game tonight. Carmela will choose one sticker from the bag without looking. What color of sticker is Carmela most likely to take from the bag?
a)
orange
b)
red
c)
blue
d)
yellow
45.
The timeline shows the months that an amusement park is open. On which date is the park not open? 
a)
October 15
b)
April 5
c)
June 1
d)
August 31
46.
If there are 300 seventh graders, how many students prefer choir?
a)
96
b)
24
c)
75
d)
42
47.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
48.
A boy touches a hot cup and burns his finger.  This is an example of
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Convection Current
49.
Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called
a)
America
b)
Super Earth
c)
Pangea
d)
Eurasia
50.
A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
51.
What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?
a)
The lithosphere is ismade of dense solid meal whle the asthenosphere is made of liquid molten metal
b)
The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock
c)
The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is ridid and thin
d)
The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.
52.
Convergent Plate Movement can create
a)
Rifts
b)
Mountains
c)
Ocean Ridges
d)
Radiation
53.
You an feel the sun's rays on your face as you lay by the beach on a warm summer day.  Which type of heat transfer is this an example of?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Radioactive
54.
_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift s molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity
a)
Convection
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Wind
55.
Divergent Plate movement can create
a)
Convection Currents
b)
Conduction
c)
Mountains
d)
Rifts and ocean ridges
56.
When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Convection Current
d)
Gravitational Pull
57.
What forms at the divergent boundary? 
a)
deep-ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean Ridge
c)
land ridge
d)
the Pacific Ocean
58.
Plates move away from one another at ___________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
volcanic
d)
submerged
59.
Plates slide grind/slide  past one another at ____________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
60.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
61.
What is the term for the process by which a heavier, denser plate slides under a less dense plate?
a)
plate boundary
b)
submersion
c)
accretion
d)
subduction
62.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
63.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
64.

Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Galileo Galilee

65.

Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

a)

He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.

b)

He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.

c)

He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.

d)

They were afraid of the new idea.

66.

Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

a)

true

b)

false

67.

Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

a)

true

b)

false

68.

What discovery revived Wegener's idea of Continental Drift and eventually led to the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

a)

discovery of new fossils on Africa and South America

b)

the discovery of mid-ocean ridges and seafloor spreading

c)

the discovery of radioactive isotopes

d)

none of the above

69.

Who first proposed the idea of seafloor spreading?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Harry Hess

c)

James Hutton

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

70.

What technological advances led to the acceptance of Wegener's Contienental Drift hypothesis?

a)

sonar and magnetometers mapped the ocean floor

b)

satellite communication allowed scientists to share ideas

c)

computers were used to model tectonic patterns

d)

fossils of the same organism were found on separate continents