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WorksheetsScience TCAP Vocabulary 1
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A characteristic an organism picks up during its lifetime due to environment.
a)
acquired trait
b)
inherited trait
c)
learned trait
2.
a body part or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.
a)
symbiosis
b)
parasite
c)
adaptation
d)
fossil
3.
Friction that exists between air particles and a moving object.
a)
cell
b)
air movement
c)
boiling
d)
air resistance
4.
An imaginary line that runs through a planet from its north pole to its south pole.
a)
axis
b)
rod
c)
stick
d)
pole line
5.
A graph that shows data as bars of different lengths.
a)
pie chart
b)
bar graph
c)
line plot
d)
circle graph
6.
The process by which a liquid changes to a gas at the surface of the liquid - this happens when heat is added and gas bubbles form inside a liquid.
a)
raining
b)
melting
c)
freezing
d)
boiling
7.
The actual remains of an organism, in whole or part - such as bones, teeth, or skin
a)
body fossil
b)
trace fossil
c)
organism
d)
trait
8.
An organism that mainly eats animals.
a)
omnivore
b)
carnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
flea
9.
The smallest structure that can carry out all the processes of a living thing.
a)
trait
b)
cell
c)
gene
d)
particle
10.
The flexible covering of a cell.
a)
cell wall
b)
cytoplasm
c)
cell membrane
d)
nucleus
11.
The rigid covering that surrounds all plant cells.
a)
nucleus
b)
mitochondria
c)
ribosome
d)
cell wall
12.
A characteristic that determines how a substance will react with other substances - such as rust, erosion, or tarnishing silver.
a)
chemical property
b)
physical property
c)
matter
d)
evaporation
13.
A green material in plant cells that traps the sun's energy - gives a plant its green color.
a)
leaf
b)
cytoplasm
c)
chlorophyll
d)
nucleus
14.
An organelle in plant cells that uses the energy in sunlight to make food for the plant.
a)
cell membrane
b)
cell wall
c)
chloroplast
d)
cytoplasm
15.
A diagram used to compare parts of a whole - also called a pie chart.
a)
bar graph
b)
circle graph
c)
line plot
16.
The average weather of a place over a LONG period of time.
a)
climate
b)
weather
17.
A relationship in which one kind of organism benefits, but the other is not helped or harmed - like the orchid flower (helped) and the tree (unaffected) from BrainPop.
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutualism
18.
A statement about what you think data mean.
a)
hypothesis
b)
conclusion
c)
prediction
19.
The process by which a gas changes to a liquid due to the removal of heat.
a)
evaporation
b)
melting
c)
freezing
d)
condensation
20.
The flow of heat between objects that touch each other.
a)
conduction
b)
radiation
c)
convection
21.
The ability of a substance to allow electricity or heat to pass through it.
a)
density
b)
mass
c)
conductivity
d)
ability
22.
A pattern of stars imagined by people to represent objects or living things.
a)
constellation
b)
planet
c)
moon
d)
sun
23.
An organism that eats other organisms to get energy.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
24.
One of Earth's seven largest landmasses.
a)
piece
b)
continent
c)
plate
d)
slab
25.
The transfer of heat in a liquid or gas by means of currents.
a)
radiation
b)
convection
c)
conduction
26.
Earth's thin outermost solid layer.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
27.
A thick, watery fluid that fills a cell - organelles live here.
a)
cytoplasm
b)
juice
c)
fluid
28.
Pieces of information that are gathered.
a)
data
b)
graphs
c)
bits
d)
items
29.
A chart that shows information collected in rows and columns.
a)
data table
b)
picture
30.
The amount of time it takes a planet to spin on its axis once (24 hours for Earth).
a)
year
b)
day
c)
month
d)
hour
31.
An organism that gets energy by consuming and breaking down dead organisms and wastes.
a)
consumer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
32.
The mass of an object divided by its volume.
a)
weight
b)
mass
c)
density
33.
A drawing that shows the parts of something.
a)
diagram
b)
picture
c)
table
d)
chart
34.
The shaking of the ground that happens when rock breaks or moves suddenly along a fault.
a)
earthquake
b)
volcano
c)
flood
d)
drought
35.
a community of living things AND the nonliving environment around them.
a)
habitat
b)
ecosystem
c)
area
d)
system
36.
The ability to do work or cause change.
a)
energy
b)
time
c)
distance
d)
volume
37.
The sudden release of melted rock, ash, and gas from a volcano.
a)
eruption
b)
explosion
c)
earthquake
d)
burst
38.
The process by which a liquid changes to a gas at the liquid's surface - caused by adding heat.
a)
evaporation
b)
freezing
c)
melting
d)
condensation
39.
A controlled test performed to answer a scientific question.
a)
plan
b)
experiment
c)
data
d)
game
40.
A large crack inside Earth's crust.
a)
plate boundary
b)
line
c)
fault
d)
busted spot
41.
A mountain that is formed when rock is pushed up between two faults.
a)
folded mountain
b)
fault-block mountain
42.
A mountain that is formed where pressure squeezes rock and pushes it up.
a)
folded mountain
b)
fault-block mountain
43.
A push or pull.
a)
force
b)
distance
c)
energy
d)
motion
44.
The preserved remains or trace of a living thing.
a)
fossil
b)
piece
c)
body fossil
d)
trace fossil
45.
The process by which a liquid changes to a solid.
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
46.
A force that acts between surfaces that touch each other. Tends to slow the motion of an object.
a)
mass
b)
force
c)
gravity
d)
friction
47.
A tiny piece of material in the nucleus of a cell that controls how a certain trait develops - traits live here.
a)
gene
b)
jean
c)
strand
d)
heredity
48.
A sugar made by plants during photosynthesis.
a)
sugar
b)
glucose
c)
honey
d)
candy
49.
an attractive force that pulls objects toward each other.
a)
gravity
b)
force
c)
mass
50.
the energy of the moving particles that make up all matter. It flows from a warmer material to a cooler material.
a)
force
b)
mass
c)
heat
d)
gravity
51.
an organism that mainly eats plants.
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
52.
the process of passing traits from parents to offspring.
a)
gene
b)
trait
c)
hypothesis
d)
heredity
53.
an organism that is harmed in a parasitic relationship
a)
predator
b)
host
c)
parasite
54.
a suggested explanation for an observation
a)
hypothesis
b)
prediction
c)
conclusion
55.
a characteristic passed from parents to offspring before the offspring are born
a)
learned trait
b)
acquired trait
c)
inherited trait
56.
the four planets closest to the sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
a)
inner planets
b)
outer planets
57.
the energy of MOTION
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
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