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WorksheetsTCAP Review Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is the difference between a solid and a liquid?
a)
A liquid has color but a solid does not.
b)
A solid has color but a liquid does not.
c)
A solid keeps its shape and a liquid takes the shape of its container.
d)
A solid takes the shape of its container and a liquid keeps its shape.
2.
2. Matter is anything that takes
a)
color
b)
hardness
c)
space
d)
shape
3.
3. What is one way in which humans can conserve natural resources?
a)
drive cars that run on fossil fuels
b)
build homes over wetlands
c)
plant trees to replace ones that are cut down
d)
fish in fresh water, but not in salt water
4.
4. Which changes in state can happen when heat is added to a substance?
a)
melting and freezing
b)
melting and boiling
c)
melting, boiling, and evaporation
d)
melting, condensing, and freezing
5.
5. Which changes in state can happen when heat is removed from a substance?
a)
freezing and condensing
b)
melting and freezing
c)
melting, condensing, and freezing
d)
freezing, boiling, and evaporation
6.
6. Which objects will most likely stick to a magnet?
a)
erasers and marbles
b)
screws and nails
c)
nails and marbles
d)
screws and erasers
7.
8. A small tree is growing in the shade of a large tree. What will most likely happen?
a)
The small tree will continue to grow.
b)
The tall tree will die.
c)
The small tree will die from lack of water.
d)
The small tree will die from lack of light.
8.
8. Imagine water in a puddle on a sidewalk disappearing into the air on a hot day. What process is occurring?
a)
boiling
b)
condensation
c)
melting
d)
evaporation
9.
10. Finish this sentence. If a sound is very loud, then its source is vibrating
a)
very quickly
b)
very slowly
c)
with a lot of energy
d)
with very little energy
10.
10. Which materials are good conductors?
a)
plastic and glass
b)
paper and cloth
c)
iron and aluminum
d)
rocks and wood
11.
11. Which materials do not easily allow heat to pass through them?
a)
conductors
b)
insulators
c)
iron and aluminum
d)
copper and silver
12.
12. Which object would conduct the most heat if it was used to heat food?
a)
a plastic bowl
a plastic bowl
a plastic bowl
b)
a wooden bowl
c)
a glass bowl
d)
a metal bowl
13.
13. What is Earth’s main heat source?
a)
the moon
b)
hot rocks inside the earth
c)
the Sun
d)
fires
14.
14. Which of the following is a way to produce heat?
a)
standing still
b)
rubbing your hands together
c)
sitting in a chair
d)
thinking about heat
15.
15. How do fuels such as gas, wood, coal, and oil produce heat?
a)
through friction
b)
through burning
c)
through rubbing
d)
through boiling
16.
16. Vanessa plucks a string. The string makes a sound. Then Vanessa slowly tightens the string as he plucks. What happens to the sound?
a)
The pitch gets lower.
b)
The pitch gets higher.
c)
The volume gets higher.
d)
The volume gets lower.
17.
16. How does a hair dryer produce heat?
a)
It uses electricity to produce heat.
b)
It uses wood to produce heat.
c)
It uses coal to produce heat.
d)
It uses oil to produce heat.
18.
17. Mass can be measured used using a
a)
thermometer
b)
balance
c)
ruler
d)
beaker
19.
Addison left her spoon in a mug of hot chocolate. A few minutes later, the handle of the spoon was warm. What does this tell you about the spoon?
a)
it is an insulator
b)
it is a conductor
c)
it must be made of wood
d)
it must be made of metal
20.
21. Which one of the following is a nonliving thing?
a)
mineral
b)
ant
c)
rose
d)
horse
21.
22. Which one of the following is a living thing?
a)
seaweed
b)
rock
c)
magnet
d)
coal
22.
22. The pitch of the sound made by a guitar string does NOT depend on which of these?
a)
the thickness of the string
b)
how hard the string is plucked
c)
the length of the string
d)
how tight the string is
23.
23. Which sentence about sound is TRUE?
a)
Sound cannot move through water.
b)
Sound can travel through empty space.
c)
Sound moves better through some materials than others.
d)
Sound cannot move from one material to another.
24.
24. Which word describes how high or low a sound is?
a)
force
b)
tone
c)
pitch
d)
density
25.
25. Hockey Player A uses a weak force to hit his hockey puck. Hockey Player B uses a stronger force to hit her hockey puck. Whose force can move the puck farther?
a)
Hockey Player A’s force will move the puck farther.
b)
Hockey Player B’s force will move the puck farther.
c)
The hockey players will hit the puck the same distance.
d)
Neither of the hockey players will move their pucks.
26.
26. A clarinet and a saxophone both make sounds when the air inside them vibrates. When a clarinet is making a higher-pitched sound than a saxophone, what must be true?
a)
The air inside the clarinet is vibrating more slowly than the air inside a saxophone.
b)
The air inside the clarinet is vibrating more quickly than the air inside the saxophone.
c)
Air does not vibrate in a clarinet.
d)
Air does not vibrate in a saxophone.
27.
27. When is sound made?
a)
when objects stay still
b)
when objects vibrate
c)
when object melt
d)
when objects spin
28.
28. What affects the pitch of a stringed instrument?
a)
how fast the string vibrates
b)
the length of the air column
c)
the loudness of the instrument
d)
the number of instruments being played
29.
29. What does an object’s motion depend on?
a)
height and color
b)
color and smell
c)
texture and color
d)
mass and force (strength)
30.
30. Which word describes how loud a sound is?
a)
tone
b)
volume
c)
pitch
d)
temperature
31.
31. How can you make the volume of a sound louder?
a)
Move away from the object that is making the sound.
b)
Use less energy to make the sound.
c)
Use more energy to make the sound.
d)
Use a smaller number of objects to make the sound.
32.
32. What is igneous rock made of?
a)
gases and melted minerals
b)
tiny pieces of rock
c)
sedimentary rock that has been squeezed
d)
layers of rounded grains
33.
33. What type of rock forms when a rock is changed by high heat and pressure?
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
sandstone
34.
34. Which slow process breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
a)
erosion
b)
gravity
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
35.
35. Look at the Minerals Identification Key. The mineral is not dull. It can be scratched, and it splits into thin sheets. What is the mineral?
a)
calcite
b)
feldspar
c)
talc
d)
mica
36.
36. During erosion, what carries loose, broken rocks to new places?
a)
earthquakes or volcanoes
b)
plants
c)
wind or water
d)
landslides
37.
37. What does a food chain show?
a)
how energy is used to make food
b)
how energy passes between living things
c)
how living things work together in a habitat
d)
how living things use sunlight to make food
38.
38. Which of the following is true about mushrooms?
a)
mushrooms are producers.
b)
Mushrooms are carnivores.
c)
Mushrooms are decomposers.
d)
Mushrooms can make their own food.
39.
39. Look at the food chain. Which picture shows a consumer?
a)
the Sun
b)
the grasses
c)
the rabbit
d)
the flowers
40.
40. Look at the pictures. Which one shows a producer?
a)
Mushrooms
b)
Fox
c)
Lamb
d)
Tree
41.
41. Which correctly shows the flow of energy in a food chain that includes a hawk, grass, a snake, and sunlight?
a)
hawk → grass → snake → sunlight
b)
sunlight t→ grass → hawk → snake
c)
grass → sunlight → snake → hawk
d)
sunlight → grass → snake → hawk
42.
42. Which of the following is NOT an adaptation of animals?
a)
hibernation
b)
camouflage
c)
floating
d)
defense
43.
43. Plants get energy to make food from which of the following?
a)
water
b)
climate
c)
sunlight
d)
nutrients
44.
44. What is the name of this cloud?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Nimbostratus
d)
Cirrus
45.
45. What is the name of this cloud?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Nimbostratus
46.
46. What is the name of this cloud?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
47.
47. What is the name of this cloud?
a)
Stratus
b)
Nimbostratus
c)
Cumulonimbus
d)
Cumulus
48.
48. What is the name of this cloud?
a)
Stratus
b)
Nimbostratus
c)
Cumulonimbus
d)
Cumulus
49.
49. This weather instrument measures air pressure.
a)
Wind vane
b)
Barometer
c)
Rain guage
d)
Anemometer
50.
50. This type of weather instrument measures air temperature.
a)
Wind vane
b)
Barometer
c)
Rain guage
d)
Thermometer
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