WorksheetsVocabulary Final Part 2
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is the last step in the Scientific Method
a)
Conclusion
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Observation
d)
Inference
2.
The saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
a)
Floatability
b)
Salinity
c)
Surface tension
d)
Variable
3.
A property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force
a)
Variable
b)
Salinity
c)
Surface Tension
d)
Bioluminescence
4.
The lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere where weather occurs
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Troposhere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Lithosphere
5.
An instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation
a)
Flask
b)
Graduated cylinder
c)
Beaker
d)
Rain gauge
6.
Light produced by organisms as a result of a chemical reaction
a)
Variable
b)
Bioluminescence
c)
Doppler effect
d)
Elasticity
7.
A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
a)
Seismograph
b)
Aftershocks
c)
Shearing
d)
Smelting
8.
The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.
a)
Desalination
b)
Deposition
c)
Irrigation
d)
Capillary action
9.
This layer of the Earth can bend like plastic
a)
Mantle
b)
Conduction
c)
Crust
d)
Core
10.
The feeding relationship in a habitat
a)
Crystals
b)
Intertidal zone
c)
Food web
d)
Hungry
11.
Particles of a mineral line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again. This repeating pattern forms a solid.
a)
Crystals
b)
Intertidal zone
c)
Minerals
d)
magma
12.
Molten rock deep beneath Earth's surface that rises slowly through cracks in rock
a)
Crystals
b)
Intertidal zone
c)
Magma
d)
Food web
13.
2 or more elements are combined so that the elements no longer have distinct properties
a)
Compound
b)
Solution
c)
Earthquake
d)
Element
14.
Measure of an earthquakes' strength
a)
Compound
b)
Solution
c)
Magnitude
d)
Sonar
15.
The moving of the Earth's plates causing vibrations on the Earth's surface
a)
Magnitude
b)
Compound
c)
Earthquake
d)
Volcano
16.
Separate bands of colors produced when white light passes through a prism
a)
Reflection
b)
Rods
c)
Spectrum
d)
Rarafaction
17.
Bouncing back of light from a surface
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Retina
18.
The bending of light
a)
Rods
b)
Reflection
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Refraction
19.
A strong current of air, air that is moving
a)
Plankton
b)
Wind
c)
Richter Scale
d)
Water Pollution
20.
The addition of any substance that has a negative effect on water or the living things that depend on water
a)
Plankton
b)
Wind
c)
Richter Scale
d)
Water Pollution
21.
Tiny animals that float in the water and are carried by waves and currents
a)
Plankton
b)
Nekton
c)
Benthos
d)
Richter Scale
22.
A scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a particular type of mechanical seismograph
a)
Plankton
b)
Nekton
c)
Richter Scale
d)
Bathroom scale
23.
Apparent change in frequency when a sound wave moves closer to or away from the listener
a)
Plankton
b)
Seismograph
c)
Doppler effect
d)
Water Pollution
24.
3 tiny bones in your middle ear
a)
Auditory nerve
b)
Hammer, anvil, stirrup
c)
Hammer, anvil, scissors
d)
Wetland, dryland, prairie
25.
An area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
a)
Prairie
b)
Submersible
c)
Mountain
d)
Wetland
26.
The nerve responsible for sending messages from the ear to the brain
a)
Optic nerve
b)
Auditory nerve
c)
Submersible
d)
Sonar
27.
A system that uses sound waves to calculate the distance to an object
a)
Submersible
b)
Auditory nerve
c)
Sonar
d)
Wetland
28.
An underwater vehicle built of strong materials to resist pressure
a)
Sonar
b)
Submersible
c)
Optic nerve
d)
Sailboat
29.
Scatters light, allows you to see what's inside but you can not see details clearly
a)
Precipitation
b)
Transparent
c)
Translucent
d)
Opague
30.
Rain, snow, or any other moisture that falls from the sky
a)
Precipitation
b)
Celsius
c)
Condensation
d)
Transpiration
31.
Of or describing a thermometer on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees
a)
Precipitation
b)
Celsius
c)
Fahrenheit
d)
Transparent
32.
Light strikes this object and passes through allowing you to see what is on the other side clearly
a)
Precipitation
b)
Transparent
c)
Translucent
d)
Opague
33.
Reflects or absorbs all the light that strikes it
a)
Celsius
b)
Transparent
c)
Translucent
d)
Opague
34.
A force that acts on rocks to change its shape or volume
a)
Vibration
b)
Crust
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Stress
35.
layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
36.
A repeated back and forth or up and down motion
a)
Vibration
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Plate tectonics
37.
Continents had once been joined together forming a single land mass
a)
Colorado
b)
Europe
c)
Pangaea
d)
North America
38.
Pieces of Earth's mantle are in constant, slow motion
a)
Pangaea
b)
Sea-floor Spreading
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Plate Tectonics
39.
A break in the rock of Earth's crust
a)
Tension
b)
Fault
c)
Gemstone
d)
Ore
40.
A solid mixture of 2 or more metals
a)
Tension
b)
Fault
c)
Ore
d)
Alloy
41.
A rock that contains a metal or economically useful mineral
a)
Tension
b)
Fault
c)
Ore
d)
Alloy
42.
The pulling or stretching of rock
a)
Tension
b)
Fault
c)
Gemstone
d)
Compression
43.
A hard, colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster
a)
Ore
b)
Alloy
c)
Gemstone
d)
Fault
44.
Sleeping volcano, one that may become active in the near future
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Shield volcano
c)
Extinct volcano
d)
Dormant volcano
45.
A wide gentle sloping mountain formed from lava pouring out vents and hardening on top of previous layers
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Shield volcano
c)
Composite volcano
d)
Cinder cone volcano
46.
A volcano belt that rims the Pacific Ocean
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Shield volcano
c)
Cinder cone volcano
d)
Composite volcano
47.
Tall, cone shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Shield volcano
c)
Extinct volcano
d)
Composite volcano
48.
When a liquid changes to a gas
a)
Condensation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Weather
49.
An educated guess
a)
Conclusion
b)
Observation
c)
Habitat
d)
Hypothesis
50.
A dead volcano, one that is unlikely to erupt again
a)
Dormant volcano
b)
Shield volcano
c)
Extinct volcano
d)
Active volcano
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