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WorksheetsBeginning of the year science
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is your Science Teacher?
a)
Miss Snyders
b)
Miss Penninger
c)
Miss Schwarts
d)
Miss Abueznied
2.
An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions is called:
a)
theory
b)
experiment
c)
observation
d)
hypothesis
3.
________ is the process of obtaining information by using the senses.
a)
analyze
b)
inference
c)
observation
d)
hypothesis
4.
________ is something that is not understood but can be investigated through experimentation or scientific investigation.
a)
hypothesis
b)
scientific law
c)
scientific problem
d)
scientific theory
5.
A scientific theory is just a guess.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Science relies on evidence from the natural world.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Which statement below best explains why several fossils of sea organisms were discovered buried deep in an area of dry land?
a)
The fossils changed locations
b)
The area had a shift in climate
c)
The land was once underwater
d)
A glacier once covered the area.
8.
Why are index fossils good clues for identifying when rocks were formed?
a)
They are easy to form in rock.
b)
They are difficult to form in rock.
c)
They only existed during specific periods of time.
9.
Scientists who study fossils are called
a)
Geologists
b)
Paleontologists
c)
Fossil Scientists
d)
Meteorologists
10.
Fossils are usually found in
a)
igneous rock
b)
extrusions
c)
intrusions
d)
sedimentary rock
11.
When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Mineral Crystals
d)
Igneous Rocks
12.
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
13.
What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
a)
collision
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
a boundry
d)
a rift zone
14.
Which layer is hottest?
a)
Crust
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Core
15.
Which layer contains soil?
a)
Mantle
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Crust
d)
Mesosphere
16.
What creates the magnetic field around the Earth?
a)
The Earth spinning on its axis
b)
The liquid outer core spinning around the solid inner core
c)
The solid outer core spinning around the liquid inner core
d)
Seismic waves
17.
A storm with strong winds that can reach up to 300 miles per hour is called a....
a)
Cyclone
b)
Tornado
c)
Hurricane
d)
Tsunami
18.
A heavy snowstorm with strong winds and extremely cold temperatures is known as a....
a)
Flood
b)
Drought
c)
Blizzard
d)
Heat Wave
19.
Unusually low rainfall for a long period of time will result in a.....
a)
Flood
b)
Drought
c)
Heatwave
d)
Blizzard
20.
Two stars are the same color may not be the same type of star because they have different
a)
distances
b)
sizes
c)
orbits
d)
solar systems
21.
What bodies were formed in a belt between mars and Jupiter
a)
Comets
b)
meteors
c)
galaxies
d)
asteroids
22.
"A dirty snowball," or "a mass of ice and rock" describes a
a)
comet
b)
asteroid
c)
meterorite
d)
Moon
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