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Benchmark Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A combination of 2 or more substances that can be easily separated is called- 
a)
a mixture
b)
a solution 
c)
a solute 
d)
a solvent 
2.
The color with the shortest wavelength.
a)
Violet
b)
Blue
c)
Green
d)
White
3.
A state of matter that has a definite volume and shape.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
matter
4.
__________ are the building blocks of life.
a)
solids
b)
gases
c)
atoms
d)
nutrients
5.
Gasoline is a ________________.
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
6.
Sound is caused by....
a)
molecules
b)
vibrations
c)
people
d)
space
7.
What is frequency?
a)
the number of vibrations per second
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
the loudness or softness of a sound
d)
the back and forth movement of matter
8.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
9.
A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.
a)
louder
b)
softer
c)
higher
d)
lower
10.
The highest pitch is made by the _______ instrument.
a)
biggest
b)
wooden
c)
smallest
d)
shiniest
11.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
12.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
13.
Sound travels slowest through _________ .
a)
gas
b)
solids
c)
liquids
d)
metal
14.
Sound travels fastest through________. 
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gas
d)
water
15.
A material through which objects can be seen clearly.
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
d)
transverse
16.
A material that light can pass through but not in a straight path.
a)
Translucent
b)
Transparent
c)
Opaque
d)
Transverse
17.
A material through which objects can't be seen.
a)
Opaque
b)
Transparent
c)
Translucent
d)
Transverse
18.
The color that you see is ________.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
c)
scattered
d)
refracted
19.
The colors that you don't see are _________.
a)
absorbed
b)
diffraction
c)
scattering
d)
reflected
20.
The colors of the rainbow in order.
a)
ROYGBIV
b)
BIVROYG
c)
ROYROGERS
d)
ROYGVIB
21.
The color with the longest wavelength.
a)
Red
b)
Violet
c)
Yellow
d)
Indigo
22.
Light moves as a _______ wave.
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Infrared
d)
Mechanical
23.
All colors have different ________.
a)
wavelengths
b)
sounds
c)
amplitude
d)
transmission
24.
Which images are opaque?
a)
A & C
b)
A,C,E, & F
c)
D, E, & F
d)
A & E
25.
Which explains why the fork looks different under water?
a)
light can't pass through the glass
b)
the wavelength of light lengthens
c)
the amount of light increases when going through water
d)
light is refracted(bending)
26.
Another name for light bending is ....
a)
Reflaction
b)
Absorbing
c)
Refraction
d)
mirror
27.
___________ is a from of energy that we can see with our eyes.
a)
shadow
b)
light
c)
energy
d)
reflection 
28.
Which term means to bounce off the surface of something?
a)
Refract
b)
Absorb
c)
Reflect
d)
prism
29.
The bending of light waves 
a)
Reaction
b)
Reflection
c)
Refraction
d)
Repost
30.
rainbow (acts like a prism)
a)
light is reflected
b)
light is refracted
c)
light is absorbed
31.
Light travels
a)
around corners
b)
in a straight path
32.
Boiling point is a point at which liquid turns in to..
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
molten
d)
gas
33.
A combination of two or more substances that cannot easily be separated--
a)
mixture
b)
solution
c)
solute
d)
solvent
34.
A mirror with a flat surface is a plane mirror.
a)
true
b)
false
35.
The following is a picture of what type of mirror? 
a)
Convex Mirror
b)
Concave Mirror
c)
Plane Mirror
d)
Flat Mirror
36.
Which color reflects all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange 
d)
Green
37.
Which color absorbs all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange
d)
Green
38.
The following is a picture of what type of mirror? 
a)
Convex mirror
b)
Concave mirror
c)
Plane Mirror
d)
Flat Mirror
39.
The amount of salt found in water is -
a)
temperature
b)
salinity
c)
pollution
d)
clarity
40.
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
a)
continental shelf
b)
abyssal plain
c)
trench
d)
tidal wave
41.
How many oceans are there in the world?
a)
7
b)
6
c)
5
d)
4
42.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
43.
Mr. S. sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp.  Identify the dependent variable.
a)
height of the ramp
b)
 distance traveled by the ball
c)
mass of the ball
d)
weight of the ball
44.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
45.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
b)
A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
c)
A hypothesis is an educated guess.
d)
I don't know.
46.
If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller.
What part of the scientific method is this an example of?
a)
Procedure
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Question
d)
Results
47.
What step does every scientific experiment begin with?
a)
hypothesis
b)
question/problem
c)
procedures
d)
conclusion
48.
Dependent variable means
a)
the scientist controls what to test
b)
educated guess
c)
ask a question
d)
what is being measured