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Worksheets3rd Nine Week Assessment Corrections
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 52mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which liquid should the students use as their control group?
a)
sodium nitrate
b)
ammonium chloride
c)
ammonium nitrate
d)
distilled water
2.
The students plan to feed the fish the same amount of food and keep the water conditions the same for six months. Then the students will measure the length of all the fish and compare their growth. What is the dependent variable in this investigation?
a)
lengths of the fish
b)
number of fish per bowl
c)
amount of food per fish
d)
condition of the water
3.
Megan needed to add 500 milliliters (mL) of water to a mixture for an experiment. What tool did she use to measure out 500 mL of water?
a)
microscope
b)
scale
c)
ruler
d)
graduated cylinder
4.
What is the name of this scientific instrument?
a)
graduated balance
b)
triple beam balance
c)
triple beam scale
d)
graduated scale
5.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
Which statement best describes a cause-and-effect relationship shown by the chart?
a)
Water with added sugar comes to a boil more quickly than water without any added sugar.
b)
Higher water temperatures cause greater amounts of sugar to dissolve in the water.
c)
One liter of water at 102. 5 degrees celcius causes 900 grams of sugar to
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d)
Every 180 grams of sugar added to a liter of water causes the boiling point to increase by 0.5 degrees celcius.
8.
What cause-and-effect relationship does this investigation support?
a)
As evaporation decreases, air temperature decreases.
b)
As evaporation increases, temperature increases.
c)
At higher air temperatures, more water evaporates.
d)
At lower air temperatures, more water evaporates.
9.
A student rolled a toy car down a ramp and timed how long it took to reach the bottom. After one trial, the student doubled the height of the ramp and added sandpaper to its surface. The student conducted 3 more trials. After reviewing the data, the student concluded the height of the ramp had no effect on the speed that the car traveled. Which is the most likely reason this conclusion is flawed?
a)
More trials were needed during the investigation.
b)
The student misunderstood how to calculate speed.
c)
A control should have been added to the investigation.
d)
Too many variable were changed during the investigation.
10.
The students observed that heavy objects fell faster than light objects and decided that heavy objects have less air resistance. Which best describes and error the students made when interpreting their data?
a)
The students should have considered air temperature.
b)
The students should have considered the shape of the objects.
c)
The students should have dropped the objects from different heights.
d)
The students should have dropped objects made from the same material.
11.
In order to develop ideas for a basketball shoe, a design team visits three different shoe stores. What part of the design process is this?
a)
Create a Prototype
b)
Research the Problem
c)
Select the Most Promising Solution
d)
Redesign
12.
A design team built a prototype robot that is a vacuum cleaner. Their goal is for the robot to be able to vacuum people’s homes on its own with no human supervision. How will the team know if the robot prototype works after it is completed?
a)
Place it in someone’s home, and see if it can vacuum the carpets on its own.
b)
They should go ahead and build a prototype of this design.
c)
Place it in a grassy field, and observe to see if it can vacuum up dirt and sand.
13.
A factory produced a new type of refrigerator designed to use less electricity. The machine was manufactured and sold to the public at Target, Wal-Mart, and K-Mart. After several months, reports showed that this refrigerator was not working correctly.
Which choice below is the most likely cause?
Which choice below is the most likely cause?
a)
The proper cost analysis was not performed.
b)
The designers did not test other types of machines.
c)
They did not rigorously test and modify the prototype
14.
During which step of the Design Process do you experiment with the prototype under controlled conditions and collect /record data
a)
Test and Evaluate
b)
Select the Most Promising Solution
c)
Construct a Prototype
d)
Share Results
15.
Airplanes carry passengers rapidly to many places around the world.
a)
intended benefit
b)
positive unintended consequence
c)
negative unintended consequence
16.
New gene therapies promise a future cure for cancer. These are all considered _____ bioengineering.
a)
adaptive
b)
assistive
17.
Taking medication for heart disease is _____ biotechnology; installing a pacemaker is _____ biotechnology.
a)
adaptive, assistive
b)
assistive, adaptive
c)
adaptive, adaptive
d)
assistive, assistive
18.
Discarded computer parts can leak toxic chemicals into the groundwater.
a)
intended benefit
b)
positive unintended consequence
c)
negative unintended consequence
19.
What is the term for secondary consumers in an ecosystem?
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
20.
Which groups describes only decomposers?
a)
spiders, fungi, grass
b)
ladybug, deer, duck
c)
worm, trees, sunflower
d)
fungi, bacteria, and worms
21.
diagram that shows the energy available to each trophic level in an ecosystem; 10% is passed on to upper levels, the rest is lost as heat
a)
succession
b)
cellular respiration
c)
energy pyramid
d)
biochemical cycle
22.
The owl receives energy from which organisms?
a)
grasshopper and mouse
b)
mouse and rabbit
c)
rabbit and butterfly
d)
butterfly and frog
23.
Lizards and cacti are biotic factors in a desert ecosystem that would rely on which abiotic factors?
a)
insects and sun
b)
water and insects
c)
snakes and temperature
d)
water and soil
24.
What are the three groups of the biotic factors?
a)
Producer, Decomposer, and Consumer
b)
Decomposer, Consumer, and Rocks
c)
Consumer, Water, and Producer
d)
Weather, Consumer, and Decomposer
25.
Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
a)
Tundra
b)
Rainforest
c)
Desert
d)
Pineforest
26.
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
a)
Tundra
b)
Desert
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Tropical Rainforest
27.
As you travel from the North Pole toward the equator, you would expect to see
a)
tropical rain forests, then deserts, then taiga.
b)
temperate deciduous forests, then taiga, then tropical rain forests.
c)
tundra, then grasslands, then tropical rain forests.
d)
taiga, then desert, then tundra.
28.
What is a large spherical body that orbits a star?
a)
Meteorite
b)
Black hole
c)
Planet
d)
Nebula
29.
Why are asteroids not classified as planets?
a)
They are too hot
b)
They are too big to be a planet
c)
They have no atmosphere
d)
They are too small and there are too many
30.
What is the distance that light travels in one year?
a)
light-year
b)
astronomical unit
c)
kilometer
d)
solar flare
31.
Which list correctly places the celestial objects in order from smallest to largest?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
32.
This picture shows Earth's
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
33.
Day and night on Earth is caused by
a)
The tilt of Earth's axis
b)
Earth's revolution around the sun
c)
Eclipses
d)
Earth's rotation on it's axis
34.
What phase is this?
a)
First Quarter Moon
b)
Last Quarter Moon
c)
Waxing Gibbous Moon
d)
Waning Gibbous Moon
35.
What causes the moon's phases
a)
shadows
b)
the view of the lit portion from Earth as it revolves around us
c)
The tilt of Earth
d)
how fast the moon is moving
36.
A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line.
a)
spring
b)
high
c)
low
d)
neap
37.
Which type of eclipse is shown in this picture?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Orbit
c)
Lunar Eclipse
d)
Total Eclipse
38.
The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.
a)
high tide
b)
low tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
39.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
40.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
41.
In thinking about a lunar eclipse, what does the ball in the diagram represent?
a)
the Earth
b)
the Moon
c)
the Sun
42.
Warm air rising and cool air sinking are examples of parts of this method of heat transfer.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
43.
Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?
a)
the uneven heating of the Earth's surface
b)
the rising of cold air and the sinking of warm air
c)
hurricanes
44.
Analyze the map.
Why is it warmer in Charleston than it is in San Diego even though they are the same distance from the Equator?
Why is it warmer in Charleston than it is in San Diego even though they are the same distance from the Equator?
a)
San Diego is affected by the Gulf Stream
b)
Charleston is affected by the California current
c)
Charleston is affected by the Gulf Stream
45.
What is the definition of CONVECTION
a)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
b)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
c)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
d)
hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
46.
a)
sea breeze
b)
land breeze
47.
The diagram is showing a ______________, which happens because of the ___________energy, unevenly heating earth.
a)
land breeze; sun's
b)
sea breeze; moon's
c)
sea breeze: sun's
d)
land breeze; moon's
48.
What type of air mass is D?
a)
Maritime Polar
b)
Maritime Tropical
c)
Continental Polar
d)
Continental Tropical
49.
In a warm front, __________air slides over __________ air.
a)
warm,colder
b)
colder,warm
c)
stagnant, fast moving
d)
fast moving, stagnant
50.
What type of weather can you find in a low pressure system?
a)
wet and cloudy
b)
windy and warm
c)
fair/sunny
d)
wet and cold
51.
When would an object have maximum gravitational potential energy (GPE)?
a)
Just before it is stretched, bent or comressed
b)
When it is stretched, bent, or compressed to it's fullest
c)
When it is very high up in the air
d)
Just before it hits the ground or at it's lowest point while still moving
52.
If it is a fuel source, or a food, or a battery, or it can be burned to produce a flame, then it must have _________ energy.
a)
Chemical Potential
b)
Elastic Potential
c)
Nuclear Potential
d)
Gravitational Potential
53.
Is the potential energy of the basketball greater at position 1 or position 2?
a)
Position 1
b)
Position 2
54.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
55.
Conservation of energy states that energy cannot be ________ or ________, but can be altered from one form to another.
a)
created, destroyed
b)
gravity, force
c)
heat, created
56.
Which of the following shows an energy transformation from chemical energy to electrical to light energy?
a)
A bolt of lightning lights the night sky.
b)
A candle glows brightly in the dark.
c)
A fire in a fireplace lights up a room.
d)
A battery causes a flashlight to shine.
57.
People get energy from the food that they eat and transform that energy as they move. Which energy transformations occur as a student rapidly rubs the palms of his hands together?
a)
mechanical to thermal to electrical
b)
chemical to mechanical to thermal
c)
mechanical to chemical to sound
d)
chemical to sound to electrical
58.
Which of the methods of generating electricity does NOT use alternative energy resources?
a)
Burning coal in a power plant
b)
Turbines spinning in dam
c)
Solar panels taking in light energy
d)
Drilling wells to reach hot rocks deep inside the earth
59.
A fifth grade class constructed this circuit. Which of these objects most likely made the light glow when connected to points X and Y?
a)
plastic straw
b)
cotton string
c)
aluminum foil
d)
rubber eraser
60.
This instrument can be used to see if materials conduct electricity. Which of these groups contains items that could all conduct electricity to complete the circuit?
a)
rubber ball, plastic comb, nail
b)
paper clip, penny, screw
c)
cork, dollar bill, tweezers
d)
pencil, eraser, spoon
61.
What material would be safest to use as an insulator to cover electrical wires?
a)
rubber
b)
tin
c)
aluminum
d)
water
62.
Which of the following can work as an energy source?
a)
Battery
b)
Light bulb
c)
Wire
d)
All of them
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