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4th CB SCI

Total questions: 122

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What phase of the moon would have over 50% of the moon lit on the right side?

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waning Crescent

c)

First Quarter

d)

Waning Gibbous

2.

In terms of the lunar cycle, what does the term waxing mean?

a)

Moving toward the sun

b)

Moving away from the sun

c)

Transpiration

d)

New Moon

3.

In terms of the lunar cycle what does the term waning mean?

a)

Moving away from the sun

b)

Moving toward the sun

c)

First quarter

d)

Lunar eclipse

4.

How long does it take the earth to make one complete rotation?

a)

1 day or 24 hours

b)

2 days or 48 ours

c)

1 month

d)

28 days

5.

What phase of the moon would have less that 50% of the moon lit on the left side?

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Full Moon

d)

New Moon

6.

What phase of the moon would have 50% of the moon lit on the right side?

a)

First quarter

b)

Waxing crescent

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

Full moon

7.

What natural process causes the "smoke" in the Smoky Mountains?

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

8.

What phase of the moon would have over 50% of the moon lit of the left side?

a)

Waning Gibbous

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

First Quarter

9.

Which phase of the moon is characterised by a completely illuminated disc?

a)

Full Moon

b)

New Moon

c)

Third Quarter

d)

Waning Gibbous

10.

What phase of the moon is more or less invisible to earth?

a)

new moon

b)

full moon

c)

third quarter

d)

lunar eclipse

11.

What is the opposite phase of new moon?

a)

full moon

b)

first quarter

c)

waning gibbous

d)

waxing gibbous

12.

What happens when the moon passes directly behind the earth in its shadow?

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

new moon

c)

full moon

d)

waning gibbous

13.

What phase must the moon be in in order for a lunar eclipse to occur?

a)

full moon

b)

new moon

c)

waxing gibbous

d)

waning gibbous

14.

What eclipse happens at night?

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

new moon

c)

full moon

d)

waning crescent

15.

What phase of the moon would have 50% of the moon lit on the left side?

a)

third quarter

b)

first quarter

c)

waxing gibbous

d)

waning gibbous

16.

What is the first phase of the moon called?

a)

new moon

b)

full moon

c)

third quarter

d)

waning gibbous

17.

What phase must the moon be in in order for a solar eclipse to occur?

a)

new moon

b)

full moon

c)

first quarter

d)

third quarter

18.

if a plant bends in order to get closer to the sun, it is exhibiting what?

a)

tropism

b)

static electricity

c)

conductor

d)

friction

19.

What causes a shock, when touching a metal object, or a friend's ear, after walking across carpet?

a)

static electricity

b)

frictiong

c)

air resistance

d)

conductor

20.

What causes the heat produced when you rub your hands together?

a)

friction

b)

static electricity

c)

air resistance

d)

tropism

21.

What is the force which causes a feather to fall slower than a butter knife?

a)

air resistance

b)

tropism

c)

friction

d)

conductor

22.

What is the minimum temperature in which a fuel source must be heated for combustion to occur?

a)

ignition temperature

b)

tropism

c)

conductor

d)

chemical energy

23.

What 3 things are needed for a fire to burn?

a)

fuel, heat, oxygen

b)

wood, matches, air

c)

fuel, fire pit, lighter

d)

heat, oxygen, wood

24.

What does the term "flammable" mean?

a)

burns easily

b)

super cool

c)

hard to burn

d)

burn it now

25.

What are the three states of matter?

a)

solid, liquid, gass

b)

Jefferson, Adams, Washington

c)

matter, conductor, slope

d)

Carroll, Sullivan, Shell

26.

At what temperature does water freeze?

a)

32 degrees F

b)

0 degrees F

c)

100 degrees F

d)

212 degrees F

27.

At what temperature does water boil?

a)

212 degrees F

b)

32 degrees F

c)

1000 degrees F

d)

100 degrees F

28.

A clinometer is used to measure what?

a)

slope

b)

degrees

c)

air pressure

d)

angles

29.

What does the term dilute mean?

a)

To make thinner or weaker

b)

chemical energy

c)

ignition temperature

d)

solid, liquid, gas

30.

How many phases are there in the lunar cycle

a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

6

31.

What form of energy is released when food is being digested?

a)

chemical energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

physical energy

d)

food energy

32.

In terms of electricity, copper wire would be a good example of...

a)

a conductor

b)

chemical energy

c)

slope

d)

air resistance

33.

A stained glass window....

a)

translucent

b)

opaque

c)

tansparent

d)

refraction

34.

A piece of aluminum foil...

a)

opaque

b)

translucent

c)

transparent

35.

A piece of wax paper...

a)

translucent

b)

opaque

c)

transparent

36.

A piece of clear plastic...

a)

transparent

b)

opaque

c)

translucent

37.

A material that allows no light to pass through it...

a)

opaque

b)

translucent

c)

transparent

38.

A material that allows some light but not all to pass through...

a)

translucent

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

39.

A material that allows light to pass through easily...

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

40.

The way a straw looks bent in a glass of water...

a)

refraction

b)

reflection

c)

translucent

d)

transparent

41.

How does light travel?

a)

in waves

b)

radient

c)

in particles

d)

in air

42.

What is the speed of light?

a)

186,000 miles per second

b)

185,000 miles per second

c)

190,000 miles per second

d)

200,000 miles per second

43.

X-Ray machines give off what kind of energy?

a)

radient

b)

lunar

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

44.

What form of energy travels by waves?

a)

radiant energy

b)

lunar energy

c)

refraction energy

d)

opaque energy

45.

Which eclipse last for a longer period of time?

a)

lunar

b)

solar

c)

radient

d)

waves

46.

What is defined as the state of the atmosphere at a given place and tie in regards to heat, dryness, wind, and rain?

a)

weather

b)

energy

c)

percipitation

d)

climate

47.

How long does it take the moon to revolve around the earth?

a)

1 month

b)

1 year

c)

2 months

d)

2 years

48.

What causes a "blood moon?"

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

solar eclipse

c)

blood

d)

the rotation

49.

What is the area called where the sun is completely blacked out by the moon during an eclipse?

a)

totality

b)

block out

c)

heat energy

d)

weathering

50.

How long does it take the earth to make one revolution around the sun?

a)

1 year

b)

1 day

c)

1 month

d)

1 hour

51.

What is defined as the process soil or rock is moved from one place to another?

a)

erosion

b)

land slide

c)

sediment

d)

predation

52.

When ice melts in a glass of water, this is an example of...

a)

heat energy

b)

solar energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

refraction

53.

What is the process by which rocks, soils, and minerals are broken down due to contact with the Earth's atmosphere?

a)

weathering

b)

climate

c)

erosion

d)

landslide

54.

What form of energy can be defined as the level of activity for the molecules in a give object?

a)

heat energy

b)

radiant energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

the weather

55.

What can be defined as the atmospheric conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a period of time?

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

totality

d)

erosion

56.

The fact that Florida is warmer than TN can be attributed to differences in what?

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

solar eclipse

d)

sediment

57.

A meteorologist is a person who studies what?

a)

the weather

b)

the climate

c)

the totality

d)

the earth

58.

What form of energy is stored in the bonds atoms and molecules?

a)

chemical energy

b)

radiant energy

c)

potential energy

d)

kinetic energy

59.

What form of energy is released when wood burns?

a)

chemical energy

b)

radiant energy

c)

potential energy

d)

kinetic energy

60.

What happens when the moon passes directly between the sun and the earth?

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

c)

passing by

d)

the weather

61.

What is the term for the material that is moved during the process of erosion?

a)

sediment

b)

particles

c)

dirt

d)

grass

62.

The process by which light slows down as it passes through a thick substance is referred to as what?

a)

refraction

b)

reflection

c)

opaqe

d)

transparent

63.

What is defined as the biological interaction of one animal eating another?

a)

predation

b)

refraction

c)

hungry

d)

omnivore

64.

In terms of what they eat, humans would be classified as what?

a)

omnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

hungry

d)

spoiled

65.

a bear....

a)

omnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

66.

a goat...

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

67.

a dairy cow...

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

68.

a domesticated dog...

a)

carvnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

69.

What structure is responsible for the support and protection of the animal cell?

a)

cell membrane

b)

nucleus

c)

cell wall

d)

cytoplasm

70.

What structure is responsible for the protection of the plant cell?

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

cellulose

71.

What are the building blocks of life?

a)

cells

b)

atoms

c)

nucleus

d)

cell wall

72.

What structure is responsible for coordinating growth, metabolism, and the reproduction of the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

cell wall

c)

cell membrane

d)

cytoplasm

73.

What structure in the cell is responsible for storing the cell's DNA?

a)

nucleus

b)

cellulose

c)

cell membrane

d)

cell wall

74.

Which type of cell would have cilia?

a)

animal cell

b)

plant cell

75.

Which type of cell would have lysomes?

a)

animal cell

b)

plant cell

76.

What is defined as a biological interaction where both organisms or species are harmed?

a)

competition

b)

fight

c)

hospital visit

d)

insulator

77.

What do you call a material which does not allow electricity move freely through it

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

circuit

d)

cellulose

78.

What are the three main structures of a cell?

a)

membrane

b)

nucleus

c)

cytoplasm

d)

chlorophyll

79.

In terms of shape, what is the difference in plant and animal cells?

a)

plant cells are rectangular and animal cells are round

b)

animal cells are rectangular and plant cells are roung

c)

plant cells are cool and animal cells are not

d)

animal cells eat animals and plant cells eat plants

80.

What is the cell wall of a plant composed of?

a)

cellulose

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cells

d)

the nucleus

81.

What type cell has a cell wall?

a)

plant

b)

animal

82.

What is the basic unit of all living things?

a)

cells

b)

atoms

c)

protons

d)

neutrons

83.

In terms of light what will you find behind an opaque object?

a)

a shadow

b)

an object

c)

a cell

d)

energy

84.

In terms of electricity, plastic or rubber would be a good example of...

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

electric current

d)

auifer

85.

The process by which light bounces off of a shiny surface is referred to as...

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

shadow

d)

cells

86.

What do you call a material which allows electricity to move freely through it?

a)

conductor

b)

insulator

c)

current

d)

plant cell

87.

For an electric current to happen there must be a what?

a)

circuit

b)

conductor

c)

current

d)

electricity

88.

What phase of the moon wold have less that 50% of the moon lit on the right side?

a)

waxing crescent

b)

waning crescent

c)

new moon

d)

full moon

89.

What is defined as electricity which gathers in one place?

a)

static electricity

b)

aquifer

c)

electric current

d)

circuit

90.

What is transpiration?

a)

plants releasing water into the air

b)

plants releasing electricity into the air

c)

plants releasing fog into the air

d)

plants releasing seeds into the air

91.

What happens to light when it strikes a dull surface like a dark curtain?

a)

it is absorbed

b)

it is refracted

c)

it is reflected

d)

it catches on fire

92.

Which type of cell would have one large central vacuole?

a)

plant cell

b)

animal cell

93.

Where does most of the water in the atmosphere come from?

a)

the ocean

b)

lakes

c)

rivers

d)

streams

94.

What is defined as electricity which moves from one place to another?

a)

electric current

b)

conductor

c)

insulator

d)

circuit

95.

What does it mean for an animal to be at the top of the food chain?

a)

no other animal in the ecosystem preys on it

b)

all animal are scared of it

c)

they are the king

d)

they are the queen

96.

What is the term for a water bearing formation formed underground?

a)

aquifer

b)

circuit

c)

static electricity

d)

ocean

97.

What is the first step of the water cycle?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

98.

What is defined as condensed water vapor that falls to Earth's surface?

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

99.

What force powers the water cycle?

a)

solar energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

potential energy

d)

heat energy

100.

What are the two types of water found on land?

a)

ground water

b)

surface water

c)

ocean water

d)

lake water

101.

What is the name for the ditch which forms in soil due to water erosion?

a)

gully

b)

spores

c)

canyon

d)

revine

102.

Spiders are members of what animal family?

a)

omnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

103.

Animals, which eat exclusively plants, are classified as what?

a)

hervivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

104.

What is the term used to describe an animal which eats only meat?

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

105.

A opossum playing dead is an example of what kind of adaptation?

a)

behavioral

b)

mimicry

c)

camoflauge

d)

spores

106.

Migration is an example of what kind of adaptation?

a)

behavioral

b)

camoflauge

c)

mimicry

d)

gully

107.

Fungi reproduce by the production of what?

a)

spores

b)

ecosystem

c)

carnivore

d)

gully

108.

What is the term for an animal which sits at the top of the food chain?

a)

apex predator

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

ecosystem

109.

What is a biological community of interacting organisms?

a)

an ecosystem

b)

evaporation

c)

herbivore

d)

spores

110.

How many days does it take for the moisture in the air to be replaced

a)

9 days

b)

8 days

c)

10 days

d)

24 days

111.

grasshopper...

a)

incomplete metamorphosis

b)

complete metamorphosis

112.

an eagle

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

113.

What animal is considered to be the apex predator on earth?

a)

man

b)

lion

c)

eagle

d)

ant

114.

What is the main reason an organism in an ecosystem becomes over populated?

a)

lack of predation

b)

trees being cut down

c)

too many predators

d)

great place to live

115.

a lion...

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

116.

4 stages

a)

complete metamorphosis

b)

incomplete metamorphosis

117.

Venus flytrap...

a)

carnivorus

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

omnivore

118.

a sheep...

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

119.

3 stages

a)

incomplete metamorphosis

b)

complete metamorphosis

120.

moth or butterfly...

a)

complete metamorphosis

b)

incomplete metamorposis

121.

Where does the city of Memphis obtain its fresh water supply?

a)

large underground wells in the area

b)

large lakes in the area

c)

large rivers in the area

d)

large streams in the area

122.

a snake...

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore