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period 5 science project

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 4 bases that DNA is made of?

a)

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine

b)

Ademine, Thynine, Guatosine, and Cytonine

c)

Adesine, Thynine, Guanine, Cytomine

2.

What is the body's system that provides structure and acts as framework for the body?

a)

Respiratory system

b)

Skeletal system

c)

Muscular system

d)

Lymphatic system

3.

What are the different levels of animal classification, in order of least to most specific?

a)

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

b)

species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

c)

phylum, class, kingdom, order, family, genus, species

d)

Big Boy, Medium Boy, Small Boy, Devin Boy

4.

What is the shape of DNA?

a)

Double helix

b)

4 dimesional hypercube

c)

Triangle

d)

Circle

e)

Ladder

5.

What is the order of parts of organisms from least complex to most complex?

a)

Virus, Bacteria, plant, animal

b)

Organelles, Cells, Organs, Tissue, Organism

c)

Organ Systems, Cells, Tissue, Organs, Organism

d)

Cells, Tissue, Organs, Organ Systems, Organism

6.

What is the law of superposition?

a)

Lower down layers of sedimentary rock are older than the higher up layers

b)

Higher up layers of sedimentary rock are older than lower down layers

c)

Older sedimentary rock is displaced as new sedimentary rock is deposited in the same place

d)

Older sedimentary rock is compacted as newer sedimentary rock is deposited on top

7.

What kind of rock is formed when magma cools?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Soil

8.

What are the Earth's four layers in order from outermost to innermost?

a)

Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

b)

Crust, Outer Core, Convection Currents, Inner Core

c)

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

9.

Why do tectonic plates move?

a)

Volcanic activity where tectonic plates touch causes movement in the mantle, which then moves the tectonic plates

b)

Convection currents in the mantle push the Earth's tectonic plates in different directions.

c)

Gravity acts differently on tectonic plates due to their irregular elevations, causing them to slide over the mantle

10.

What are the three types of boundaries between tectonic plates and what do they do?

a)

Convergent- two plates move toward each other, Divergent- two plates move away from each other, Transform- two plates move parallel to each other

b)

Convergent- two plates move away from each other, Divergent- two plates move parallel to each other, Transform- two plates move toward each other

c)

Convergent- two plates move away from each other, Divergent- two plates move toward each other, Transform- two plates move parallel to each other

11.

Which of the following is a physical property?

a)

Color

b)

Reactivity

c)

Flammability

d)

Acidity

12.

Which of the following is a chemical property?

a)

Odor

b)

Shape

c)

Malleability

d)

Radioactivity

e)

State of matter

13.

Who is known as the father of the Periodic Table?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Biggie Smalls

14.

What is a noble gas?

a)

The extremely unreactive elements in family 18 of the periodic table with exactly 8 valence electrons

b)

The extremely reactive elements in family 18 of the periodic table with exactly 8 valence electrons

c)

The extremely unreactive elements in family 1 of the periodic table with exactly 1 valence electrons

d)

The extremely reactive elements in family 1 of the periodic table with exactly 1 valence electrons

15.

How is the atomic number of an element determined?

a)

The atomic number is the same as the number of protons in the nucleus

b)

The atomic number is the same as the number of neutrons in the nucleus

c)

The atomic number is the same as the number of electrons in the nucleus

d)

The atomic number is the same as the atomic weight

16.

In an experiment, which variable is changed?

a)

Independent variable

b)

Dependent variable

c)

Constant variable

d)

Control variable

17.

In an experiment, which variable is being tested?

a)

Dependent variable

b)

Independent variable

c)

Control variable

d)

Constant variable

18.

In an experiment, you should always record your ___________ and your variables.

a)

Observations

b)

Opinions

c)

Hypothesis

19.

What are the two branches of physical science?

a)

Chemistry and physics

b)

Biology and physics

c)

Chemistry and Geology

20.

In an experiment, what is the variable that stays the same?

a)

Constant variable

b)

Control variable

c)

Independent variable

d)

Dependent variable

21.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

Deoxy-Nucleic-Acid

b)

Deoxyribo-Nucleic-Acid

c)

Devin-Need-A girlfriend

d)

Ribo-Nucleic-Acid

22.

What body systems are necessary for motion?

a)

Digestive System

b)

Skeletal system

c)

Muscular system

d)

Lymphatic system

23.

How does Binomial Nomenclature classify organisms?

a)

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

b)

Family, Species

c)

Genus, Species

d)

Species, Genus

24.

Who discovered the shape of DNA?

a)

Rosaland Franklin

b)

Democritus

c)

John Dalton

d)

Ernest Rutherford

e)

Ryan Morris

25.

What Kingdom of organism does not move or produce its own food?

a)

Plant Kingdom

b)

Bacteria Kingdom

c)

Magic Kingdom

d)

Fungi Kingdom

26.

Which rock layer is the youngest according to the law of superposition?

a)

The top layer

b)

The middle layer

c)

The bottom layer

27.

What kind of rock is formed when enormous heat and pressure are applied?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Soil

28.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Ocean plates

d)

Outer core

29.

What theory explains continental drift?

a)

Darwinian Evolution

b)

Plate Techtonics

c)

The Big Bang

30.

In an experiment, what is the variable that is intentionally changed?

a)

Constant variable

b)

Control variable

c)

Independent variable

d)

Dependent variable

31.

Which of the following is a chemical property?

a)

Color

b)

odor

c)

Flammability

d)

texture

32.

Which of the following are physical properties?

a)

Odor

b)

Shape

c)

Malleability

d)

Radioactivity

e)

State of matter

33.

What to the rows of periodic table show?

a)

Number of Electron field layers

b)

Number of valence Electrons

c)

Atomic Number

d)

Biggie Smalls

34.

Where are noble gasses in a periodic table?

a)

Group 8

b)

Group 1

c)

Period 1

d)

Period 8

35.

How is the atomic mass of an element determined?

a)

The atomic mass is the number of protons plus the number of electrons

b)

The atomic mass is the same as the number of protons in the nucleus

c)

The atomic weight is the same as the atomic number

d)

The atomic mass is the number of protons plus the number of neutrons

e)

The atomic mass is the number of neutrons plus the number of electrons

36.

Which of the following is a transform boundary?

a)

two plates move toward each other

b)

two plates move parallel to each other

c)

two plates move away from each other

37.

In an experiment, which variable is used to compare to?

a)

Dependent variable

b)

Independent variable

c)

Control variable

d)

Constant variable

38.

Sally is testing what effects the growth of plants. She gave one plant lots of water and sun, and the other no water or sun. Is this a valid experiment? WHY?

a)

No, we already know plants need sunlight and water.

b)

No, she has too many variables.

c)

Yes, she has a testable variable.

d)

Yes, as long as she records her observations.

39.

What process is an essential part of scientific experimentations

a)

The Design Process

b)

The Scientific Method

c)

The Pythagorean Theorem

40.

What is the first step of the scientific method

a)

State a hypothesis

b)

Define a question

c)

Design Experiment

d)

Record observations