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scientific method

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

wind,water,geothermal solar and biomass are what types of energy sources

a)

carbon

b)

alternative

c)

Gasoline

d)

Automotive

2.

Renewable resources are resources that can be replaced by natural resources in a period less than _______ years.

a)

50

b)

1000

c)

10

d)

100

3.

Coal, oil and natural gas are all ________ fuels

a)

renewable

b)

fossil

c)

food

d)

hydroelectric

4.

The advantage to water (hydropower) is that it is __________ and nonpolluting.

a)

Wet

b)

Abundent

c)

renewable

d)

fossil

5.

The disadvantage to water (hydropower) is that it is _________________

a)

not widely available and destroys habitat for fish and wildlife

b)

gets things wet

c)

is hard to manage

d)

is expensive

6.

Pollution that results when the gases released by burning oil and coal mix with water in the air

a)

acid rain

b)

landfill

c)

pollutants

d)

recycling

7.

Materials that can harm living things by interfering with life processes

a)

acid rain

b)

landfill

c)

pollutants

d)

recycling

8.

What is the center of an atom called

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

nucleus

d)

molecule

9.

What is the darkest part of the shadow

a)

umbra

b)

dark side

c)

pendulum

d)

umbrella

10.

What is the breaking of white light into all the colors of the visible spectrum

a)

diffraction

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

specrtum

11.

One of the main functions of microorganisms in an ecosystem is to

a)

be used as food by large organisms

b)

decompose dead organisms

c)

produce food using the sun for energy

d)

limit the number of organisms the ecosystem can support

12.

an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.

a)

controlled experiment

b)

manipulated variable

c)

operational definition

d)

nonlinear graph

13.

a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.

a)

scientific law

b)

metric system

c)

scientific theory

d)

operational definition

14.

facts,figures,and other evidence gathered

a)

data

b)

mass

c)

graph

d)

density

15.

a line that runs left to right along the bottom of a graph, on which the manipulated variable (or independent variable) is labeled.

a)

linear graph

b)

vertical axis

c)

responding variable

d)

horizontal axis

16.

you see your reflection in a mirror because..

a)

light is absorbed

b)

light is diffracted

c)

light is reflected

d)

light is refracted

17.

One of the most important functions of microorganisms in an ecosystem is that they

a)

decompose dead organisms

b)

limit the numbers of dead organisms

c)

produce food using the suns energy

d)

provide food for large animals

18.

Which would be the best material you could use to separate heat from cold?

a)

steel

b)

iron

c)

glass

d)

wood

19.

One way light and sound differ is

a)

Light exists whether it is observed or not. Sound only exists if someone hears it.

b)

Light can travel in a vacuum. Sound can't travel in a vacuum.

c)

Light is associated with energy, sound is not.

d)

Light travels in waves, sound does not.

20.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered

a)

telescopes

b)

cameras

c)

microorganisms

d)

radium