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General Science Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to do work is called

a)

Friction

b)

Energy

c)

Motion

d)

Potential Energy

2.

The _____ states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

Law of conservation of energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

law of universal gravitation

d)

Law of falling bodies

3.

Resistance force divided by effort force equals

a)

Mechanical advantage

b)

Work

c)

Effort

d)

Simple physical equilibrium

4.

Work = _______

a)

Force = distance

b)

Force + Distance

c)

Force/distance

d)

Force x Distance

5.

Machines are used to

a)

Multiply effort force

b)

Make more work necessary

c)

Change the direction of a force

d)

All of the above

6.

A string of lights where one light going out puts the whole string down is likely using

a)

Alternating current

b)

Subletting current

c)

Direct current

d)

Final Current

7.

Magnetic poles of the same type _____ each other

a)

Attract

b)

Repel

c)

ampere

d)

withstand

8.

A(n) _____ consists of a rope, chain or belt wrapped around a wheel.

a)

Lever

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Pulley

d)

Wedge

9.

A screw contains a(n ____

a)

Axle

b)

Wheel

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

10.

The following image is that of a

a)

Battery

b)

Light

c)

Switch

d)

Wire

11.

A fish uses its ____ to move up and down in the water

a)

Mammary glands

b)

Bilatteral symmetry

c)

ventricle

d)

swim bladder

12.

A sponge gets food by _____.

a)

Radial symmetry

b)

filter feeding

c)

invertebrates

d)

swim bladder

13.

_____ allow animals to live on land

a)

Gills

b)

Swim Bladders

c)

Scales

d)

Lungs

14.

The study of how living things interact with one another and with nonliving things in their environment is called ____.

a)

Ecosystems

b)

Biomes

c)

Biospheres

d)

Ecology

15.

A plant is almost always considered a(n) _____ (pick the most correct answer)

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Predator

d)

Apex Predator

16.

Water, air, and sunlight are examples of _______

a)

Organisms

b)

Renewable Resources

c)

Nonrenewable Resources

d)

Pollution

17.

Evolution's definition is _____ changes over a long period of time

a)

Large

b)

Long

c)

quick

d)

Small

18.

If I pull on a pulley with a force of 20 N but am able to lift an object that has a 2,000 N resistance, what is the mechanical advantage of the pulley?

a)

.01

b)

100

c)

.1

d)

1000

19.

Another name for asexual reproduction is _____ (the most correct answer please)

a)

Copying

b)

Editing

c)

Cloning

d)

Replicating

20.

Most food systems on planet earth begin with

a)

Animals

b)

Fish

c)

Plants

d)

Consumers