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2018 Physical Science Finals Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Using numbers and units of measurements as part of your data makes your experiment more accurate and precise. Using observations based on your types of senses add more credibility to your result. Which step of the scientific method helps you identify different types of observation that you needed to accomplish to be able to guide you with creating a scientific prediction?

a)

Scientific Observations

b)

Qualitative Observations Only

c)

Quantitative Observations Only

d)

Both Qualitative and Quantitative Observations

2.

HOT (High Order Thinking) questions help us think, apply and synthesize (combine) concepts. Which question is an HOT?

a)

What are the different ingredients of Spam Musubi?

b)

Which ingredients of Spam Musubi are considered healthy?

c)

If you are to make Spam Musubi healthier, what would you add/change/replace?

d)

How will you teach someone (who has never had it) how to make Spam Musubi?

3.

A group of students at Wai'anae High School wanted to find out how many days they can eat tomato soup until they get sick. Identify the most effective control group to do this experiment.

a)

A group of students not consuming soup

b)

A person consuming soup for only 2 days

c)

A group of scientists identifying the ingredients of soup

4.

You are interested in finding out how stress on studying for the finals affects heart rate of students at Wai’anae High School. Identify the most effective independent variable to do this experiment.

a)

Heart rate (pulse) when studying for finals

b)

Amount of Stress (e.g. drama, relationships)

c)

Different sources of related stress (e.g. home, peers)

d)

Amount of studying the students do to prepare for finals

5.

A Neuroscientist (studies the brain) studies the impact of a certain drug on brain cancer cells. Identify a possible independent variable to do this study.

a)

Timing of taking the drug

b)

Dosage of drug to be taken

c)

Impact of drug on cancer cells

d)

Number of scientists studying the drug

6.

Stroop Effect Activity demonstrates the reaction time of a task and is often used to illustrate the nature of automatic processing versus conscious visual control (what you see and what you know). In our class, we used mismatched words and colors. Based on our class performances of the activity, which statement(s) is 100% true about Stroop effect?

a)

All students knew the different colors by heart.

b)

All students were able to read/recognize the colors.

c)

All students are always on task with all Stroop Activities.

d)

There is a mixed reaction and result with our performance of Stroop Activities.

7.

How would you describe the molecular structure of a SOLID?

a)

Compact and tightly packed, vibrating

b)

Rapid free electrons from the nucleus

c)

Rapidly flying around with no shape or volume

d)

Just enough space between particle to slide around

8.

States of Matter (solid, liquid, gas and plasma) differ from how the molecules (building blocks of matter) are arranged. How would you describe the molecular structure of GAS?

a)

Compact and tightly packed, vibrating

b)

Rapid free electrons from the nucleus

c)

Rapidly flying around with no shape or volume

d)

Just enough space between particle to slide around

9.

At room temperature (a comfortable temperature between 68 to 77°F), lightning is _________________.

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

10.

Platinum is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. What is the number of protons in Platinum?

a)

2

b)

32

c)

78

d)

195

11.

Hydrogen is easily the most abundant element in the universe. What is the number of neutrons in Hydrogen?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

1.008

12.

What is the octet rule?

a)

There must be 8 electrons in every atom

b)

There must be 8 electrons in first electron ring to make an atom happy/stable

c)

There must be 8 electrons in second electron ring to make an atom happy/stable

d)

There must be 8 electrons in the first electron ring to make an atom happy/stable

13.

CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O?


What are the reactants in this equation?

a)

CH4 and 2O2

b)

CH4 and CO2

c)

CO2 and 2H2O

d)

2O2 and 2H2O

14.

Which of these laws explains why we must balance equations?

a)

Law of Conservation of Mass

b)

Law of Conservation of Energy

c)

Law of Conservation of Chemical Equations

d)

None of the above

15.

Carbon tetrachloride and hydrochloric acid are formed when you combine methane and chloride. Which of the following are reactants in this reaction?


(1) Methane

(2) Carbon tetrachloride

(3) Chloride

(4) Hydrochloric Acid

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 3

c)

1 and 3

d)

2 and 4

16.

A student is about to be hit with a 3 kg pumpkin dropped from the balcony. The balcony is 5 meters high. What was the potential energy of the pie waiting to be dropped from the balcony?


(Hint: gravity= 10 m/s2)

a)

3 Joules

b)

15 Joules

c)

100 Joules

d)

150 Joules

17.

A car is traveling at 100 mph and is suddenly stopped when it hits a highway divider. The driver isn't wearing a seatbelt so he continues his velocity of 100 mph forward until he hits the unbalanced force of the windshield.

a)

Newton’s 1st Law

b)

Newton’s 2nd Law

c)

Newton’s 3rd Law

d)

All the Laws of Motion

18.

How does your bottle rocket relate to Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion?


(1) If you leave the rocket long enough on the launcher, it will fly on its own.

(2) The rocket will not launch until the compressed air and water are released.

(3) The bike pump adds pressure to the bottle.

(4) The rocket and launcher have an equal forces on each other.

a)

1

b)

1 and 2

c)

2 and 3

d)

2 and 4

19.

Based on the pie chart, which renewable energy is used the most in Hawaii?

a)

Coal

b)

Wind

c)

Biomass

d)

Hydroelectric

20.

Based on the pie chart, which nonrenewable energy is used mostly in Hawaii?

a)

Coal

b)

Biomass

c)

Wind

d)

Hydroelectric