Worksheets5th Fall Review: 5.5ABC, 3.5C, 5.6ABCD, 3.6B, 5.7AB, 3.7B, 4.7C
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 2hrs 7mins
The diagram above shows one container with oil and water and another with oil and a cork. Which diagram below shows what most likely would happen if oil, water, and the cork were all put in the same container?
A student is asked to design a sleeve for a cup that will insulate thermal energy and not feel hot to the touch when the cup is filled with liquid. The students has 4 materials to choose from. Which of these materials is least useful as an insulator?
cardboard
aluminum
rubber
plastic
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1. Sharks chasing a school of fish
2. A toaster heating bread
3. A cell phone charging
4. A tree limb falling to the ground
5. Tomato plants absorbing sunlight
6. A canoe floating down a river
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Which activities on the list are examples of the use of mechanical energy?
Resources can be classified as renewable or nonrenewable. Which of these resources is classified in the same category as coal?
Wood
Wind
Corn oil
Petroleum
Which diagram shows compaction which leads to the formation of sedimentary rock?
Plants are growing on the surface of this pond. How do plants like these form fossil fuels?
Dead plants sink to the bottom and get buried by sediment for millions of years.
Dead plants sink to the bottom and get consumed by decomposers.
Dead plants produce carbon dioxide for the fish, which form fossil fuels.
Dead plants get buried for millions of years and form fossils that attract carbon.
This wide U-shaped valley is shown in the picture. It was most likely formed by -
Floods eroded the sediment away.
Glaciers eroded the sediment as it melted and moved.
Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.
A hurricane carried away sediment
Some people add sugar to their hot tea. Which property of the sugar remains the same when the sugar is in the tea solution? (5.5C)
The taste of the sugar
The size of the sugar crystals
The color of the crystals
The texture of the sugar
When a powdered drink mix (Kool-Aid) was added to water, the liquid turned orange. A student decided the taste was too strong, so he poured out half of the liquid and added more water. Which of the following most likely occurred when more water was added? (5.5D)
The physical state (solid, liquid, gas) changed.
The orange color became lighter.
The liquid had a sweeter taste.
None of the above
Which statement explains what happens to liquid wax once the flame is put out on a candle? (3.5C)
The heat given off by the flame caused the candle wax to evaporate.
The liquid wax changed back into a solid as it cooled.
The liquid wax condensed and was absorbed by the candle.
The wax cooled back into a liquid.
When water droplets (moisture) forms on the outside of a soda can, what change is the student most likely observing? (3.5C)
Freezing
Condensation
The warming of air
The formation of clouds
What statement correctly identifies the reason for the appearance of the girl's eye through the magnifying glass?
The light is refracted through the lens and makes her eye bigger.
The light is reflected through the lens and makes her eye bigger.
The light is refracted through the lens and makes her eye smaller.
The light is reflected through the lens and makes her eye smaller.
The pictures shows an area of Yosemite National Park. Which statement about light is supported by this picture?
Light travels in straight lines until it enters a different material like water in a lake.
Light can refract in air and in clear water.
The water in the lake is blue because light forms an image.
Light is reflected off the smooth surface of the lake.
Refraction
Reflection
Why would a box painted white look brighter than boxes painted in darker colors?
More light is reflected off white paint.
More light is refracted by white paint.
More light passes through white paint.
More light is absorbed by white paint.
When light travels through air into a prism, it bends and separates into many colors. In which other situation does light bend?
When light moves through air into water
When light hits a wall
When light passes through outer space
When light hits a mirror
Scientists use telescopes to make distant objects appear closer. The objective lens of a telescope is shown in the picture. Which of the following best describes how the objective lens of this telescope helps a scientist observe the moon?
The objective lens produces light.
The objective lens blocks light.
The objective lens reflects light.
The objective lens refracts light.
A student builds a circuit made up of a battery, two light bulbs, and a switch. What will the student most likely observe in this circuit?
Light bulb 1 and light bulb 2 will both be on
Light bulb 1 will be off, but light bulb 2 will be on
Light bulb 1 and light bulb 2 will both be off
Light bulb 1 will be on, but light bulb 2 will be off
The diagram shows a series circuit with three lit bulbs. How many of the bulbs will remain lit if the wire is cut a the point shown by the arrow?
0
1
2
3
Which of these changes to the electric circuit shown above will cause the lightbulb to light up.
Straightening the wire so that the current can flow more easily
Adding a switch and more wire so that the current can flow more easily
Turning one battery so that its positive end connects to the other battery's negative end
Making the length of wire the same on both sides of the lightbulb
Students constructed a circuit using different-colored lightbulbs. What will happen if Switch 3 is closed and the other switches are left open?
Only the white bulb will operate
None of the bulbs will operate
Only the white and yellow bulbs will operate
Only the red and blue bulbs will operate
The circuit has 3 lightbulbs and a bell. Which procedure will result in only the blue lightbulbs operating?
Close switches 1 and 2 and leave switch 3 open
Close switch 3 and leave switches 1 and 2 open
Close switches 2 and 3 and leave switch 1 open
Close switch 2 and leave switches 1 and 3 open
The diagram shows an electric circuit with four bells that a student plans to build. When the student connects the wire as shown, which of the bells will ring?
Bell 1 only
Bells 1 and 4 only
Bells 3 and 4 only
Bells 1, 2, 3, and 4
The pictures below show the same location on two different days. What probably caused the rapid change to this landform?
Wind
Glacier movement
Landslide
Volcanic eruption
A student hiking in a rocky area on a mountain notices that wide, deep cracks have formed in some of the large rocks. Some of the rocks are so large that the rocks have broken apart. Which process most likely caused these rocks to crack and break?
Erosion by wind
Water freezing and thawing (melting)
Erosion by fast-moving water
Sediments being deposited
Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features are most likely formed by a glacier?
A wide valley
A deep ocean
A lava flow
A mountain range
The photograph shows a canyon in northern Arizona. Which of these describes how this canyon was most likely formed?
Floods from the river eroded the sandstone away from the canyon walls.
Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as they melted and moved.
Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon walls.
Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.
The Rio Grande Valley is located at the southern tip of Texas at the beginning of a long river known as the Rio Grande. How did the delta at the end of the Rio Grande form?
Sand and mud from the Gulf of Mexico were washed ashore by tsunamis.
The river cut through the solid bedrock of the valley.
The river deposited large amounts of sediment from land erosion.
Hurricanes pushed soil and debris from the Gulf of Mexico onto the land.
Deltas are triangular shaped sand landforms at the mouths of rivers and streams. How are deltas formed?
Sediments from eroded rock in the water are deposited when the flow of water decreases.
The wind blows sand into the water from nearby beaches.
Volcanic lava flows pushed the sand and sediments into the river.
The flow of water comes in contact with the beach and shapes the san into a triangular form.
Which list is a list of renewable resources?
sunlight, air, water, minerals
sunlight, air, water, coal
sunlight, air, water, plants, and animals
sunlight, air, water, electricity
What does it mean if a resource is renewable?
A renewable resource can be replaced within a lifetime.
A renewable resource takes millions of years to be replaced.
A renewable resource is used up and runs out.
A renewable resource is coal, oil, and natural gas.
Which list is a list of nonrenewable resources?
plants, animals, air, water
coal, oil, and air
natural gas, coal, sunlight
coal, petroleum, and natural gas
What does it mean if a resource is nonrenewable?
A nonrenewable resource can be replaced during our lifetime.
A nonrenewable resource cannot be replaced during our lifetime.
A nonrenewable resource is air, water, and plants.
A nonrenewable resource provides food for humans.
What does it mean to conserve?
We should use up all of our resources.
We should save all of our resources.
We should not replace any of our resources.
We should pollute our environment.
Students are investigating how mass affects the force needed to move an object. They attached a wooden block to a spring scale and placed a 10 g mass on top of the block and pulled it 50 cm across a table top. As they did, they observed the force shown on the spring scale. Which of the following describes the next step they should take in their investigation?
Pull the spring scale a longer distance.
Cover the table top with a carpet square.
Repeat the same steps using a heavier mass.
Attach a toy car to the spring scale
