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WorksheetsScience Bowl 2018-2019
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 28mins
Students are mixing chemicals. Which of the following is a necessary piece of safery equipment during this process?
beaker
magnifying glass
goggles
burner
Change to plastic milk jugs in the cafeteria
Put notebook paper recycling bins in every classroom
Reuse cardboxes for holding school suppulies
Encourage more students to buy sodas in aluminium cans
Students are conducting an investigation of the effects of soil type on the growth of plants. They will put seeds in cups of soil, water the seeds, and measure how tall the plants grown. What should be different for each cup?
The amount of soil
The kind of seeds
The type of soil
The amount of water
Students at a school have created a compost bin to reduce waste. Organic matter from fruits and vegetables can be put in the compost bin, allowing them to decay, so the result can be used in the garden. Which of the following should a student throw in the compost bin?
Old batteries
Orange peels
Used plastic fork
Empty snack bag
Potato chips
Graham crackers
Cheese puffs
Baked crackers
Students can conserve aluminium, an important resource, by doing which of the following?
Crushing aluminium cans to make the smaller
Only buying beverages sold in aluminium cans
Rinsing our aluminium cans before throwing them out
Putting used aluminium cans in the recycling bin
The only tools a group of students have are a clock and a triple-beam balance. With these measuring tools, students could answer which of the following questions?
How many years does it take for a rock of a certain mass to become smooth in a river?
How does the length of time a lima bean soaks in water affect the amount of water it can aborb?
Can students who are taller run faster than students of the same age who are shorter?
Does the mass of a planet affect how long it takes to make one orbit around the sun?
The four planets that orbit closest the Sun are best described as which of the following?
Mostly made up of gases
Having rings similar to Saturn's
Having a solid, rocky surface
Being composed entirely of water
Andres and his father are stargazing one night and notice an object in the sky producing a glowing path. Andres's father explains that this object is producing a lot of friction and heat as it speeds through the air towards the ground. Andres and his father were most likely observing what object in the night sky?
Asteroid
Meteor
Comet
Planet
The four planets farthest from the Sun are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They are known as the ourter planets. The outer planets are best described as which of the following?
Being composed entirely of water
Being covered with craters
Having a solid, rocky surface
Mostly made up of gases
At which point in the diagram is the sun's heat turning water into a gas?
A
B
C
D
Some of the water that is in the ocean right now will find its way to lakes and ponds. Which of the following best describes the process that takes water from the ocean?
The sun causes evaporation
Waves strike the shoreline
Current moves large amounts of water
Glaciers melt in warmet locations
On which day would the weather be described as cool, cloudy, windy, and rainy?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
From the data, which city experienced rain later in the day?
Tallahassee
Orlando
Fort Meyers
Miami
Which of the following are needed during a hurricane?
Bottled water, batteries, and flashlight
Powercords, camera, DVD player
Hair dryer, soda, pizza
Camera, coffee maker, sunglasses
The mountain environment has the highest temperatures and lowest humidity.
The swamp environment has the highest humidity and lowest temperatures.
The mountain environment has the lowest temperatures and lowest humidity
The desert environment has the highest temperature and lowest humidity.
The variation in yearly temperature averages is the result of difference in which of the following?
Latitude
Elevation
Precipitation
Wind speed
The human brain is responsible for which of the following functions?
Fighting the body's diseases
Breaking down food nutrients
Controlling muscle movement
Pumping blood through the body
Gills in fish and lungs in birds are comprable organs because they both help the organism in which of the following ways?
Get the nutrients they need from food
Exchange gases with the atmosphere
Care for their offspring when they are born
Provide places for muscles to attach
The change to the environment would be most harmful to animals that depend on which behavior for survival?
Flying in order to capture insects for food
Traveling across the forest on the ground
Hiding from predators in shallow water
Nestling in burrows below the ground
A hawk warns other hawks to stay out of its territory, but it lives in a habitat where trees make it difficult to see things that are far away. Which adaptation of the hawk most helps it defend its territory in this type of habitat?
Brown head
Loud call
Hollow bones
Sharp claws
Campfires are sometimes used to cook food. Which type of energy from the campfire cooks the food?
Light
Sound
Thermal
Electrical
Andrew watches a plane fly overhead. Which of the following observations provides the best evidence that the plane is using energy?
The plane moves
The plane is large
The plane is white
The plane has wheels
For an electrically charged object to repel another object, what must happen?
The objects must touch.
The objects must have opposite charges.
The objects must hve similar charges.
The objects must be very light.
The fan illustrated here plungs into the wall and blows air to make a room cool. Which of the following best explains how it works?
It reduces heat by producing sound energy.
It gets chemical energy from gases in the air.
It transforms electrical energy into the energy of motion.
It spins, sending heat and light energy through its wires
What change would make the bulb light?
Use a larger battery
Change the wires
Close the switch
Replace the bulb
Which of these would be a good insulator of electricity?
Steel
Rubber
Cooper
Aluminium
Laura can use a toy car to demonstrate the force of gravity by doing which of these?
Letting the toy car roll down a ramp
Placing the toy car on the floor
Lifting the toy car onto a shelf
Pushing the toy car across a table
How will the motion of the ball with greater mass be different from the motion of the ball with less mass?
The ball with greater mass will move across a shorter distance.
The ball with greater mass will move in a different direction.
The ball with greater mass will roll for a longer amount of time.
The ball with greater mass will move with more speed.
If Ross throws each of the balls with the same force, this force will most likely have the greatest effect on which ball?
Ball A
Ball B
Ball C
Ball D
Valerie is asked by her teacher to show the force of gravity with a toy car. How can Valerie use a toy car to demonstrate the force of gravity?
Let the toy car roll down a ramp
Place the toy car on the floor
Lift the toy car onto a shelf
Push the toy car across a table
Which two liquids have the smallest volume?
Liquids 1 and 4
Liquids 2 and 3
Liquids 3 and 4
Liquids 3 and 1
Which set of procedures would be best to follow when separating a mixture of sand, salt, and water?
A solution is a special kind of mixture. Some subtances can disolve in water; some subtances cannot. Which of the following objects will dissolve in a solution water?
Sugar
Oil
Penny
Marble
Why can't we see atoms with the naked eye?
They move too fast.
They are too hot.
They are too small.
They are too far away.
Adding heat will result in which of the following changes?
Gas to liquid
Solid to liquid
Liquid to solid
Gas to solid
What is the function of the ROOTS of a plant?
Roots absorb water and minerals from the soil
Roots are the reproductive organs of a plant
Roots support leaves
Roots transport water, food and minerals
What is the function of the LEAVES of a plant?
Leaves absorb water and minerals from the soil
Leaves absorb carbon dioxide and sunlight and release oxygen
Leaves contain seeds
Leaves transport water, food and minerals
What is the function of the STEM of a plant?
The stem grow into a new plant
The stem absorb carbon dioxide and sunlight and release oxygen
The stem produces fruits and seeds
The stem transport water, food and minerals up and down
What is the reproductive organ of the plant?
Seeds
Flower
Fruit
Leaves
Complete the sentence: PLANTS CAN BE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO...
their stem and flowers
their colour
their size
their roots and seeds
Complete the sentence: IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS...
Plants grow into a new plant
Plants make their own food
Plants die
How are plants classified according to their FLOWERS?
Flowering and non - flowering plants
Woody and herbaceous plants
Evergreen and deciduous
What is behavioral adaptation?
Something an animal does
Some type of structural modification made to a part of the body
The way animals talk to each other
The way an animal looks
What is adaption?
A special skill which helps an animal to survive and do everything it needs to do
A special skill which helps an animal find all of its food for the winter
A special skill which helps an animal sleep over the summer
A special skill which helps an animal eat and sleep
What are some examples of behavioral adaptations?
Claws
Migration
Fur
Long nails
Dormancy
