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Science Review 5

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Betty and Greg are doing an investigation on the power of friction for science class this week. Betty sketches a diagram of Greg pulling a heavy box across the concrete as shown above.


Which of the following best describes how using a box with less mass could help Greg?

a)

The friction will be increased causing the box to move faster across the concrete.

b)

The mass will be decreased causing the box to move faster across the concrete.

c)

The gravity will be increased causing the box to move slower across the concrete.

d)

The mechanical energy will be decreased causing the box to move slower across the concrete.

2.

Which of the following best identifies the organ below and its function in the human body?

a)

Stomach: responsible for breaking down food

b)

Pancreas: responsible for making enzymes and hormones

c)

Heart: responsible for pumping blood throughout the body

d)

Lungs: responsible for pulling in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide

3.

Birds' beaks are used to help them obtain food and are shaped according to what the bird eats.


Which of the following best describes this type of adaptation?

a)

migrations

b)

hibernations

c)

physical adaptations

d)

seasonal adaptations

4.

A chemist places a solution into a beaker half-filled with an unknown liquid.


Which of the following would be an indicator that a chemical change has occurred?

a)

the mixture produces a color change

b)

the liquids separate into two layers

c)

the mixture hardens and forms a solid

d)

the glass beaker cracks into several pieces

5.

Water is a major agent of change on the Earth. Which of the following processes does rain water go through to cause rocks to break apart?

a)

freezing and expanding

b)

melting and contracting

c)

condensing and expanding

d)

evaporating and contracting

6.

Decomposers are consumers that break down dead plants, dead animals, and waste into simple substances that are returned back to the Earth.


Which of the following is the substances that decomposers return back to the Earth?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

nutrients

d)

water

7.

Which of the following best explains why the straw looks different when placed in the glass of water?

a)

The wavelength of light gets longer as it passes through the water

b)

Light cannot pass through the glass of water

c)

The amount of light increases as it passes through glass

d)

Light is refracted at an angle as it moves from a gas to a liquid

8.

Which of the following statements describes the planet Mars?

a)

It is bigger than Earth and farther from the Sun

b)

It is bigger than Earth and closer to the Sun

c)

It is smaller than Earth and farther from the Sun

d)

It is smaller than Earth and closer to the Sun

9.

Which of the following best explains what will happen when the two magnets above are placed closer together?

a)

The like poles of the magnets will attract each other

b)

The like poles of the magnets will repel each other

c)

The opposite poles of the magnets will attract each other

d)

The opposite poles of the magnets will repel each other

10.

Earth has many types of climate zones. The map above shows the temperate climate zones found near the equator.


Which of the following best describes this type of climate zone?

a)

tropical heat and arctic cold

b)

low temperatures and precipitation formed as ice

c)

direct sunlight and rainy days

d)

no sunlight and year-round darkness