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Science Cumulative

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A complete soil profile includes three layers

a)

topsoil, midsoil, and bottomsoil

b)

drysoil, wetsoil, and thicksoil

c)

topsoil, subsoil, and parent material

2.

Soil is composed up of air, water, mineral soil particles, and decomposed organic plant material

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Which of the following refers to a soil's ability to transmit water?

a)

formation

b)

permeability

c)

texture

4.

How does humus form?

a)

weathering of the subsoil

b)

removal of the topsoil

c)

breakdown of organic remains

5.

Which soil size is the smallest?

a)

sand

b)

silt

c)

clay

6.

Which kind of soil does water drain through quickly?

a)

sand

b)

silt

c)

clay

7.

What mostly fills the pore spaces in soil?

a)

air and water

b)

worms

c)

insects

d)

organic matter

8.

A mixture of sand, silt, and clay is said to be

a)

an organic soil

b)

mud

c)

loam

9.

What part of the soil horizon is responsible for the leaf litter and humus?

a)

O

b)

A

c)

B

d)

C

10.

What part of the soil horizon also known as subsoil is responsible for mineral deposits that receives from layers above when mineralized water drips from the soil above

a)

O

b)

A

c)

B

d)

C

11.

What soil horizon is responsible for seed germination and plant roots

a)

O

b)

A

c)

B

d)

C

12.

Which properties are commonly used to identify minerals?

a)

streak and luster

b)

cleavage and fracture

c)

hardness and magnetism

d)

mass and size

13.

Why is the property of color so hard to use when identifying a mineral?

a)

different geologists might not agree on the color of the mineral

b)

two different minerals might have the same color

c)

many minerals are shiny and many are dull

14.

Most rocks are usually composed of only one mineral

a)

true

b)

false

15.

A mineral is made from an organic substance

a)

true

b)

false

16.

What does it mean if a diamond can scratch talc

a)

talc is harder than a diamond

b)

calcite is just as strong as a diamond

c)

a diamond is harder than talc

17.

What are two different types of luster?

a)

metallic and clear

b)

cleavage and fracture

c)

metallic and nonmetallic

18.

Why do geologists perform streak tests

a)

to see what color the rock is on the outside

b)

to find the true color

c)

to find magnetism

19.

What does a mineral need in order to have cleavage

a)

rough jagged edges and smooth flat planes

b)

reflect light and be shiny

c)

reflect light and have smooth regular planes

20.

The German scientist Fredrich Mohs developed a scale to measure ______________ of minerals

a)

cleavage

b)

fracture

c)

hardness

d)

luster

21.

Rocks that are produced when magma or lava cools and hardens are called _________

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

22.

Rocks are foliated or non-foliated depending on their

a)

hardness

b)

cleavage

c)

layers or lack of layers

23.

The size of mineral crystals in igneous rocks

a)

helps classify the rocks

b)

depends on the temperature at which magma forms

c)

depends on the mineral content of magma

24.

the rock cycle show each rock

a)

as it was millions of years ago

b)

as it is in recent times

c)

on a continuing journey

25.

Rocks formed when older rocks are heated and or squeezed

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

26.

rocks formed when pieces of rocks, plant and animal matter, or dissolved minerals father into layers

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

27.

Igneous rocks that form when magma cools on Earth's surface are called

a)

intrusive

b)

extrusive

c)

sedimentary

28.

Igneous rocks that form when magma cools below the crust inside Earth are called

a)

intrusive

b)

extrusive

c)

sedimentary

29.

mass is a (n) __________ property

a)

natural

b)

chemical

c)

electrical

d)

physical

30.

matter is made up of motionless particles

a)

true

b)

false

31.

Density depends on

a)

weight

b)

mass

c)

mass and volume

d)

volume

32.

which is a sign that a chemical change has occurred

a)

smoke

b)

broken pieces

c)

change in shape

d)

change in state

33.

What kind of change results in a new substance being produced

a)

chemical

b)

mass

c)

physical

d)

change of state

34.

Which of the following is an example of a physical change

a)

tarnishing

b)

rusting

c)

burning

d)

melting

35.

When iron reacts with oxygen, what substance is produced

a)

tarnish

b)

rust

c)

paitna

d)

ashes

36.

When a peeled banana turns black, it is a _____________

a)

chemical change

b)

physical change

c)

change of state

d)

thermal change

37.

The mass of the products of a chemical reaction _______ the mass of the reactants

a)

is greater than

b)

is less than

c)

is the same as

d)

may be more or less than

38.

Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?

a)

the shell of an egg breaks when struck against a hard surgace

b)

a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and butter is baked to become a cake

c)

chocolate squares are melted to make cake icing

d)

flour and sugar are sifted together into a measuring cup

39.

Which picture represents the particles in the first jar

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

40.

Which jar represents the particles in jar 3

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

41.

Leaves in a fire decomposing is an example of a __________________ change

a)

chemical

b)

physical

c)

random

d)

plasma

42.

Mrs. Black is the BEST Teacher!

a)

True

b)

False

43.

What is the name of our helper in our room

a)

Ms. Cheese

b)

Mr. Hamburger

c)

Ms. Hannah

d)

Mrs. Boyle

44.

What are the name of Mrs. Black's two children

a)

Lane

b)

Luke

c)

Lillian

d)

Lame

45.

When a substance burns, matter is destroyed

a)

true

b)

false

46.

In general, nonmetals are

a)

good conductors of electricity

b)

malleable and ductile

c)

good conductors of heat

d)

gases at room temperature

47.

Most of the mass of an atoms is found in its

a)

nucleus

b)

electron cloud

c)

atomic number

d)

mass number

48.

Vegetable soup is an example of a __________________

a)

homogenous mixture

b)

heterogenenous mixture

c)

compound

d)

pure substance

49.

In general, metals are

a)

poor conductors of heat

b)

brittle

c)

poor conductors of electricity

d)

good conductors of heat

50.

An atom consists of protons, neutrons, electrons

a)

true

b)

false

51.

_________ has mass and takes up space

a)

thought

b)

light

c)

air

d)

emotion

52.

In an atom, where is an electron located?

a)

in the nucleus with the proton

b)

on the periodic table of elements

c)

with the neutron

d)

in a cloud-like formation

53.

The atomic number of an element tells the number of _____________ in the nucleus of an atom of that element

a)

neutrons

b)

electrons

c)

protons

d)

isotopes

54.

All matter is made up of particles called

a)

atoms

b)

isotopes

c)

mixtures

55.

a pillowcase full of Halloween candy is a ____________________ mixture

a)

heterogenous

b)

homogenous

c)

compound

56.

What does 15.999 represent?

a)

atomic number

b)

chemical symbol

c)

atomic mass

d)

chemical name

57.

What does the "O" represent?

a)

chemical symbol

b)

atomic number

c)

atomic mass

d)

Element name

58.

The greater the average kinetic energy of an object, the lower the temperature of that object

a)

true

b)

false

59.

catalysts are used to speed up chemical reactions

a)

true

b)

false

60.

What are the two main types of energy that relate to motion?

a)

conduction and convection

b)

solar and thermal

c)

potential and kinetic

d)

radiation and heat

61.

A rock sitting on top of a cliff has

a)

kinetic energy

b)

no energy

c)

potential energy

d)

radiation energy

62.

Where is the chemical energy in a material stored?

a)

the nucleus

b)

the electrons

c)

the protons

d)

the bonds between the atoms

63.

Which of the following is correct concerning the breaking of a chemical bond

a)

only electricity can break a chemical bond

b)

Energy is never released from the breaking of a bond

c)

only heat can break a chemical bond

d)

when a bond is broken, energy is added and released

64.

Which type of chemical reaction needs to absorb energy to proceed?

a)

endothermic

b)

exothermic

c)

explosion

d)

radiation

65.

Which occurs as you hold a glass of ice tea?

a)

heat flows from the glass to your hand

b)

heat flows form your hand to the glass

c)

cold flows from the glass to your hand

d)

cold flows from your hand to the glass

66.

objects that are able to fall have what type of energy

a)

kinectic

b)

radiant

c)

potential

d)

electrical

67.

Muscles perform what type of energy transformation

a)

kinetic to potential

b)

kinetic to electrical

c)

thermal to radiant

d)

chemical to kinetic

68.

As a speed skater races down the rack, the speed skater's kinetic energy depends on the speed skater's

a)

mass and direction

b)

velocity and direction

c)

direction

d)

mass and speed

69.

Thermals in the air are due to this

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

heat

d)

radiation

70.

reason why the handle of a spoon with only its bottom part in a pan of hot water can get hot

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

heat

d)

radiation