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Final Exam

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part does chlorophyll play in photosynthesis?

a)

It transports sugar and water to a plant's leaves.

b)

It captures the sun's energy.

c)

It drinks water from the soil.

d)

It breathes the air around a plant and gets carbon dioxide.

2.

What are water and carbon dioxide converted into by the end of photosynthesis?

a)

air and sunlight

b)

water and air

c)

glucose (sugar) and water

d)

glucose (sugar) and oxygen

3.

What do plants do with the glucose (sugar) they produce?

a)

Release it through their stoma.

b)

Use it for growth.

c)

Convert it to oxygen.

d)

Convert it to water.

4.

Consumer

a)

Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

b)

Producers

c)

Organisms that use photosynthesis to make food.

d)

Organisms that produce.

5.

Producer

a)

Organisms that create food through photosynthesis.

b)

Organisms that are consumers.

c)

Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

d)

Organisms like humans and animals.

6.

Photosynthesis

a)

The system that is found in plants and animals.

b)

This is how plants turn oxygen and water into food.

c)

This is how plants turn sunlight and oxygen into food.

d)

The process that producers use to make food from light energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

7.

Chloroplasts

a)

The organelle found in all living things.

b)

The organelle found in leaves where photosynthesis occurs.

c)

The organelle that Naveena Shine had in her body.

d)

The organelle found in consumers.

8.

Chlorophyll

a)

The chemical in Naveena Shine's body.

b)

The light energy.

c)

The green pigment found in chloroplasts that captures light energy.

d)

The green substance that is found in worms.

9.

Glucose

a)

A type of sugar that is formed during photosynthesis.

b)

A type of candy that we eat.

c)

A type of sugar made from oxygen and sunlight.

d)

A type of sugar made from carbon dioxide, light energy, and oxygen.

10.

Carbon Dioxide

a)

A type of gas that is released by producers.

b)

A type of gas that is needed by producers to make glucose.

c)

A type of gas that is inhaled by humans to live.

d)

A type of gas that is released by trees.

11.

Oxygen

a)

A type of gas that is harmful to humans.

b)

A type of gas that is needed by producers.

c)

A type of gas that needs photosynthesis.

d)

A type of gas that is released by producers and needed by consumers to live.

12.

What is cellular respiration?

a)

The process that organisms use to release energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

b)

The process that abiotic things use for energy.

c)

All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area.

d)

The process that organisms use to release oxygen, water, and energy.

13.

Define ecosystem:

a)

All the living things interacting with each other.

b)

All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area.

c)

All the nonliving things interacting with each other.

d)

The ability to make things move or change.

14.

Define abiotic matter:

a)

all of the nonliving parts of the ecosystem

b)

all of the living or once living parts of the ecosystem

15.

Define biotic matter:

a)

all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

b)

all of the living or once living parts of an ecosystem

16.

What is a decomposer?

a)

An organism that uses light energy to make its own food.

b)

A snake is an example of a decomposer.

c)

An organism that is abiotic.

d)

An organism that gets its energy from breaking down dead matter.

17.
When predator numbers decrease, prey numbers ____________ because fewer of them are being consumed.
a)
decrease
b)
increase
c)
stay the same
d)
divide in half
18.
Predator-prey interactions are an important biotic factor for both predator and prey populations.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Resource availability refers to the amount food, water, energy, and shelter that organisms can obtain in order to survive. 
a)
True
b)
False
20.
An example of the dramatic effects of ___________ is the shape of the Grand Canyon.
a)
air
b)
soil
c)
biotic
d)
water
21.
Water, air, soil, and temperature are all examples of __________ factors.
a)
abiotic
b)
organisms
c)
biotic
d)
population
22.

What is the rock cycle?

a)

The Earth's process of changing one type of rock into another type of rock.

b)

The path that magma follows when it changes into lava or igneous rock.

c)

Any process that an object on the Earth goes through, whether plant or mineral.

d)

Any type of rock formation that is circular or triangular in shape.

23.

What helps to change rocks into other types of rocks?

a)

Heat

b)

Pressure

c)

Erosion

d)

All of the above

24.

What kind of rock would you most likely find near a volcano?

a)

limestone

b)

pumice

c)

marble

d)

sandstone

25.

Which process is necessary for creating igneous rock?

a)

The mixing of rock with dust and rain.

b)

The erosion of sediment from cliff sides.

c)

The pressure of many layers of rock.

d)

The cooling of melted rock, or magma.

26.

When rock experiences a great deal of pressure and heat, which kind of rock forms?

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

all of the above

27.
What would most likely happen if it didn't rain in a certain area for a long period of time?
a)
Animals and plants would live the same way they always do.
b)
Animals would drink all the water and leave none for the plants.
c)
Plants would die, and animals would't receive nutrients from plants.
d)
Nutrients would find a different way of getting to plants and animals.
28.
Which of these describes evaporation?
a)
Water vapor becomes a liquid.
b)
Plants lose water through their leaves.
c)
What goes up must come down.
d)
Water warms up and becomes a vapor.
29.

The Earth's crust is made of

a)

water.

b)

magma.

c)

volcanoes.

d)

solid rock.

30.

All of Earth's plates were once together. This is known as ______.

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

pangaea

d)

mantle

31.

When plates move together they form _________.

a)

mountains

b)

volcanoes.

c)

magma

d)

rocks

32.

When the Earth's plates shift the result is a(n) _________.

a)

channel

b)

landform

c)

landslide

d)

earthquake

33.

The ______ is the thinnest layer of the Earth.

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

core

d)

magma

34.

What are properties?

a)

Things that someone tells you about.

b)

Things that can be observed about a substance, such as color or smell.

c)

Properties are tiny pieces called matter.

d)

118 different types of atoms.

35.

All matter is made of tiny pieces called ___________.

a)

substances

b)

material

c)

properties

d)

atoms

36.

Different substances have ___________ properties.

a)

similar

b)

different

c)

atom

d)

liquid

37.

What is the difference between KCl and NaCl?

a)

Both substances are gases.

b)

One substance is a solid and the other substance is gas.

c)

These substances have all the same properties.

d)

These substances are composed of different atoms.

38.

Why do different substances have different properties?

a)

Different substances have different properties because the atoms that make up each substance are grouped differently.

b)

Different substances have different properties because the atoms that make up each substance are the same.

39.

All substances are made of groups of repeating ___________.

a)

substances

b)

atoms

c)

carbon

d)

matter

40.
The positive particles of an atom are _________.
a)
positrons
b)
electrons
c)
protons
d)
neutrons
41.
The central region of an atom is where it's protons and neutrons are is called the ________.
a)
nucleus
b)
core
c)
electron cloud
d)
center
42.
An atom with atomic number 6 would have how many protons?
a)
3
b)
12
c)
cannot be determined
d)
6
43.
Particles in an atom that are neutral with no charge are ________.
a)
neutrons
b)
electrons
c)
protons
d)
nucleus
44.
The smallest particle of any particular type of matter is known by which of the following terms?
a)
element
b)
atom
c)
chemical
d)
compound
45.
Matter is anything that ____________________.
a)
has mass
b)
takes up space
c)
has mass and takes up space
d)
has energy
46.
Which of the following is an example of matter?
a)
happy
b)
sound
c)
nail
d)
energy
47.
Any living thing.
a)
Abiotic
b)
Organism
c)
Specimen
d)
Niche
48.
The interaction of biotic organisms with their abiotic environment.
a)
Ecology
b)
Environment
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Environmental science
49.
The "ingredients" necessary for a chemical reaction to occur.
a)
products
b)
reactants
c)
glucose
d)
production
50.
To have an effect on one another.
a)
interaction
b)
ecosystem
c)
niche
d)
habitat
51.
An organism that hunts for and eats other organisms.  They are at the top of the food chain.
a)
herbivores
b)
predators
c)
prey
d)
primary consumers
52.
The path of energy from one organism to another.
a)
food web
b)
ecosystem
c)
primary producer
d)
primary consumer
53.
Organisms, such as plants, that make their own food.
a)
secondary consumers
b)
primary consumers
c)
heterotrophs
d)
autotrophs
54.
The "end" results of a chemical reaction.
a)
products
b)
reactants 
c)
reaction
d)
production
55.
Overlapping food chains.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
Food chain
d)
Food webs
56.
Igneous, sedimentary, and _____________ rock are formed by the rock cycle.
a)
mineral
b)
metamorphic
c)
sediments
d)
metamorphosis 
57.
Moving toward the same place.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
cross section
58.
A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
a)
apple slice
b)
cross section
c)
outer layer
d)
map view
59.
A sudden shaking of Earth's surface.
a)
volcano
b)
core sample
c)
cross section
d)
Earthquake
60.
Evidence of life from the past.
a)
igneous rock
b)
volcanoes
c)
rocks
d)
fossil
61.
A feature that forms on the surface of a planet.
a)
cross section
b)
landform
c)
diagram
d)
core sample
62.
Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock.
a)
cross section
b)
outer layer
c)
core sample
d)
surface
63.
One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer.
a)
plate
b)
transform
c)
outer layer
d)
convergent
64.
________________ plate boundaries move toward each other and create landforms such as mountains and trenches.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transport
65.
____________ plate boundaries move away from each other and create landforms such as ridges.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transport
66.
These plate boundaries slide sideways and create no major landforms.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transport
67.
Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria for your TsunamiAlert design? 
a)
Maximize average warning time.
b)
Minimize false alarms.
c)
Creating a safe location for people.
d)
Minimize costs.
68.
True or False:  You will find a lot of tsunamis near divergent plate boundaries.
a)
True
b)
False
69.
True or False:  If a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck at a convergent plate boundary underwater, it may cause a tsunami. 
a)
True
b)
False
70.
In regards to earthquake activity, it is important to consider the following when designing your tsunami warning system: _________, _____________, and ____________.
a)
plate boundary type, tsunami, and  location.
b)
location, convergent, and divergent.
c)
convergent, transform, and divergent.
d)
location, magnitude, and plate boundary type.
71.
What is the purpose of your engineering project?
a)
To help warn us of when a tsunami hits California.
b)
To design a tsunami warning system to help the citizens of Sri Lanka.
c)
To build a shelter for people to go to after a tsunami hits.
d)
To let us know when earthquakes are going to hit the west coast.
72.
Why are tsunamis more likely to happen at convergent plate boundaries?
a)
The plates crash into each other and causes the water to jump up.
b)
The sideways movement of the plates causes the water to displace upward.
c)
When one plate subducts, it causes an upward displacement of water.
d)
Because the plates are moving apart, there is no where else for the water to go but up.
73.

A tsunami is __________.

a)

An earthquake underwater

b)

a large, destructive ocean wave

c)

caused by wind blowing hard across the ocean

d)

a wave that surfers ride

74.

Tsunamis are so dangerous because _________.

a)

people in ships will be thrown out

b)

people cannot hold their breath long enough to swim in it

c)

sharks will be washed ashore

d)

they can flood the land in a matter of hours

75.

Geologic events that cause tsunamis _______ be predicted.

a)

can

b)

cannot

76.

Certain earthquake data ________ indicate a potential tsunami.

a)

can

b)

cannot

77.
What is found in the nucleus of atoms?
a)
Protons and electrons.
b)
Protons, neutrons, and electrons.
c)
Protons and neutrons.
d)
Neutrons and electrons.
78.
What particle orbits the nucleus of an atom?
a)
Electrons
b)
Protons
c)
Neutrons
d)
Nuetrons

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