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WorksheetsNYS Assessment Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins
Which of the following rock layers is oldest?
Layer G
Layer F
Layer C
Layer A
Volcanic eruptions are caused primarily by the movement of
Rocks by erosion
Earth in its orbit
Planetary winds
Tectonic plates
Which is the layer of the Earth that experiences convection and drives the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?
A
B
C
D
Two fossils that appear to be from the same type of organism are found in two different layers of rock. The layers of rock are shown below.
What can be determined from the location of the fossils?
The prey of the organisms
The predators of the organism
The cause of death for the organisms
The relative age of the organisms.
Layers C through G were worn down by acid rain and freezing cold winters, then rain washed the sediment away. What is this process called?
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Weathering and Erosion
The map below shows dark bands that indicate long mountain ranges on the west coasts of North America and South America.
What causes the formation of these mountain ranges?
Erosion of continental coastlines by ocean waves.
Collision of tectonic plates
Deposition of river sediments entering the ocean.
Uneven heating of the Earth's surface.
The formation of the rock fragments in the rock cycle is most likely a result of
Crystalizing
Melting
Compaction
Weathering
What most likely happened to the dead plants and animals?
They were eaten by scavengers.
They were washed away by water.
They became fossil fuels.
They became an underground aquifer.
A student places 250 g samples of clay, sand, gravel, and silt in separate flower pots. The pots are set on a wire rack, and dishes are placed beneath the pots so that water can drip through holes and collect. The student then pours 100 mL of water over the sample in each pot. The student measures the time it takes for water to begin dripping from the bottom of each pot.What property of soils is the student most likely examining with this procedure?
The amount of time it takes different soils to dry
How well different soils retain water
How much water is needed to dissolve different soils
The differences in texture between wet and dry soils
Which of these describes one or more living organisms that depend on another living organism to survive?
Bacteria living in the mouth of a horse
Ivy plants growing up a fence to obtain more sunlight
Mold living on a hard, rocky surface
An angelfish releasing carbon dioxide into pond water
Which statement correctly describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this wetland?
Energy is transferred from hawks to shrews to grasshoppers to marsh grasses.
Energy is transferred from marsh grasses to crickets to hawks to frogs.
Energy is transferred from grasshoppers to crickets to frogs to hawks.
Energy is transferred from cattails to crickets to shrews to hawks.
A bright-red male cardinal comes to a school bird feeder every morning. Like other cardinals, this bird makes a sharp chirping sound as it hops around the bird feeder. Which of these is a learned behavior of this bird?
Having red feathers
Eating seeds during the day
Coming to the bird feeder each morning
Making a chirping sound
Some students are feeding a crab in an aquarium. They use tongs to place the food directly in front of the crab. The students look through the side of the aquarium. They notice that the image of the tongs appears to break as the tongs enter the water. Which property of light are the students observing in this situation?
Light can be refracted and separated into different colors as it moves from air to a different medium.
Light is refracted as it moves from one medium to another medium.
Light travels in a straight line and can be reflected off the surface of water
Light is absorbed by water and reflected off glass.
The Grand Canyon is more than 400 km long and in some places almost 2 km deep. Which model best represents the main process that formed the Grand Canyon?
A family takes a group picture in a park where bluebonnets are blooming. The family notices that some of the blooms are white and others are blue. The color of the blooms is most likely determined by —
inheritance from parent plants
the age of the plant
the types of consumers that eat the plant
air temperature
The picture below shows a cumulonimbus cloud forming over an ocean. Which statement best explains how the sun and the ocean interact to form a cumulonimbus cloud?
Heat from the sun causes clouds in the area to gather over the ocean and form one large cumulonimbus cloud.
Heat from the sun warms the ocean, causing water to evaporate. The water vapor then condenses to form a cumulonimbus cloud.
Light from the sun shines on the ocean, causing water vapor to condense. The water then evaporates to form a cumulonimbus cloud.
Light from the sun causes ocean water to reflect water vapor into the air and gather over the ocean into a cumulonimbus cloud.
Which statement best describes the processes of weathering and erosion?
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for depositing loose sediments on the bottom of the ocean, forming layers of sediment.
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the breakdown of any type of rock into smaller particles and the carrying away of the loose sediments.
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the amount of water in a river that transports sediments to the sea.
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the transportation, deposition, and compaction of loose sediments on the seafloor.
Dry, rocky mountains
Forests of pine trees
Tall, spiny cacti
Lakes and rivers
What is the outcome (DEPENDENT) variable?
plant height
time in days
sunflower
daisy
Fred and Barney were given an assignment to go to a school basketball game and write down everything they each saw, heard, smelled, and touched. Afterwards the two students were to compare and contrast their findings and write up a summary of their combined data. In this case when they wrote down what they saw, heard, smelled and felt was considered?
They were creating a hypothesis
They were making inferences
They were writing down their observations
None of the above
Cindy placed three beehives with the same mass into separate (but identical) glass containers. Hive A was kept at 10 degrees Celsius (˚C), Hive B was kept at 29 ˚C, and Hive C was kept at 37 ˚C. For the next month she measured the amount of honey each hive produced. Hive B produced more than the other two hives.
What is the Manipulated (INDEPENDENT) variable in her experiment?
The temperature of each hive
The number of hives
The mass of each hive
The amount of honey produced
The picture below shows a microscopic view of cork tissue, which Robert Hooke used to identify the first cell in 1665. Today, it is known that this discovery helped lead to the cell theory. What happened for the cell theory to be created?
Hooke formed an explanation that was so convincing that the scientific community easily agreed that he was correct and made the cell theory.
The scientific community elected the best cell biologist to perform one more experiment on Hooke's work, and he created the cell theory.
The scientific community took Hooke to a court of law, and after many arguments they eventually ruled in favor of the cell theory.
Many scientists performed studies that tested and built upon Hooke's work, eventually forming a unified understanding of cells.
A constant is:
something that is changed on purpose
something that scientists do not yet understand
something that stays the same
something that changes because of something else
A student hypothesized that the amount of sunlight a sunflower plant receives determines the number of sunflower seeds the plant produces. In her experiment, the number of seeds produces is the______
Test (independent) variable
Outcome (dependent) Variable
Control Variable
Control group
Based on the data shown in the graph, which of the statements below mostly closely fits the data.
Students performed worse on test #2 than they did test #9
Students performed better on test#2 than they did on test#9
Students performed better on test#1 than they did on test#7
all of the above
A scientist wanted to know more about these blue birds at a beach. He goes to the beach and he writes down everything he sees the birds doing and all the sounds they make. This is an example of which scientific tool?
observation
analysis
hypothesis testing
replication
In a science experiment, a student is asked to identify the freezing and melting points of water. Which piece of laboratory equipment should be used?
Triple Beam Balance
Thermometer
Ruler
Graduated Cylinder
How are igneous rocks formed?
Years of sediment are laid down on top of each other and forced together
Acid rain caused by pollution creates holes in metamorphic rocks
Dust and pebbles are pressed together underground from Earth's heat and pressure
Magma from a volcanic eruption cools and hardens
Which of the following is the most likely food source for a carnivore?
A plant
The Sun
An Animal
A dead tree
Which statement accurately describes a state of matter?
Solids take the shape of their container
Gases maintain a fixed shape
Liquids will expand to fill the volume of a container
Gases expand to fill an entire space
In a food chain, where does the energy go after the secondary consumer dies?
Back to the sun
To the producers
Into air, becomes wind
To decomposers
How are organisms, such as snakes, cacti and coyotes able to survive in harsh desert conditions?
Over thousands of years these organisms have developed adaptations to survive in arid climates
These organisms migrate out of the desert during the summer months
These organisms work together to find sources of food and water
Snakes, cacti and coyotes are all aquatic species that live in ponds and rivers during the hot day
Why is it important to form a hypothesis before performing an experiment?
Developing a hypothesis ensures that the lab will be safe
The experiment will take too much time to complete if there is no hypothesis
The hypothesis tell what the experiment is go to be testing
Which of these is considered a non-renewable resource?
Glass
Wood
Cattle
Soil
A dog is an omnivore. What would you expect a dog's diet to consist of?
Meat
Vegetables
Both meat and vegetables
Neither meat nor vegetables
Electrical cords, such as the cords of a television or the cord on a toaster, are covered with rubber or plastic. What would you expect to happen if a portion of the rubber covering were missing when you tried to plug the cord in?
The appliance would not work after it plugged in
The person plugging the appliance in would feel an electric shock
The cover does not matter, all appliances would work normally
