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Science Midterm - 4th

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What weather instrument is used to determine temperature?

a)

Barometer

b)

Weather Balloon

c)

Thermometer

d)

Anemometer

2.
What weather instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
a)
Barograph
b)
Barometer
c)
Wind Sock
d)
Wind Vane
3.
What weather instrument gathers and measures the amount of liquid precipitation that falls over a period of time?
a)
Wind Vane
b)
Rain Gauge
c)
Weather Balloon
d)
Anemometer
4.
What weather instrument has a revolving pointer that identifies wind direction?
a)
Wind Sock
b)
Wind Vane
c)
Anemometer
d)
Barograph
5.
What weather instrument is used to identify wind speed?
a)
Anemometer
b)
Barograph
c)
Barometer
d)
Wind Vane
6.
Which of these is not a form of water?
a)
Water Vapor
b)
Liquid
c)
Gel
d)
Ice
7.
What percent of Earth is made up of water?
a)
50%
b)
25%
c)
75%
d)
70.8%
8.
The water cycle is a continuous cycle that does not end.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The major source of energy which powers the water cycle is the _____.
a)
Electricity
b)
Sun
c)
Moon 
d)
Wind
10.

Which adaptation occurs when a skunk sleeps through the winter?

a)

migration

b)

hibernation

c)

camouflage

11.

What adaptation helps animals hide from predators?

a)

camouflage

b)

hibernation

c)

extinction

12.

When birds move from one region to another and back, is called

a)

environment

b)

camouflage

c)

extinction

d)

migration

13.

Looking or sounding like another organism for protection from predators is

a)

mimicry

b)

migration

c)

hibernation

d)

extinction

14.

an animal that eats dead plants and animals, including waste

a)

omnivore

b)

decomposer

c)

herbivore

d)

carnivore

15.

a model that shows how energy flows from one living thing to another

a)

food chain

b)

table

c)

chart

d)

graph

16.

these get energy by eating other living things

a)

consumers

b)

producers

c)

decomposers

d)

cones

17.

All living things are called _________.

a)

prey

b)

organisms

c)

partnerships

18.

Anything that can meet a need of a living thing is _____________.

a)

an adaptation

b)

competition

c)

a resource

19.

The living and nonliving things in an area are called _____________.

a)

the environment

b)

an ecosystem

c)

a pod

20.

Anything that makes the air, land, or water dirty is called _________.

a)

migration

b)

pollution

c)

adaptation

21.

What type of clouds are large, fluffy, stacked, and remind you of cotton balls?

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulus

d)

nimbus

22.

What type of clouds are low, dark, flat, and cover most of the sky like a blanket?

a)

stratus

b)

nimbus

c)

cumulus

d)

cirrus

23.

What type of clouds are thin, wispy, and look like streaks across the sky?

a)

stratus

b)

cirrus

c)

nimbus

d)

cumulus

24.

What is the first step of the water cycle?

a)

precipitation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

25.

What is the order of the water cycle?

a)

precipitation, transpiration, evaporation, condensation

b)

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff

c)

runoff, condensation, evaporation, precipitation

d)

evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation

26.

What tool measures air pressure?

a)

thermometer

b)

anemometer

c)

barometer

d)

none of the above

27.
Which cloud type is present during thunderstorms?
a)
cumulus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulonimbus
d)
cirrus
28.
Which type of consumer gets their energy from animals.
a)
Vegetarian.
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Carnivore
29.
Which type of consumer gets their energy from plants.
a)
Vegetarian.
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Carnivore
30.
Mushroom
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
31.
What does an herbivore eat?
a)
meat
b)
plants
c)
insects
d)
fish
32.
The omnivore are animals that eat 
a)
plants 
b)
animals 
c)
plants and meat 
33.
They are animals that eat only meat 
a)
herbivore 
b)
carnivore 
c)
omnivore 
34.
Instrument used to determine wind direction
a)
air pump
b)
wind vane
c)
cyclone
d)
air pressure
35.
Meeting of two different types of air masses
a)
warm and cold
b)
hurricane
c)
precipitation
d)
weather front
36.
Instrument for measuring the amount of rain that falls
a)
rain gauge
b)
wind vane
c)
hygrometer
d)
thermometer
37.

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are examples of

a)

rocks that fall out of the sky

b)

tornado

c)

precipitation

d)

forecast

38.
A scientist who studies and forecasts weather
a)
weatherologist
b)
news reporter
c)
zoologist
d)
meteorologist
39.
Instrument used to measure relative humidity
a)
thermometer
b)
wind vane
c)
hygrometer
d)
rain gauge
40.
All the air surrounding the earth
a)
atmosphere
b)
hydrosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
air
41.

What is the first step in the scientific method?

a)

draw conclusions

b)

ask a question/make an observation

c)

make a hypothesis

d)

test the experiment

42.

The following is NOT a step in the scientific method.

a)

collect data

b)

share conclusions with others

c)

make predictions

d)

take conclusions

43.

Which happens first?

a)

make a hypothesis

b)

make a plan

c)

ask a question/make an observation

d)

draw conclusions

44.

Which happens last?

a)

make a hypothesis

b)

ask a question/make an observation

c)

make a plan

d)

draw conclusions

45.

The scientific method is a series of

a)

stations

b)

phrases

c)

steps

d)

answers

46.

Choose a way to share your ideas with others

a)

write

b)

draw a picture

c)

record a video/audio

d)

give a speech

47.

To make observations you use your _______.

a)

senses

b)

feet

c)

smile

d)

experience

48.

Performing a test or experiment allows you to test your ___________.

a)

draw conclusions

b)

hypothesis

c)

senses

d)

battery

49.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
50.
Which of these contains steps in the right order?
a)
Ask a question, state your hypothesis, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
b)
State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
c)
Ask a question, research, state your hypothesis, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
d)
State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, make a conclusion, experiment, analyze