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Semester 1 review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which form of matter has a definite shape like this picture?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
d)
clay
2.
Which form of matter take the shape of a container like this juice?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
glass
d)
gas
3.
Which form of matter fills the space like it has in the balloon?
a)
liquid
b)
string
c)
solid
d)
gas
4.
When the temperature of matter increases the particles...
a)
speed up and move closer
b)
speed up and move farther apart
c)
slow down and move closer together
d)
slow down and move farther apart
5.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of all different types of matter?
a)
They are made of atoms and molecules
b)
The particles are always in motion
c)
The particles always move at the same speed
d)
They are made of particles that are too small to see
6.
When the temperature of matter decreases the particles ...
a)
speed up and move farther apart
b)
speed up and move closer together
c)
slow down and move farther apart
d)
slow down and move closer together
7.
Molecules are closest together in a 
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
plasma
8.
Water can be a solid, liquid, and a gas.
a)
True
b)
False
liquid
9.
What does this picture represent? 
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
10.
What does this picture represent? 
a)
solid
b)
liquid 
c)
gas
d)
plasma
11.
Molecules move quickest in which state of matter
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
solid, liquid and gas
12.
How many total people took the survey?
a)
50
b)
150
c)
100
d)
200
13.
What was the total amount of candy sold during the school year shown in the graph?
a)
43
b)
35.5
c)
23
d)
27.5
14.
In which year did exactly 60 students have scholarships?
a)
2010
b)
2011
c)
2012
d)
2013
15.
In August, how many metric tons did Clark's Paper Mill and Tyler Paper Mill produce all together?
a)
10
b)
70
c)
80
d)
90
16.
What is the volume of the liquid in this graduated cylinder?
a)
19 mL 
b)
35 mL 
c)
24 mL 
d)
1.9 mL
17.
What is the volume of the liquid in this graduated cylinder?
a)
8.5 mL 
b)
7.5 mL 
c)
8 mL 
d)
.1 mL
18.
What is the volume of the liquid in this graduated cylinder?
a)
8.6 mL 
b)
86 mL 
c)
8.06 mL 
d)
.86 mL
19.
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Density
20.

What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!

21.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation 
22.
Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.
a)
more
b)
less
23.
The man goes to take the hot pot off the stove with his bare hands.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
24.
What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?
a)
Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.
b)
No energy is transferred.
c)
Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.
d)
The water warms up due to the humidity
25.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
26.
Transfer of thermal energy through "space"
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
27.
Conduction occurs in...
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
28.
Carole owns a two story house with a heating and cooling unit on each floor. In the winter she mostly uses the downstairs unit because the volume of warm air __________ and __________ warming the whole house through __________.
a)
expands, rises, convection
b)
expands, sinks, conduction
c)
contracts, rises, conversion
d)
contracts, sinks, contraption
29.
Thermal energy travels...
a)
Hot to cold
b)
Cold to hot
c)
Inside to outside
d)
Outside to inside
30.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
31.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
32.
During which stage do clouds form?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
33.
What is the process during which water cools and turns from a gas to a liquid?
a)
Codensation
b)
Runoff
c)
Precipitation
d)
Evaporation
34.
The first step in the water cycle 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation 
c)
precipitation
d)
there is no first step 
35.
The ________ is the driving force of the earth's surface.
a)
sun
b)
moon 
c)
stars
36.
______occurs when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets.
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
37.
A __________ is the lines between air masses.
a)
low pressure system
b)
high pressure system
c)
front
38.
This Symbol is associated with a _____________________Front.
a)
Warm
b)
Occluded
c)
Cold
d)
Stationary
39.
This picture represents the symbol for a __________________________Front.
a)
Warm
b)
Occluded
c)
Cold
d)
Stationary
40.
What front is moving through the NW part of the US?
a)
Stationary
b)
Warm
c)
Occluded
d)
Cold
41.
What direction is the cold front moving?
a)
Northwest
b)
Southeast
c)
Northeast
d)
Southwest
42.
Which city can expect to see an increase in temperatures over the next 24 hours?
a)
Billings, Montana
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
d)
Miami, Florida
43.
Which weather front are severe storms most likely to develop?
a)
warm front
b)
stationary front
c)
cold front
d)
occluded front
44.
Storms generally move in what direction? 
a)
from east to west
b)
from north to south
c)
from south to north
d)
from west to east
45.
Conduction can only occur between two objects when –
a)
one object is less dense than the other.
b)
both objects are in physical contact with each other.
c)
one of the objects is made of a metal.
d)
both objects are exactly the same temperature.
46.
What two kinds of heat transfer are represented?
a)
stove→pot=radiation pot→egg=conduction
b)
stove→pot=conduction pot→egg=radiation
c)
stove→pot=convection pot→egg=conduction
d)
stove→pot=conduction pot→egg=convection
47.
In which direction will heat be transferred by conduction?
a)
From Sample 4 to Sample 1
b)
From Sample 2 to Sample 3
c)
From Sample 2 to Sample 4
d)
From Sample 3 to Sample 2
48.
When a substance melts, the kinetic energy _____________.
a)
decreases
b)
stays the same
c)
increases
d)
decreases then increases