Free Printable Year 7 - Year so far quiz!

1.

What is an independent variable?

a)

The variable you keep the same

b)

The variable you change

c)

The variable you measure

2.

What is a dependent variable?

a)

The variable you measure

b)

The variable you change

c)

The variable you keep the same

3.

What piece of apparatus do we use to measure the volume of liquids?

a)

Beaker

b)

Balance

c)

Measuring Tube

d)

Measuring Cylinder

4.

What piece of apparatus do we use to measure temperature?

a)

pH probe

b)

Stopwatch

c)

Thermometer

5.

If your results are reliable, what does it mean?

a)

If you repeat the experiment you would get the same results

b)

The results are accurate

c)

The experiment has been completed correctly

d)

The results are incorrect

6.

What is the job of a nucleus in a cell?

a)

The brain of the cell

b)

Controls all the cells activities

c)

Where respiration takes place

d)

Where photosynthesis occurs

7.

Pick the parts of a cell you do not find in animal cells.

a)

Cell Membrance

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Chloroplasts

e)

Cytoplasm

8.

Where in a cell do you find all the genetic material (DNA)?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Nucleus

d)

Vacuole

9.

Where does respiration happen in animal cells?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Nucleus

c)

Mitochondria

10.

What is the job of chloroplasts?

a)

Where protein synthesis takes place

b)

Where photosynthesis takes place

c)

Controls all the cells activities

11.

What type of organism is a bacteria?

a)

Multicelluar

b)

Unicellular

12.

Bacterial cells have a nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is diffusion?

a)

Movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

b)

Movement of particles from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration

14.

Pick two properties of particles in a solid.

a)

Free to move

b)

Fixed Position

c)

High energy

d)

Cannot be compressed

15.

Pick two properties of particles in a liquid.

a)

Can flow

b)

Fixed position

c)

Difficult to compress

d)

Far Apart

16.

Pick three properties of gas particles.

a)

Far apart

b)

Close together

c)

High energy

d)

Easily compressed

e)

Difficult to compress

17.

What does the term soluble mean?

a)

A substance that cannot dissolve

b)

A substance that can dissolve

18.

What does the term insoluble mean?

a)

A substance that does not dissolve very easily

b)

A substance that does dissolve easily

19.

What do we call the change of state from a liquid to a solid?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Evaporating

d)

Condensing

20.

What do we call a change of state from a gas to a liquid?

a)

Evaporating

b)

Condensing

c)

Melting

d)

Freezing

21.

What is chromatography used for?

a)

Separate two solids

b)

Separate inks

c)

Separate two liquids

22.

Pick two factors that can speed up diffusion.

a)

Volume

b)

Temperature

c)

Concentration Gradient

d)

Amount of particles

23.

What method of separation would you use to separate rocks and water?

a)

Chromatography

b)

Filtering

c)

Distillation

24.

What method of separation would you sue to separate water from sea water?

a)

Filtering

b)

Distillation

c)

Chromatography

25.

During filtration, an insoluble solid collects in the filter paper. What is this called?

a)

Solute

b)

Filtrate

c)

Solvent

d)

Residue

26.

What are the units for force?

a)

Metres

b)

Kilograms

c)

Newtons

d)

Seconds

27.

If the forces are balanced, what will the object do?

a)

Change Direction

b)

Speed up

c)

There will be no change

28.

Which force would increase to make the car accelerate?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

29.

Which force would represents the weight of the car?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

Which one of the statements describes the motion of the car?

a)

It will be slowing down

b)

It will be stationary

c)

It will have a constant speed

d)

It will be speeding up

31.

What is the definition of mass?

a)

Mass is the effect of gravity and measured in newtons

b)

Mass is the amount of matter a substance is made up of and measured in kilograms

32.

How do you calculate weight?

a)

$gravitational\ field\ strength\ \div mass$

b)

$gravitational\ field\ strength\ \times mass$

c)

$mass\ \div gravitational\ field\ strength$

d)

$gravitational\ field\ strength\ +mass$

33.

Why does the Earth have a stronger gravitational field than the moon?

a)

It has a smaller mass

b)

it has a larger mass

c)

it has a smaller weight

d)

it has a larger weight

34.

What is the weight of an object on mars if the mass is 5 kg? The gravitational field strength of Mars is 3.8 N/kg.

a)

1.3 N

b)

19 N

c)

8.8 N

d)

15 N

35.

The mass of a person would change if they went to a different planet?

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What are the units for energy?

a)

Joules

b)

Newtons

c)

m/s

d)

Kg

37.

Which of the statements is true?

a)

Energy can be created and destroyed, but not transferred.

b)

Energy cannot be created or transferred, only destroyed.

c)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.

38.

The diagram shows the energy transferred by a electric heater. How much energy is wasted?

a)

15 J

b)

88 J

c)

12 J

d)

38 J

39.

Some students investigate a model of the craters produced by meteorite impacts. They drop balls into a tray filled with sand. They use six balls with different masses. They drop each ball from the same height.

Which one of these graphs shows the relationship between the gravitational potential energy (gpe) of the balls and their mass when they are all at the same height?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

40.

A car is travelling at 30mph and brakes. Which of the statements about the change in energy stores is true?

a)

The kinetic store has increased and the thermal store or energy in the brakes as decreased

b)

The kinetic store has decreased and the thermal store of energy in the brakes as increased.

Year 7 - Year so far quiz!

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

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