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7th grade science vocabulary review #1

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is science?

a)

Thinking about things and making up stuff.

b)

An organized way of learning about the natural world.

2.

An observation is

a)

prior knowledge used to figure something out to develop a hypothesis

b)

a widely accepted hypothesis

c)

the first step to carrying out science using the senses

3.

An hypothesis is

a)

a testable statement

b)

a wild guess

c)

a scientific theory

4.

The independent variable

a)

a testable statement

b)

the variable that a scientist observes

c)

a subject in an experiment that is test by measurement

d)

variable in an experiment that the scientist manipulates

5.

The dependent variable is what the scientist

a)

manipulates

b)

observes

c)

guesses about

d)

theorizes

6.

Data

a)

guesses about numbers

b)

facts or statistics

c)

a character from Star Trek: the new generation

7.

A frame of reference is

a)

the direction and distance from a beginning to end

b)

group of objects whose placement can be used for comparison

c)

a push or pull that changes the speed or direction of something

8.

Displacement is

a)

a graph used to show changes in motion over time

b)

a measure of how long it takes an object to get somewhere

c)

friction force

d)

direction and distance from a starting point to an ending point

9.

Speed is

a)

the overall force actin on an object

b)

opposition force

c)

a measure of how long it takes an object to get from one place to another

d)

tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

10.

A line graph is

a)

a graph used to show changes in motion over time

b)

a push or pull

c)

the direction an distance from start to finish

d)

opposition force

11.

Distance time graph

a)

measure of the inertia of an object

b)

tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

c)

force one object exerts on another

d)

line graph use to show the speed of a moving object

12.

A force is

a)

a push or pull

b)

tendency of of an object to resist change

c)

measure of the inertia of an object

13.

Net force

a)

force that opposed the motion of objects

b)

overall force acting on an object

c)

friction force on a rolling object

d)

force opposing an object in water

14.

Balanced forces

a)

a push or pull

b)

the overall force acting on an object

c)

friction force

d)

net force between 2 objects is zero

15.

Friction force that acts to prevents objects that are touching from sliding past one another.

a)

Net force

b)

Static friction

c)

Sliding friction

d)

Fluid friction

16.

A force that opposes the motion of objects as they slide past one another.

a)

Sliding friction

b)

Net force

c)

Balanced forces

d)

Rolling friction

17.

Friction force that acts on a rolling object and the surface on which it is rolling.

a)

Static friction

b)

Rolling friction

c)

Fluid friction

d)

Force

18.

A force that opposed motion through a fluid (liquid or gas).

a)

Force

b)

Static friction

c)

Rolling friction

d)

Fluid friction

19.

The tendency of an object to resist change

a)

intertia

b)

gravity

c)

mass

d)

action force

20.

Measure of the inertia of an object; amount of matter the object contains

a)

weight

b)

mass

c)

gravity

d)

volume

21.

The force on object exerts on another

a)

gravity

b)

reaction force

c)

mass

d)

action force

22.

The force an object exerts back on another object as a result of its action force.

a)

Net force

b)

Balanced forces

c)

Action force

d)

Reaction force

23.

Gravity is

a)

a force that acts between any two masses

b)

measure of the inertia of an object

c)

tendency of an object to resist change

24.

Energy

a)

makes work easier

b)

is the ability to do work

c)

two or more simple machines working together

d)

nonrenewable

25.

Energy of motion or position (not in motion yet)

a)

Thermal

b)

Electrical

c)

Mechanical

d)

Electromagnetic

26.

Mechanical energy of position

a)

Kinetic

b)

Thermal

c)

Potential

d)

Electrical

27.

Mechanical energy of motion

a)

Potential

b)

Thermal

c)

Chemical

d)

Kinetic

28.

Movement of energy from one source to another

a)

Energy transformation

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Energy transfer

d)

Potential energy

29.

Energy transfer from warm objects to cooler objects.

a)

Thermal transfer

b)

Chemical transfer

c)

Electromagnetic transfer

d)

Solar transfer

30.

Energy transfer from moving objects pushing or pulling on another

a)

Thermal transfer

b)

Electrical transfer

c)

Electromagnetic transfer

d)

Mechanical transfer

31.

Energy transfer of electric charges moving through conductors to complete a circuit

a)

Chemical transfer

b)

Thermal transfer

c)

Mechanical transfer

d)

Electrical transfer

32.

Energy transfer in the form of waves, like radio, microwave, gamma, etc.

a)

Chemical transfer

b)

Thermal transfer

c)

Electromagnetic transfer

d)

Sound transfer

33.

One form of energy changes to another

a)

Chemical transfer

b)

Energy transformation

c)

Energy transfer

d)

Mechanical transfer

34.

Nonrenewable energy sources formed from the remains of living things, ex. coal, oil, natural gas.

a)

Fossil fuels

b)

Solar energy

c)

Geothermal energy

d)

Biomass energy

35.

Solar energy is

a)

nonrenewable and widely available

b)

green energy harnessed from light bulbs

c)

nonrenewable energy harnessed from the sun

d)

green energy harnessed from the sun

36.

Green energy harnessed from water

a)

Pool energy

b)

Solar energy

c)

Hydropower

d)

Biomass

37.

Green energy harnessed from the wind

a)

Fossil fuels

b)

Wind energy

c)

Solar energy

d)

Geothermal

38.

Makes work easier by changing the size of direction of acting forces

a)

Machine

b)

Ideal mechanical advantage

c)

Mechanical advantage

d)

Actual mechanical advantage

39.

The number of times a machine multiplies a force

a)

Mechanical advantage

b)

Compound machine

c)

Machine

d)

Kinetic energy

40.

Layer of earth where you are sitting; weather occurs here

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

41.

This layer contains the ozone layer

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

42.

This layer is where temperature drops as you go up; meteors burn up here, too!

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

43.

This layer is where the Aurora borealis is; it's very hot!

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

44.

This is the layer where you exit our atmosphere and go into outer space.

a)

stratosphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

exosphere

d)

troposphere

45.

Energy turns water into water vapor

a)

Condensation

b)

Runoff

c)

Sublimation

d)

Evaporation

46.

Water vapor cools and becomes liquid

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

sublimation

d)

runoff

47.

Water evaporates from plant leaves

a)

sublimation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

48.

Ice turns directly into a gas

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

sublimation

d)

transpiration

49.

Rain, snow, sleet or hail

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

sublimation

d)

evaporation

50.

Porous underground rock that contains water

a)

Cave

b)

Shipwreck

c)

Reef

d)

Aquifer

51.

precipitation that is not absorbed, but drains into bodies of water

a)

sublimation

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

d)

run off

52.

State of the atmosphere at a certain place at a certain time

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

c)

Monsoons

d)

Tsunami

53.

Weather data averaged over time

a)

Monsoon

b)

Weather

c)

Barometer

d)

Climate

54.

Meteorology is

a)

the study of the human body

b)

the study of human civilizations

c)

the study of discreet numbers

d)

the study of the atmosphere

55.

Scientists who study and predict weather

a)

Anatomists

b)

Physicists

c)

Physicians

d)

Meteorologists

56.

Air pressure

a)

the amount of matter in an object

b)

weight of the Earth's atmosphere pressing down upon its surface

c)

force that acts between any two masses

57.

Barometer

a)

device that measures wind speed

b)

device that measures the amount of water vapor

c)

device that measures wind direction

d)

device that measures air pressure

58.

Device that measures wind speed

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

hygrometer

d)

weather vane

59.

Device that measures the amount of water vapor (humidity)

a)

Barometer

b)

Anemometer

c)

Hygrometer

d)

Weather vane

60.

Device that measures wind direction

a)

hygrometer

b)

barometer

c)

anemometer

d)

weather vane