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Milestones Mania 9.5A

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a reason the US participated in the Spanish American War? 
a)
American businesses were being destroyed.
b)
Yellow Journalism
c)
Sinking of the USS Maine
d)
Sinking of the Lusitania
2.
The exaggerated reporting of false reporting is known as ....
a)
Yellow Journalism
b)
Fraud
c)
Treaty
d)
Annexing
3.
What two islands did the majority of immigrants pass through to enter the United States?
a)
Ellis Island and Liberty Island
b)
Ellis Island and Angel Island
c)
Ellis Island and Alcatraz
d)
Ellis Island and Prince Edward Island
4.

Kitty Hawk, NC was famous for which event?

a)

creation of the Model T

b)

first telephone call

c)

where the light bulb was invented

d)

first flight in an airplane

5.

Name the inventor that was educated farmers about crop rotation.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Wright Brothers

6.
The first cattle trail that began in San Antonio, TX and ended in Abilene, KS
a)
Chisholm Trail
b)
Great Western Trail
c)
The Great Cattle Trail
d)
Black Cowboys
7.

What kind of change occurs if matter changes in amount, size, or shape?

a)

substance change

b)

chemical change

c)

physical change

d)

elemental change

8.
The molecules in the picture are tightly held together with little movement. They have shape and energy.  Therefore, the picture represents _________.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
9.
What happens when my glass of water is sitting in the sun and disappears into a gas?
a)
evaporation
b)
burning
c)
melting
d)
freezing
10.
My glass of ice water is sitting in the sun and has droplets of water on the outside of the glass. What is happening?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
melting
d)
freezing
11.
When paper is folded to make an origami bookmark, what physical property of the paper changes?
a)
mass
b)
weight
c)
shape
d)
smell
12.

Physical Properties...

a)

amount of matter an object has.

b)

attraction to a magnet or magnetic force.

c)

amount of space taken up by matter.

d)

a characteristic of matter that can be observed or measured and can be changed without changing the matter itself.

13.
What kind of properties can only be observed when a substance changes into a different substance?
a)
physical properties
b)
chemical properties
c)
liquid properties
d)
real properties
14.
What is static electricity?
a)
The buildup of neutrons
b)
Electricity flowing through a current
c)
Particles staying still
d)
The buildup of electric charges on an object
15.
When is an object negatively charged?
a)
When it gains electrons
b)
When it gains protons
c)
When it loses electrons
d)
When it has more neutrons
16.
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Decomposition
17.

Which form of matter has a definite shape and takes up space (has definite volume)?

a)

liquid

b)

solid

c)

gas

d)

clay

18.
Which form of matter take the shape of a container like this juice?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
glass
d)
gas
19.
Which form of matter fills the space like it has in the balloon?
a)
liquid
b)
string
c)
solid
d)
gas
20.
Molecules move quickest in which state of matter
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
solid, liquid and gas
21.
Anything that takes up space and has mass is
a)
Matter
b)
Volume
c)
Liquid
d)
Atom
22.
Matter can change states from solid to liquid to gas when 
a)
a.   heat is removed
b)
a.   heat is added
c)
a.   water is added
d)
a.   mass is added
23.
What does this picture represent? 
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
24.
Which two items led to the end of cattle trails?
a)
The steamboat and airplane
b)
Railroad expansion and barbed wire
c)
Barbed wire and the airplane
d)
Railroad expansion and steamboats
25.
The circuit below lit the light bulb. What is the best claim we can make from this evidence?
a)
The metal key is an insulator.
b)
The metal key is a conductor.
c)
The wires are not conductors.
d)
The circuit is not complete.