WorksheetsScience STAAR Vocab Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
Check the materials that are less dense than water. (float)
cooking oil
soap bubbles
wood chip
feather
Which material will float in water?
aluminum nail
copper chain
rubber ball
piece of cardboard
Check the ingredients that are soluble in water.
baking soda
wood chips
gold coins
white sugar
hot chocolate mix
What happens when you mix kool aid into water?
The water becomes a solid
The volume of the liquid decreases.
The kool aid dissolves and spreads out evenly in water.
The color and taste of the water stay the same.
What might you observe if a substance DID NOT dissolve in water?
particles settle to the bottom of cup
clear
particles on the walls of the cup
a thin layer formed on top of the water
no visible particles
In which mixtures do ALL the ingredients maintain their physical state?
salt, hot water, and rocks
hot water, sand, and wood chips
powdered soap and hot water
iron filings and sand
pebbles and soil
Check the materials that are attracted to magnets.
cobalt
alluminum
iron
nickel
gold
For a push and pull to be the most effective in moving an object they must be.....
in the same direction.
in opposite directions.
Check the sports that you must estimate the amount of force needed to move something.
baseball
golf
tennis
bowling
Check the materials that are good insulators of thermal energy.
steel
rubber
iron
wool
aluminum
Check the materials that are good conductors of electrical enregy.
brass
feather
gold
aluminum
glass
Select the true statements about light.
Light travels in a circular path.
Light that goes through water does not refract.
Light cannot reflect off of more than one surface.
Light travels in a straight line.
Light reflections travel in a straight line.
Check the boxes that correctly describes how light affects the objects in the picture.
1-Light is reflected through the water.
2-Light is absorbed by the ball.
3-Light is reflected off the mirror.
1-Light is refracted through the water.
Which of the following does NOT correctly describe a type of energy?
Mechanical- A ball moves across the table.
Thermal-Light reflects off a mirror.
Sound-Pieces of metal hit the floor.
Light-A laser produces a red beam.
What type of energy is required for the man to hit the tennis ball?
thermal
mechanical
electrical
sound
Which of these is made mostly of gases such as hydrogen and helium?
Sun
Moon
Earth
Human
If the sunrises in the EAST at 7AM, which picture shows where the sun will be located at 11 AM?
Which choice describes evaporation in the water cycle?
Gaseous water collects in drops of fog above Earth's surface.
Liquid water that is heated by the sun condenses into clouds.
Gaseous water is rises as it is cooled by the ocean.
Liquid water that is heated by the sun becomes a gas and rises.
Which statements describe weather?
Hail can form in thunderstorms that have strong winds.
There will be strong thunderstorms tomorrow in the afternoon.
August has the hottest temperatures each year.
The high temperature for March is usually around 20 degrees Celsius
There are clear skies with no chance of rain for the next four days.
Which statement would be classified as climate?
The high temperature for Tuesday is 78 degrees Farenheit.
The month of July has the hottest temperature on record for twenty years.
A warm front is expected this week.
There is a thunderstorm predicted in the next two days.
Check the landforms caused rapid changes to Earth's surface.
Valley
Cave
Mountain Range
Volcanic Island
Sinkhole from Earthquake
Which statements correctly describe how a landform is formed?
A lake is formed when flowing water carves out he side of a canyon.
A delta is formed at the mouth of a river when flowing water slows and deposits sediments.
A u shaped valley is formed when wind picks up and moves sediment into hill like structures.
A canyon is formed by the erosion of sediment by moving water.
What might occur near a sand dune?
Marine animals will nest on the dune.
Water might flood the dune.
A delta may form at the bottom of the dune.
The sand might blow to another nearby area.
What process formed the beautiful layers of rock in this picture?
erosion
deposition
weathering
volcano
Check the boxes that are true.
Coal and oil are formed quickly.
Coal is formed when trees and plants are buried for millions of years.
Natural gas is formed where there once was aquatic plants and animals.
It takes a very long time to form Natural gas.
Coal and oil are formed in places that have no plants or water.
Select the resources that are renewable.
coal
air
petroleum
wheat
lake
Select the resources that are non renewable.
fish
sheep
petroleum
natural gas
coal
Which is true about the ecosystem where water lilies can be observed?
Slow moving water
Constant rough waves
Little to no rainfall
Very cold climate
These creatures are called sea otters. What type of environment do sea otters live in?
aquatic
windy
snowy
terrestrial
Which of the following are living parts of an environment?
air
rocky path
young duckling
vegetation
habitat
Which of the following are non living parts of an environment?
air
fur
loud noises
plants
habitat
Which interactions are between two living parts of an environment?
A dog eats a bone in his cage.
A kitten crawls on the back of the couch.
A rabbit eats leaves from the garden.
A bird lays eggs in a nest.
A fish swims through air bubbles in an aquarium.
People are cutting down trees to build a house in the location. What might occur a the trees are cut down?
There will be less soil.
There will be more rain.
There will be less animals.
There will be more plants.
Check the parts of the food web that receive energy from producers.
carrots
mice
grasshoppers
owls
rabbits
Check the parts of the food web that receive energy from consumers.
foxes
mice
grasshoppers
owls
birds
What type of organism should replace the ? in the food web? (remember: the arrow points to who eats)
a producer
a carnivore
an herbivore
an omnivore
If an animal eats consumers, it DOES NOT eat plants.
True
False
Which are inherited traits of a bird?
Most of the birds are 5 inches tall.
The bird has an injured foot.
The birds are gray and yellow.
The birds go to the tables with leftover bread.
Some birds have a wide wing span.
What is true about a frog's life cycle?
Frogs give birth to live larvae.
Young frogs look different from when they are an adult.
Adult frogs have less legs than they had as larvae.
Tadpoles have long legs for jumping.
What clue will a plant fossil likely tell a scientist?
average monthly rainfall
the amount of oxygen surrounding the plant
what the environment was like around the plant
how much sunlight the plant typically received
