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NSCAS - Parts I - VII Science Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A science student was analyzing the properties of a unknown type of matter. The matter was a solid, it is shiny, it is a good conductor of heat and electricity, and it is malleable. What type of matter is this?

a)

a non-metal

b)

a metal

c)

water

d)

a gas

2.

In the element sodium chloride, sodium donates an electron to chlorine. Which type of bond is this?

a)

an ionic bond

b)

a covalent bond

c)

a metallic bond

d)

a hydrogen bond

3.

In glucose, the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen share electrons. What kind of bond is this?

a)

an ionic bond

b)

a covalent bond

c)

a metallic bond

d)

a hydrogen bond

4.

Structures that are no longer necessary but may have been important at one point in time and provide evidence for evolution - like a pelvis in a snake - are known as ______.

a)

analogous structures

b)

homologous structures

c)

vestigial structures

d)

none of the options listed

5.

Mass and weight are the same things.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which states of matter is described here - they have a high amount of kinetic energy, they have an indefinite shape and volume, and they will fill the volume of the container in which they are kept?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

7.

Which state of matter is described here - this state of matter has a definite shape, a definite volume, and the least amount of kinetic energy?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

8.

Which state of matter is described here - it has an indefinite shape, will take the shape of its container, but it has a definite volume.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

9.

Which state of matter has the greatest amount of kinetic energy - so much in fact that electrons are not attached to the nucleus?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

10.

Earth rotates on its _________.

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

axis

d)

all of the options listed

11.

The ___________ is a imaginary line that separates Earth into its northern and southern hemispheres.

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

axis

d)

all of the options listed

12.

In a __________ moon, more of the moon an be illuminated each night.

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

full moon

d)

half moon

13.

In a __________ moon, less of the moon is illuminated each night.

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

full moon

d)

half moon

14.

One complete ____________ of Earth takes 365 and 1/4 days to complete.

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

15.

One complete _____________ takes Earth about 24 hours to complete.

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

16.

Which of the following explains the cause of tides?

a)

The sun's gravitational pull on Earth

b)

The moon's gravitational pull on Earth

c)

The ocean's waves

d)

None of the options listed

17.

Which position shows the high tide?

a)

C

b)

A

c)

B

d)

D

18.

Which show the position of a low tide?

a)

B & D

b)

A

c)

C

d)

none of the options listed

19.

Which layer of Earth does weather occur?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Stratosphere

d)

Mesosphere

20.

Which layer of the atmosphere is the most hot?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Exosphere

21.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Exosphere

22.

Which layer of the atmosphere is farthest from Earth?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exopshere

23.

Which part of the magnet has the strongest magnetic pull?

a)

the middle of the magnet

b)

the poles of the magnet

c)

all parts of the magnet are equal

24.

Tectonic plates that move together are called __________.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

25.

Tectonic plates that move apart are called ___________ plates.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

26.

Earthquakes are most likely to occur at _______ boundaries.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

27.

____________ rocks are made from cooling lava and magma.

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

28.

__________ rocks are made from smaller pieces of rock that that weathered and eroded and were compressed and cemented together.

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

29.

__________ rocks are rocks formed by heat and pressure.

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

30.

_________ rocks are most likely to contain fossils.

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

all types of

31.

Coal, oil, and petroleum are all forms of __________ resources.

a)

natural renewable

b)

natural non-renewable

c)

man-made renewable

d)

man-made non-renewable

32.

Hydroelectricity, biomass, solar, and wind are all examples of ________ resources.

a)

natural renewable

b)

natural non-renewable

c)

man-made renewable

d)

man-made non-renewable

33.

The air mass that originated about the white arrow is most likely a _____________ air mass.

a)

dry and cold

b)

warm and moist

c)

warm and dry

d)

dry and moist

34.

The air mass above the blue arrow is most likely _______.

a)

cold and dry

b)

cold and moist

c)

warm and dry

d)

warm and moist

35.

The air mass above the pink arrows are ______.

a)

cold and dry

b)

cold and moist

c)

warm and dry

d)

warm and moist

36.

The air mass above the red/orange is most likely _______.

a)

cold and dry

b)

cold and moist

c)

warm and dry

d)

warm and moist

37.

The ______________ is a perpendicular force that acts perpendicular to Earth’s rotation deflecting moving objects to the right on the northern hemisphere and to the left on the southern hemisphere.

a)

butterfly effect

b)

Coriolis effect

c)

accordion effect

d)

Auger effect

38.

How does air move?

a)

from high pressure to low pressure

b)

from low pressure to high pressure

c)

from cold to hot

d)

none of the options listed

39.

A bike rider rode his bike from point A to B to C. What is the total distance the bike rider traveled?

a)

5 m

b)

7 m

c)

12 m

d)

0 m

40.

A bike rider rode from point A to B and B to C. What is the total displacement?

a)

4 m

b)

3 m

c)

5 m

d)

12 m

41.

A ____________ is a large ball of ice and rock with a tail because as it approaches and get close to the sun it starts spewing dust and gas

a)

meteor

b)

comet

c)

asteroid

d)

meteorite

42.

_______________ are space rocks that rotate the Sun.

a)

meteors

b)

meteorites

c)

comets

d)

asteroids

43.

Space rocks that smash into each other and break apart are known as __________.

a)

comets

b)

meteors

c)

asteroids

d)

meteorites

44.

Space rocks that enter into Earth's atmosphere are known as _______.

a)

comets

b)

asteroids

c)

meteors

d)

meteorites

45.

What two factors determine work?

a)

force and pressure

b)

distance and pressure

c)

force and distance

d)

wavelength and force

46.

Which type of heat transfer occurs in waves and does not require a medium to travel through?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

47.

Which type of heat transfer occurs when two objects are touching?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

48.

What type of heat transfer occurs because the hot particles become less dense and rise and the cool particles are more dense and sink?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation