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Worksheets2021 SCIENCE SSA Review (ALL 56 questions)
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 28mins
Question # 1 - In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew, the second most costly natural disaster in United States history hit Southern Florida. As Hurricane Andrew approached Miami, cloudiness and precipitation increased dramatically. Which of the following best describes what happened as the hurricane approached the coastline?
A. The tidal surge in Miami decreased
B. The air temperature in Miami increased
C. The wind speed in Miami decreased
D. The air pressure in Miami decreased
Question # 2 - At different places on Earth, depending on elevation, air pressure varies. Which of the following reflects the pressure at any point on Earth?
A. carbon dioxide levels in the air
B. moisture (water vapor) in the air
C. the weight of the atmosphere above that elevation
D.. the strength of Earth’s magnetic field at that elevation
Question # 3 - Vivian placed an ice cube in a tray of warm water. This picture shows her investigation.
Which statement describes the energy transfer that happens in Vivian’s investigation?
A. Energy in the form of heat is transferred from the ice cube to the water by radiation.
B. Energy in the form of heat is transferred from the water to the ice cube by radiation.
C. Energy in the form of heat is transferred from the ice cube to the water by conduction.
D. Energy in the form of heat is transferred from the water to the ice cube by conduction
Question # 4 - This diagram shows energy transfer processes that happen above the ocean.
Which step of the diagram involves convection?
A. step 1
B. step 2
C. step 3
D. step 4
Question # 5 - The organization of the human body includes both nervous tissue and muscle tissue. What do both nervous tissue and muscle tissue have in common?
A. Each tissue is found in only one organ in an organism.
B. They are both found in the same organ inside an organism.
C. Each tissue is made of groups of similar cells that work together.
D. They are organized into organ systems that help an organism live.
Question # 6 - The survival of a cell depends on the cell maintaining homeostasis. What is most likely to happen to a cell if homeostasis is not maintained?
A. The cell will immediately divide.
B. Cell processes will continue unchanged. .
C. The cell will eliminate wastes more efficiently.
D. Many chemical reactions in the cell will slow down or even stop.
Question # 7 - Cells can die or become damaged. Which part of cell theory is used to replace dead or damaged cells?
A. Cells divide to make new cells.
B. Cells multiply by cellular respiration.
C. Cells take in new cells through endocytosis.
D. Cells grow larger to make up for the lost cells.
Question # 8- Pedro examines a tissue sample under a high-powered microscope. He makes a sketch in his lab notebook of one of the cells he observes. His sketch is shown in this picture.
Which label should Pedro use for structure A?
A. chloroplast
B. vacuole
C. mitochondrion
D. nucleus
Question # 9- What is the main function of the large central vacuole in a plant cell?
A. It produces proteins.
B. It stores water and food
C. It performs photosynthesis.
D. It protects the cell from the surrounding environment.
Question # 10- The following illustration shows four body systems. Siobhan’s science teacher asks her to identify the two organ systems that work together to provide cells with oxygen and to remove carbon dioxide.
Which two systems should Siobhan list?
A. system 1 and system 2
B. system 1 and system 4
C. system 2 and system 3
D. system 3 and system 4
Question # 11- Sharee had been ill for three days. When her mother took her to the doctor, the doctor decided not to prescribe an antibiotic. He said Sharee had a virus. Why are antibiotics not able to cure viral infections?
A. Antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses.
B. Antibiotics target only white blood cells.
C. Antibiotics are not used to fight any infections.
D. Antibiotics cause fevers that make viruses stronger.
Question # 12- Which of the following statements correctly identifies the general characteristics of organisms in a domain?
A. Domain Eukarya includes single-celled organisms that lack nuclei.
B. Domain Bacteria includes multicellular organisms that make their own food.
C. Domain Archaea includes single-celled organisms that can be found in hot springs and thermal vents.
D. Domain Protista includes single-celled and simple multicellular organisms that have plant-like or animal-like characteristics.
Question # 13- Which statement explains why scientists classify organisms into groups based on shared characteristics?
A. Classification helps scientists understand how the parts of a cell work together.
B. Classification helps scientists understand the chemical reactions that are necessary for organisms to live.
C. Classification helps scientists understand the relationships between different species.
D. Classification helps scientists understand how ecosystems can be organized into levels of complexity.
Question # 14- What statement explains the relationship between a scientific theory and evidence collected about the theory?
A. evidence supports the theory
B. evidence proves the theory
C. a theory with evidence is true
D. theories are guesses, so evidence does not matter
Question # 15- Scientists hypothesize that manatees travel generally south in winter to stay in warm water. This map shows migration patterns observed for the Florida manatee.
According to the map, finding manatees in which area during January would give the greatest evidence to support this hypothesis?
A. between Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida
B. between Tampa, Florida and Jacksonville, Florida
C. between Savannah, Georgia and WIlmington, North Carolina
D. between Jacksonville, Florida and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Question # 16- Which of the following describes a contact force?
A. Earth and the moon pull on each other
B. a ball’s weight makes it fall
C. a magnet holds a picture to a refrigerator
D. a table supports a book
Question # 17- How does the mass of an object affect the force of gravity experienced by the object?
A. The force of gravity increases as mass increases.
B. The force of gravity decreases as mass increases.
C. The force of gravity is the same for all objects because acceleration is the same.
D. The force of gravity is the same for all objects because the force is determined by Earth’s mass.
Question # 18- The graph shows the distance a car traveled over 5 seconds while moving on a freeway. Which statement correctly describes the motion of the car?
A. Moving forward at a constant speed.
B. Moving forward and accelerating.
C. Moving uphill at a constant speed.
D. Moving uphill and accelerating.
Question # 19- Imagine a box floating in space. The following picture shows all the forces acting on this box.
What is the vertical (up and down) force on this box?
A. 100 N upward
B. 100 N downward
C. 50 N downward
D. 50 N upward
Question # 20- Declan observed a rock that he found at the beach. The rock felt hard, it was yellow, and it appeared to be made of layers. Declan concluded that the rock was sedimentary. Which observation best supports this conclusion?
A. the yellow color
B. the layers within the rock
C. the hardness of the rock
D. the location where the rock was found
Question # 21- A scientist is comparing sea cliffs at four different locations. She recorded information on the energy of the waves and the hardness of the rock at each location. The scientist summarized her results in the following table. Which sea cliff would be expected to erode the fastest?
A. sea cliff A
B. sea cliff B
C. sea cliff C
D. sea cliff D
Question # 22- What must happen in order for a metamorphic rock to be transformed into an igneous rock?
A. It must be compressed by high temperatures and pressure within Earth's crust.
B. It must be soaked in water until it dissolves and reforms in a different shape.
C. It must be pulled under Earth's crust, melted, and forced out above the crust to cool.
D. It must be weathered into sand grains and compressed into multiple layers.
Question # 23- North Captiva Island is located off the shore of Florida. In 2004, a new channel was made on the island by erosion.
Which is MOST likely responsible for forming the new channel?
A. a landslide.
B. a hurricane
C. a drought
D. a river
Question # 24- The figure shows part of what scientists think is happening in Earth’s mantle. What process does the figure show occurring in the mantle?
A. Hot rock expands, becomes less dense, and rises toward the surface of Earth.
B. Hot rock expands, becomes more dense, and rises toward the surface of Earth.
C. Hot rock becomes less dense and moves towards the outer core.
D. Hot rock becomes more dense and moves towards the lithosphere.
Question # 25- During the year 2003, the number of earthquakes that occurred were higher than usual. The map below shows the locations of some of these earthquakes.
Why do the dots on the map tend to form a long curving line in the western part of the Pacific Ocean?
A. This part of the ocean has a high rate of hurricanes and typhoons.
B. That part of the ocean is directly above the boundaries between tectonic plates.
C. An increase in the number of tsunamis in the Pacific led to an increase in the number of earthquakes.
D. There is pressure on the seafloor due to the weight of water of the Pacific Ocean.
Question # 26- The house sparrow was first introduced to New York in 1851. It is now distributed across most of North America. As the species expanded its range, it began to live in environments that were different from its original habitat. The birds now vary in size, depending on their geographic location. The map shows the distribution of house sparrows by size.
What is the most likely explanation for the body-size distribution of house sparrows shown on the map?
A. Cold temperatures in the North favored the survival of populations of larger sparrows over populations of smaller sparrows.
B. High elevations in the West provided a survival advantage for populations of larger sparrows over populations of smaller sparrows.
C. Warm temperatures in the South allowed populations of larger sparrows to survive over populations of smaller sparrows.
D. Coastal environments in the East tended to give a survival advantage to populations of larger sparrows over populations of smaller sparrows
Question # 27- Scientists have discovered that a type of shark called a hammerhead shark can reproduce asexually. How does this type of reproduction give the hammerhead shark an advantage?
A. It increases the genetic diversity of the hammerhead shark species.
B. It allows hammerhead sharks to reproduce without investing energy in finding a mate.
C. It requires two parents and produces hammerhead offspring genetically different from each other.
D. It gives hammerhead sharks a better chance of surviving if conditions change and suddenly become unfavorable.
Question # 28- Kara has a plant that produces either purple or white flowers. She crosses a plant that has two recessive alleles for white flowers with a plant that has two dominant alleles for purple flowers. Which result would be true of all of the offspring?
A. All of the offspring would have two recessive alleles and white flowers.
B. All of the offspring would have two dominant alleles and purple flowers.
C. All of the offspring would have one recessive allele, one dominant allele, and purple flowers.
D.All of the offspring would have one recessive allele, one dominant allele and flowers that were a mixture of purple and white.
Question 29 - An oxpecker is a type of bird living on the African plains that eats bugs off of the backs of grazing animals. One of these animals is the zebra. When the oxpecker eats the bugs off the zebra’s back, the zebra benefits from the bugs no longer biting its skin, while the oxpecker gets a meal. The relationship between the oxpecker and the zebra is best described by which of the following?
A. Competition
B. Mutualism
C. Parasitism
D. Commensalism
Question 30 - Sandhill cranes hunt for insects and worms in the Florida marshes and lay eggs in the tall grasses. When the marshes flood with water, the grasses tend to die out. How does this impact the sandhill crane population?
A. It decreases their population by limiting food sources.
B. It increases their population by providing available water.
C. It decreases their population by providing limited nesting sites.
D. It increases their population by providing more open space to rest.
Question 31 - Ana has done an experiment to find out whether spider plants grow faster under fluorescent lighting or incandescent lighting. She found that fluorescent lighting made the plants grow one centimeter taller over a period of two months. She gave her notes to Alberto, who did the same experiment with very similar results. Which term describes Alberto’s experiment?
A. plagiarism
B. replication
C. pseudoscience
D. repetition
Question 32- A science class was investigating how far a ball could be thrown. The table shows their results.
Based on the class’s data, how can they improve the accuracy of the investigation?
A. Do more trials.
B. Use a different ball.
C. Omit trial 4 from the data.
D. Average the data to account for the short distance in trial 4.
Question 33- Scientists conduct many types of investigations. Their efforts often include fieldwork, surveys, models, and experiments. Which statement about scientific investigations is true?
A. They rarely involve the collection of data under controlled conditions.
B. They follow exactly the same steps because there is only one scientific method.
C. They included multiple trials to increase the consistency of the data that are collected.
D. Their primary focus seldom includes comparing or describing the unregulated world.
Question 34- The picture shows a model of the solar system. Which is a limitation of the model?
A. It cannot show the relative sizes of each planet.
B. It cannot show how the planets orbit the sun.
C. It does not show the gravitational force exerted by each planet.
D. It does not show the order of the planets, from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun
Question 35- In 1897, Joseph Thomson discovered that atoms contain electrons. He proposed a change in the atomic theory of that time, and the theory was modified because of his discovery. Since Thomson’s discovery, atomic theory has been further modified. What is the best explanation for why scientific theories are modified?
A. Theories more than ten years old are usually out of date.
B. Scientists want to prove that the work of other scientists is wrong.
C. New evidence that supports a revision prompts scientists to modify earlier theories.
D. So much information is available today that it is harder to focus research and disprove theories.
Question 36- When NASA scientists communicate with the mars rover, shown in the illustration, they use electromagnetic radiation with a long wavelength and low energy. Which type of radiation do they most likely use?
A. X-rays
B. visible light
C. radio waves
D. infrared waves
Question 37- The illustration shows what happens when light is passed through a prism.
What type of light passed through this prism?
A. Yellow light
B. Ultraviolet light
C. White light
D. Infrared light
Question 38- Sound waves travel at different speeds through different materials. Through which of the following materials will sound waves travel the fastest?
A. copper pipe
B. swimming pool
C. air on a cold day
D. sauna filled with steam
Question 39- While Melinda was at the beach, she decided to go swimming. While she was in the water, she saw a motorboat in the distance. When Melinda put her head under the water, she discovered that the sound of the motorboat was louder. The next day, she asked her science teacher why this happened. What explanation did Melinda’s science teacher provide?
A. Sounds travel faster through liquids than through gases.
B. The motorboat moved closer to Melinda.
C. Sounds travel fastest through the air.
D. Melinda’s sense of hearing is better under water than on land.
Question 40- Which statement describes the energy changes that occur when water in a tea kettle is heated on a stove that uses natural gas?
A. Some of the chemical energy in the natural gas transforms into thermal energy, which heats the water. Then some of the thermal energy changes into sound energy when the water forms steam and the steam leaves the kettle.
B. Some of the thermal energy in the natural gas transforms into sound energy when the water becomes hot. Then some of the sound energy changes into light energy when the kettle becomes warm.
C. Some of the electrical energy in the natural gas transforms into thermal energy, which causes the water to form steam. Then some of the thermal energy changes into sound energy and light energy when the steam leaves the kettle.
D. Some of the light energy in the natural gas transforms into chemical energy in the water. Then some of the chemical energy changes into kinetic energy when steam leaves the kettle and into sound energy when the water boils.
Question 41- Some ice cubes are added to a pot of boiling water. After a few moments, the water stops boiling. Which of the following explains why the water stopped boiling?
A. Heat energy from the water melted the ice.
B. Particles from the boiling water moved into the ice and melted the ice.
C. Cold energy from the ice transferred into the water, lowering the temperature of the water.
D. Cold energy leaving the ice caused it to melt.
Question 42- The table displays the average distance from Earth for four objects.
Which object is closest to Earth?
A. Barnard’s Star
B. Planet Neptune
C. Andromeda galaxy
D. Triangulum galaxy
Question 43- Which of the following correctly lists the objects of space in order from largest to smallest?
A. universe, galaxy, star, planet
B. universe, galaxy, planet, star
C. galaxy, universe, star, planet
D. galaxy, universe, planet, star
Question 44- Barnard’s Star is about 5.9 light-years from the sun. The star has an approximate temperature of 2,800 K.
Based on the diagram, what spectral class does Barnard’s Star belong to?
A. Spectral class O
B. Spectral class B
C. Spectral class A
D. Spectral class M
Question 45- A student learns that the sun is classified as a medium-size star and that many stars are much bigger and brighter. However, the student observes that other stars look very dim, even through a telescope. Why do other stars look much dimmer than the sun?
A. The sun appears yellow, which is more visible than other colors.
B. The sun is much closer to Earth than other stars are.
C. Other stars are made up of different gases than the sun is.
D. As light from other stars travels through space, it gets reflected.
Question 46- The surface of Mercury has many more craters than the surface of Earth has. Which of the following statements best explains why Mercury has many more craters than Earth has?
A. Mercury rotates faster than Earth does.
B. Mercury has a smaller mass than Earth does.
C. Mercury is much closer to the Sun than Earth is.
D. Mercury has a thinner atmosphere than Earth does.
Question 47- The diagram shows the relative positions of the sun, the moon, and Earth.
Which solar system event does the diagram show?
A. solar eclipse
B. lunar eclipse
C. first quarter moon
D. third quarter moon
Question 48- Evan is studying a diagram of the carbon cycle. Which of the following will he learn from the diagram?
A. Carbon is lost among organisms and their environment.
B. Carbon moves only among living organisms and their environment.
C. Carbon usually moves from animals to plants rather than plants to animals.
D. Carbon is constantly being transferred among organisms and their environment.
Question 49- Energy pyramids show that less energy is available at each trophic level in an ecosystem. If energy is conserved—that is, it cannot be created or destroyed—how is it possible that less energy is available at each trophic level?
A. Living systems do not conserve energy.
B. Living systems do not create energy.
C. Some energy changes to thermal energy.
D. Some energy will return to the Sun.
Question 50- This bar graph shows the population of bacteria under different temperature ranges.
What can be concluded about the bacteria from reading this graph?
A. They thrive at exactly 30°C.
B. They cannot tolerate temperatures above 50°C.
C. They prefer temperatures between 20°C and 30°C.
D. They prefer warmer temperatures to cooler temperatures.
Question 51- Sam is conducting an experiment with pendulums; he thinks that more massive objects will swing faster. He is testing whether the mass of the swinging object has an effect on how long it takes to make one swing. He tests two different masses and collects the data shown in the table. What should Sam do based on these results?
A. Throw out the data because it doesn't support his hypothesis.
B. Do more trials to see if the difference in time really is significant.
C. Conclude that less massive objects always take more time to swing.
D. Conclude that more massive objects always take more time to swing.
Question 52- A manufacturer selected a metal to use in producing a lightweight button for clothing. A metal that has a density of 2.71 g/cm3 was selected. (Density = Mass/Volume)
Which of the metals was selected?
A. Metal 1
B. Metal 2
C. Metal 3
D. Metal 4
Question 53- The diagram below shows two substances joining together to form a third substance.
Which of these substances is a compound?
A. Substance A
B. Substance B
C. Substance C
D. Both Substance B and C
Question 54- Any atom that has 13 protons is an aluminum atom. Which statement best describes what would happen if a proton were added to an aluminum atom?
A. The atom would lose electrons.
B. The atom would have a negative charge.
C. The atom would no longer be aluminum.
D. The atom would have a smaller atomic number.
Question 55- The process of passing an electric current through water is known as electrolysis. During electrolysis, the electric current decomposes water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Why is the electrolysis of water an example of a chemical change?
A. An electric current is used.
B. New substances are produced.
C. Water undergoes a change in state.
D. The composition of the original substance remains unchanged.
Question 56- Jorge conducted an experiment, and included the graph shown as part of his lab report.
Jorge’s experiment involved which of the following?
A. a physical change
B. a chemical change
C. the formation of a new substance
D. a change in the chemical properties of a substance
