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End of Year Science Celebration

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of The Acadia Files?

a)

Holly Hatam

b)

Kathy Burnett

c)

Kelly Coppens

d)

Katie Coppens

2.

Who is the illustrator of The Acadia Files?

a)

Katie Coppens

b)

Holly Hatam

c)

Adam Vinson

d)

Holly Harris

3.

Which word means "proof"?

a)

scientific method

b)

scientist

c)

trait

d)

evidence

4.

What is "an organized way of answering a question or explaining why something happens"?

a)

hypothesis

b)

scientific method

c)

science mode

d)

Mrs. Burnett's Way

5.

Who stole Acadia's blueberries?

a)

Joshua

b)

Isabel

c)

her dad

d)

the birds

6.

Joshua's nickname for Acadia

a)

Giraffe

b)

Frizbo

c)

Ginormous

d)

Donut Friend

7.

Words that sound the same but have a different meaning AND different spelling

a)

synonym

b)

figurative language

c)

homocellphone

d)

homophone

8.

Characteristic that can be inherited from one or both parents

a)

trate

b)

trait

c)

reputation

d)

Punnett Square

9.

Where did this book take place?

a)

Maine

b)

Georgia

c)

Alaska

d)

We don't know.

10.

Which word means "to go around."

a)

orbit

b)

ellipse

c)

trait

d)

scientific method

11.

This is the scientific cause of things falling down on Earth.

a)

two left feet

b)

orbit

c)

gravity

d)

We don't know.

12.

What does "evidence" mean?

a)

detective

b)

donuts

c)

knowing exactly what happened

d)

proof

13.

Acadia's parents' profession

a)

doctors

b)

history teachers

c)

science teachers

d)

business people

14.

Acadia's next door neighbor

a)

Jacob

b)

Joshua

c)

Isabel

d)

She doesn't have neighbors.

15.

Acadia's five foot, five inch tall friend

a)

Isabel

b)

Joshua

c)

Jacob

d)

Marla

16.

Example of homophones

a)

lead/lead

b)

read/read

c)

right/write

d)

head/foot

17.

Scientists use this as a tool to predict the likelihood of a trait being passed down to an offspring.

a)

line graph

b)

puns

c)

Punnett Circle

d)

Punnett Square

18.

It takes this long for the Earth to rotate on its axis.

a)

365 days

b)

366 days

c)

12 hours

d)

24 hours

19.

What causes the tides?

a)

University of Alabama

b)

the lunar pull

c)

the Earth

d)

gravity

20.

This keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth

a)

Krispy Kreme

b)

the solar pull

c)

Mrs. Frizzle

d)

Earth's gravitational pull

21.

The Earth has ____ mass than the moon.

a)

more

b)

less

c)

no

d)

an eternity of

22.

The step of the scientific method that is an educated guess

a)

problem

b)

conclusion

c)

hypothesis

d)

data/results

23.

Which lists the steps of the scientific method in order?

a)

hypothesis, problem, procedure, materials, conclusion, data/results

b)

problem, hypothesis, procedure, materials, data/results, conclusion

c)

problem, conclusion, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data/results

d)

problem, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data/results, conclusion

24.

The variable that is like the cause. It can be changed during an experiment.

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

controlled

25.

The variable that is unchanged in an experiment. It is also known as the "constant."

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

controlled

26.

The variable that is like the effect. It changes because of another variable. It is what is measured in an experiment.

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

controlled

27.

The gathering of information by using your five senses

a)

observation

b)

inference

c)

hypothesis

d)

problem

28.

An explanation or interpretation for an observation you have made

a)

observation

b)

inference

c)

hypothesis

d)

data

29.

Is the following an inference or observation?

The baby is crying.

a)

inference

b)

observation

30.

Is the following an inference or observation?

The baby is crying because he is hungry.

a)

inference

b)

observation