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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following questions CANNOT be answered by science?

a)

How do birds fly?

b)

Is this a good song?

c)

What is an atom?

d)

How does a clock work?

2.

Which of the following is an example of an SI Unit?

a)

foot

b)

pound

c)

second

d)

gallon

3.

One one-thousandths (0.001) is expressed by which prefix?

a)

kilo-

b)

nano-

c)

centi-

d)

milli-

4.

On which of the following is SI based?

a)

inches

b)

powers of 5

c)

English units

d)

powers of 10

5.

What is the symbol for deciliter?

a)

dL

b)

dcL

c)

dkL

d)

Ld

6.

Which of the following is NOT a derived unit?

a)

dm^3

b)

m

c)

cm^3

d)

g/ml

7.

Which of the following is NOT considered technology?

a)

car

b)

shovel

c)

leaf

d)

book

8.

Students drop different objects from the same height and measure the time it takes each object to reach the ground. What is the DEPENDENT Variable?

a)

falling time

b)

drop height

c)

dropped objects

d)

noise objects make when hitting ground

9.

Students drop different objects from the same height and measure the time it takes for each object to drop. What is a CONSTANT in this experiment?

a)

throwing some objects and dropping others.

b)

measuring different falling times for each object

c)

dropping each object from the same height.

d)

dropping a variety of objects.

10.

Which of the following is a statement that describes something that happens in nature that seems to be true all the time?

a)

theory

b)

law

c)

hypothesis

d)

conclusion

11.

What does the abbreviation ns stand for?

a)

millisceond

b)

nanosecond

c)

microsecond

d)

Kelvin

12.

Which of these best defines mass?

a)

the amount of space occupied by an object

b)

the distance between two points

c)

the quantity of matter in an object

d)

the interval between two events

13.

Which type of graph is most useful for showing how the relationship between the independent and dependent variables change over time?

a)

circle graph

b)

bar graph

c)

pictograph

d)

line graph

14.

Which two liquids have the highest and lowest densities, respectively?

a)

water and oil

b)

corn syrup and oil

c)

orange juice and water

d)

corn syrup and orange juice

15.

Science is a collection of all the facts humans have ever learned.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The purpose of science is to be able to subdue nature and bend it to the will of humans

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Minnie set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable.

a)
Distance traveled by the ball
b)
Height of the ramp
c)
Mass of the ball
18.
A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.
a)
Diameter of the ball
b)
Force acting on the ball
c)
Height that the ball bounces
d)
Height from which the ball is dropped
19.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
20.
Will a construction paper air plane fly faster than an airplane made from notebook paper? Choose the best hypothesis.
a)
If I make a paper airplane from notebook paper, then it will fly faster than construction paper.
b)
Yes.
c)
No.
d)
I think the construction paper air plane will fly faster.