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Worksheetsexam science review
Total questions: 177
Worksheet time: 44hrs 15mins
The process of gathering information through the senses is called ____.
a. inference
b. analysis
c. hypothesis
d. observation
A factor that does NOT change in an experiment is the ____.
a. constant
b. control
c. dependent variable
d. hypothesis
A bar graph is used to tell how a fixed quantity is broken into parts.
True
False
A baker wants to determine which of two preservatives will be the most effective at improving the shelf life of his bread. Using scientific methods, he would bake some bread with no preservatives as a standard to compare the baker’s results by.
True
False
The prefix milli- means ____.
a. 0.001
b. 1,000
c. 0.01
d. 100
A meter stick is useful for measuring whether a piece of furniture would fit in the trunk of a car.
True
False
The prefix kilo- means ____.
a. 100
b. 0.01
c. 1,000
d. 0.001
Consumers do not have much input into what technology gets developed.
True
False
The variable plotted on the horizontal or x-axis is called the ____.
a. dependent variable
b. independent variable
c. variable with the largest range
d. variable with the smallest range
When designing an experiment, the first step is to ____
a. list a procedure
b. analyze the data
c. state the problem
d. state a hypothesis
An idea, event, or object can be represented by a ____ to help people better understand it.
a. hypothesis
b. constant
c. law
d. model
What is the dependent variable in the graph given?
What is the independent variable?
dependent is speed and time is the independent
dependent is time and speed is the independent
A factor that is manipulated in an experiment to change the dependent variable is the ____.
a. dependent variable
b. control
c. independent variable
d. constant
Use the graph in Figure 1-1 to determine the percent of human blood that is NOT red blood cells.
65%
57%
80%
50%
Another term for technology is ____.
a. pure science
b. energy
c. applied science
d. matter
A standard for comparison that helps to ensure that the experimental result is caused by the condition being tested is the ____.
a. dependent variable
b. control
c. hypothesis
d. constant
A baker wants to determine which of two preservatives will be the most effective at improving the shelf life of his bread. The amount of flour used in the bread would be an independent variable in this investigation.
True
False
Measured in grams and kilograms.
density
mass
volume
Measured in g/cm3 or g/mL.
density
mass
volume
Measured in cm3 or mL.
mass
volume
density
The reason objects will float or sink in water.
volume
mass
density
How much matter is in an object.
mass
density
volume
Use the line graph given to determine the object’s speed (m/s) at 5 s?
7 m/s
5 m/s
10 m/s
8 m/s
A measurement standard is defined as ____.
a. the distance between two points
b. the exact quantity people agree to use for comparison
c. the interval between two events
d. a system of prefixes
A rule or principle that describes what happens in nature is a ____.
a. theory
b. scientific law
c. hypothesis
d. problem
The application of scientific knowledge to help people is ____.
a. a discovery
b. a hypothesis
c. pure science
d. technology
People in developing countries have the same technology needs as those in the United States.
True
True
False
A piece of pine wood measures 30 cm long, 6 cm wide, and 3 cm high. The piece of wood has a mass of 270 g. What is the density (g/cm3) of pine wood?
0.9g/cm3
0.5 g/cm^3
0.7 g/cm3
0.3g/cm3
Participating in the political process by voting can help to influence the development of new technology.
true
false
Use the graph to determine which horse is running faster. Explain how you determined your answer.
Horse A is running faster because if you look at the graph at the same time as horse B, Horse A has run farther
horse B is running faster because if you look at the graph at the same time as horse A, Horse B has run farther
Three hurricanes were reported during the North Atlantic hurricane season of 2009. The numbers reported for the previous five years are as follows: 8 in 2008, 6 in 2007, 5 in 2006, 14 in 2005, and 9 in 2004. Choose the best type of graph to display these data and construct the graph.
a. Circle graph
b. Line Graph
c. Bar graph
d. Scatter graph
How many meters are there in 1865 cm?
a. 186.5
b. 18.65
c. 0.1865
d. 1.865
Studying the effect of one thing on another in order to test a hypothesis is a(n) ____.
a. problem
b. constant
c. experiment
d. exercise
In a graph showing temperature change of a material over time, temperature change is the ____.
a. independent variable
b. variable with the smallest range
c. variable with the largest range
d. dependent variable
The lightbulb is an example of ____.
a. a dependent variable
b. technology
c. an exercise
d. pure science
In an experiment to determine whether the popping of popcorn is affected by the temperature at which it is stored, counting the popped kernels is an example of a(n) ____.
a. control
b. observation
c. conclusion
d. hypothesis
One benefit of the SI system is that it is ____.
a. based on multiples of ten
This answer is correct. b. based on units of 100
c. not used to measure temperature
d. not used in the United States
A beaker contains 0.32 L of water. What is the volume of this water in milliliters?
a. 0.32 mL
b. 3.2 mL
c. 320 mL
d. 32 mL
A factor in an experiment that changes from the manipulation of the independent variable is the____.
a. constant
a. constant
c. control
d. dependent variable
An explanation of an event that is based on repeated observations and experiments is a ____.
a. problem
b. scientific law
c. hypothesis
d. theory
From the bar graph given, what is the percent land use in the United States for agriculture and grassland and pasture combined.
30%
46%
20%
Convert the following:
A. 0.05 kg = _______ grams.
B. 800 m = _______ km.
C. 400 cm = _______
A. 40g
B. 0.6 k
C. 40 m
A. 5g
B. 0.5 k
C. 4 m
A. 50g
B. 0.8 km
C. 4 m
A music store manager counted the number of people who came into their store on Tuesday and divided them into groups of people younger than 20, 20 to 40, and older than 40. Which type of graph would be the best to use in order to display the data? Explain your reasoning.
a. bar graph
b. line graph
c. circle graph
d. scatter graph
If the scientific method is followed closely and all the evidence supports the hypothesis, it is still possible for someone to find the hypothesis inaccurate.
True
False
An object will sink if its density is greater than the density of water.
True
False
When the molecules of gases are heated, the average kinetic energy of the molecules increases.
True
False
As the volume of a gas decreases, the pressure of the gas will ____ if the temperature remains the same.
a. remain the same
b. increase
c. decrease
When evaporating a liquid, you add heat until the liquid reaches a temperature at which it changes to bubbles of gas below its surface.
True
False
Which state of matter is the most common in the universe?
a. gas
b. plasma
c. liquid
For most substances, the distance between particles is smallest when the substance ____.
a. exists as an amorphous solid
b. exists as a crystalline solid
c. exists as a gas
Hydraulic machines work by applying ____.
a. Archimedes’ principle
b. Bernoulli’s principle
c. Pascal’s principle
Most matter ____ when heated.
a. contracts
b. solidifies
c. expands
A fluid’s resistance to flow is called ____.
a. buoyancy
b. viscosity
c. fluid pressure
Pascal's principle explains the relationship between density and buoyancy.
True
False
Matter in which the particles are free to move in all directions until they have spread evenly throughout their container is a ____.
a. plasma
b. gas
c. liquid
d. solid
According to ____, pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted unchanged throughout that fluid.
a. Bernoulli’s principle
b. Charles’s law
c. Pascal’s principle
Increasing temperature decreases a fluid’s viscosity.
True
False
The amount of energy needed to change a material from a solid to a liquid is called the heat of____.
Selected:
a. fusion
b. vaporization
c. condensation
The idea that matter is made up of small particles that are in constant motion is ____.
a. Charles’s law
b. the kinetic theory of matter
c. Bernoulli’s principle
The pressure inside the tires is greater after an automobile has been driven for a few hours than the tire pressure at the beginning of the trip.
True
False
According to ____, if you decrease the volume of a container of gas and hold the temperature constant, the pressure of the gas will increase.
a. Charles’s law
b. Boyle’s law
c. Bernoulli’s principle
Pascal's Principle can be applied to ____.
a. solids and gases only
b. any matter that can flow
c. all states of matter
Viscosity is a measure of a fluid's ____.
a. adhesive forces
b. resistance to flow
c. buoyancy
1. The energy required to change a solid to liquid at its melting point.
Sublimation
b. Heat of Fusion
a. Kinetic Theory
e. Plasma
2. The process of a solid changing directly to a gas without forming a liquid.
d. Sublimation
Kinetic Theory
e. Plasma
Heat of Vaporization
3. All matter is composed of tiny particles which are in constant, random motion.
Heat of Vaporization
a. Kinetic Theory
Heat of Vaporization
Plasma
4. Matter that has enough energy to overcome attractive forces between its particles and within atoms.
e. Plasma
Heat of Vaporization
Sublimation
Heat of Fusion
5. The amount of energy required for a liquid st its boiling point to become a gas
a. Kinetic Theory
e. Plasma
c. Heat of Vaporization
b. Heat of Fusion
According to ____, the buoyant force on an object in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
a. Charles’s law
b. Archimedes’ principle
c. Bernoulli’s principle
The melting point is the same temperature as the freezing point for a substance.
True
False
Matter in which particles are arranged in a strong, repeating geometric pattern is called an amorphous solid.
true
false
Most solids are amorphous.
true
false
Matter in which atoms are tightly held in place is a ____.
a. plasma
b. gas
c. solid
According to ____, the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature, as long as pressure does not change.
a. Archimedes’ principle
b. Charles’s law
c. Boyle’s law
Increasing ____ raises the boiling point of a liquid.
a. temperature
b. pressure
c. the amount of liquid
Archimedes' Principle helps to explain the relationship between ____.
a. buoyancy and density
b. kinetic energy and density
c. pressure and density
Compared to most substances, water is unusual because it ____ when it goes from the liquid to solid state.
a. diffuses
b. expands
c. contracts
According to ____, as the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by the fluid decreases.
a. Charles’s law
b. Archimedes’ principle
c. Bernoulli’s principle
Whether an object will sink or float in a fluid is determined by ____.
a. Archimedes’ principle
b. Boyle’s law
c. Bernoulli’s principle
A gas-like mixture with no definite volume or shape that is made up of positively and negatively charged particles is a ____.
a. plasma
b. gas
c. liquid
The amount of energy needed to change a material from a liquid to a gas is called the heat of____.
a. condensation
b. vaporization
c. fusion
As the temperature of a gas increases, the volume of the gas will ____ if the pressure remains the same.
a. increase
b. remain the same
c. decrease
The most common state of matter in the universe is ____.
Selected:
a. plasma
b. liquid
c. gas
Particles in a large balloon will hit the balloon more often causing the balloon to expand.
True
True
False
The following are examples of chemical properties except ____.
a. the ability to burn
b. the ability to be crushed
c. the ability to react with oxygen
The scattering of light by colloids is called ____.
a. The Tyndall effect
b. suspension
c. conservation
____ is another name for a homogeneous mixture.
a. Suspension
b. Substance
c. Solution
The ability of a match to burn is an example of a chemical change.
True
False
The freezing of water is a chemical change.
true
false
Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?
a. evaporation of milk
b. bending a pop can
c. burning paper
composition variable
substance
element
mixture
matter
has mass, takes up space
mass
substance
mixture
matter
two or more elements combined
mixture
matter
compound
substance
all atoms the same
compound
mixture
element
substance
composition definite
element
compund
mixture
substance
Cleaning tarnished silver is an example for which of the following.
a. chemical property
b. chemical change
c. physical change
Magnetism easily separates what mixture?
a. sand and clay
b. sand and aluminum
c. sand and iron
Fog is an example of a ____.
a. suspension
b. solution
c. colloid
Distillation is a way to separate a mixture using the physical property of boiling point.
true
false
Density is an example of a ____.
a. chemical property
b. chemical change
c. physical property
Three examples of physical change are ____.
a. boiling of water, bursting of a balloon, and crumpling a piece of paper
b. burning of gasoline, rotting of an egg, and exploding fireworks
c. sawing of wood, crushing a can, and toasting a marshmallow
A physical property is a characteristic of something that allows it to change to something new.
true
false
Homogeneous mixtures include colloids, solutions, and suspensions.
true
false
When a log burns in a fire, ____.
a. mass is lost
b. new substances are formed
c. a physical change has occurred
When a firecracker explodes, mass is lost.
true
false
All of the following are examples of chemical weathering except ____.
a. acid rain
b. rocks breaking because of ice
c. pollution
Which of the following is an example of a physical change?
Selected:
a. evaporation in a swamp cooler
b. electricity produced by a dry cell
c. digestion of a hamburger
The law of conservation of mass states that the mass of all substances before a physical change equals the mass of all the substances after the change.
Selected:
true
false
When lightning converts oxygen gas, O2, into ozone, O3, it is a physical change.
true
false
The loss of beachfront due to erosion of sand by the ocean is an example of physical weathering.
true
false
A description of an object based on what you observe with your senses includes physical properties.
true
false
Flammability is a physical property.
true
false
If a mixture scatters light and does not settle upon standing, it is a suspension.
true
false
Smoke is a compound.
true
false
The atomic masses of the elements are not whole value numbers because of the existence of quarks.
true
false
The atomic masses of the elements are not whole value numbers because of the existence of quarks.
True
False
The number of protons in an atom is the mass number. ____________________
true
false
A certain atom has 26 protons, 26 electrons, and 30 neutrons. Its mass number is ______.
a. 56
b. 30
c. 26
As you move from left to right in a row of the periodic table, metallic properties increase.
true
false
As you move from left to right in a row of the periodic table, metallic properties increase.
true
false
The atomic number of an atom is the sum of the number of protons and the number of neutrons in the nucleus. ____________________
true
false
A chemical symbol represents the ______of an element.
a. name
b. structure
c. type
Elements arranged in vertical columns in the periodic table are called periods. ____________________
true
false
According to present atomic theory, the location of an electron in an atom is best represented by a probability cloud. __________________
true
false
Seven electrons in the outermost energy level is characteristic of a metal. ____________________
true
false
Horizontal rows of the periodic table are called ______.
a. groups
b. families
c. periods
Quarks make up both protons and neutrons. ____________________
true
false
Two isotopes of carbon are carbon-12 and carbon-14. These isotopes differ from one another by two protons. ____________________
true
false
The region around the nucleus occupied by the electrons is called the negative zone. ____________________
true
false
The maximum number of electrons in the second energy level of an atom is 4. ____________________
true
false
The symbol for chlorine is Ch. ____________________
true
false
The identity of an element is determined by the number of protons. ____________________
true
false
Elements having three or fewer electrons in the outer energy level are classified as nonmetals. ____________________
true
false
The area around the nucleus where electrons are most likely to be found is called the electronchamber. ____________________
true
false
The nucleus of an atom is ______ charged.
a. positively
b. negatively
c. variably
Particles of matter that make up protons and neutrons are ______.
a. quarks
b. isotopes
c. electrons
Protons are made of neutrons. ____________________
true
false
no charge
electron
proton
neutron
positive charge
electron
proton
neutron
negative charge
electron
proton
neutron
A(n) ______ is matter that is composed of one type of atom.
a. compound
b. element
c. molecule
The central core of an atom is called the hub. ____________________
true
false
Neutrons have ______ charge.
a. no
b. positive
c. negative
The smallest piece of an element that still retains the properties of the element is a(n) ______.
a. molecule
b. atom
c. compound
The mass of an electron is about equal to the mass of a proton. ____________________
true
false
Dot diagrams are used to represent ______.
a. outer electrons
b. the structure of the nucleus
c. isotopes
Elements in groups 3 through 12 are called ______.
a. transition elements
b. metalloids
c. noble gases
Each energy level of an atom has a maximum number of ______ it can hold.
a. protons
b. electrons
c. neutrons
The weighted average of the mass numbers of all the isotopes that occur in nature for a particular element is the average atomic number. ____________________
true
false
The chart showing the classifications of elements according to their properties and increasing atomic numbers is called the periodic table. ____________________
true
false
Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons are called ______.
a. radioactive
b. transition elements
c. isotopes
Radioactive elements comprise a majority of the ____.
a. lanthanides
b. actinides
c. halogens
Which of the Group 13 elements is not a metal?
a. gallium
b. boron
b. boron
A chemical family whose members exist as reactive diatomic molecules in the gaseous phase is the____.
a. alkali metals
b. halogens
c. lanthanide series
All ____ except mercury are solids at room temperature.
a. nonmetals
b. mixtures
c. metals
d. metalloids
The appearance of solid metals can be described as ____.
a. powdery
b. glassy
c. shiny
Elements that lie along the stair-step line of the periodic table are ____.
a. radioactive
b. metals
c. metalloids
What element in the oxygen group is needed in trace amounts in your diet?
a. polonium
b. sulfur
c. selenium
Which of the following is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust?
a. Aluminum
b. Barium
c. Potassium
Any element with an atomic number greater than that of uranium is a(n) ____.
a. transuranium element
b. transition element
c. lanthanide
Each row in the periodic table ends with a _____.
a. noble gas
b. halogen
c. metalloid
An allotrope of carbon that is hard and is often used in jewelry is ____.
a. diamond
b. graphite
c. quartz
As shown in Figure 19-1, which metal is found in the largest amount in the human body?
nitrogen is found in the largest amount in the human body
calcium is found in the largest amount in the human body
sodium is found in the largest amount in the human body
Substances that conduct an electric current only under certain conditions are most likely to be____.
a. metals
b. metalloids
c. nonmetals
In general, metals are ____.
a. good conductors of heat
b. poor conductors of electricity
c. brittle
Aluminum is used to coat other metals, such as steel cans used to store food, to prevent corrosion. ____________________
true
false
An allotrope of carbon that is soft and can be used as a lubricant is ____.
a. diamond
b. silicon
c. graphite
Which region contains the halogen family of elements?
a. B
b. C
c. A
d. D
Which category of elements have the property of being malleable and ductile?
a. metals
b. metalloids
c. nonmetals
Which of the following elements is not in the iron triad?
a. copper
b. cobalt
c. nickel
Elements in which the outer electrons are NOT held tightly are most likely to form ____ bonds.
a. covalent
b. metallic
c. hydrogen
Nonmetals are malleable and ductile. ____________________
true
false
When hydrogen reacts with the active metals, it forms a chemical bond by ____.
a. gaining one electron
b. sharing electrons
c. losing one electrons
Which alkaline Earth metal is used to produce bright white in fireworks?
a. Strontium
b. Calcium
c. Magnesium
A family of elements that contains the most reactive metals is the ____.
a. alkaline earth metals
b. alkali metals
c. transition elements
A family of elements that has two electrons in its outer energy level is the ____.
a. alkali metals
b. alkaline earth metals
c. actinides
All synthetic elements are ____.
a. radioactive
b. needed by human body
c. useful in making plastics
