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Otter-Ly Toasty

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

The world's longest pedestrian bridge is located in ___________.

a)

Cancun, Mexico

b)

London, England

c)

Arouca, Portugal

d)

Mandeville, Jamaica

2.

The ________, called the 516 Arouca stretches 516 meters across a river valley.

a)

suspension bridge

b)

arch bridge

c)

cantilever bridge

d)

cable-stayed bridge

3.

_________ is a squeezing force, that passes into the ground where the bridge is anchored.

a)

comprehension

b)

compass

c)

compassion

d)

compression

4.

Engineers in Saint Petersburg, Russia, have found a new way to paint using a computer guided _______.

a)

paint brush

b)

art gallery

c)

laser

d)

light saber

5.

To turn from liquid to gas is called what?

a)

exporation

b)

evaporation

c)

exhiliration

d)

expelliarmus

6.

Vincent Van Gogh's painting _____________ was recreated by scientists using a laser.

a)

Irises

b)

The Sunflowers

c)

The Starry Night

d)

The Room of Aries

7.

What type of diamond is created in laboratories?

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Synthetic

c)

Symmetric

d)

Sypnosis

8.

What happens during fall migration?

a)

The trees change color and the leaves fall.

b)

Millions of birds arrive in the wetlands to rest on their journey south.

c)

Whales swim south to Mexico to stay.

d)

Billions of birds fly north to stay til winter is over.

9.

What oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010?

a)

Ixtoc

b)

Gulf War

c)

Deepwater Horizon

d)

Nowruz Oil Field

10.

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth, causing massive destruction and wiping out the dinosaurs, what was the name of this asteroid?

a)

Chuckloob

b)

Chicxulub

c)

Chickslab

d)

Chuxlobe

11.

The __________ is a region between Mars and Jupiter that contains more than a million asteroids.

a)

asteroid belt

b)

solar system

c)

Milky Way

d)

planetary

12.

How wide was the crater, that was caused by the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?

a)

250 miles

b)

50 miles

c)

100 miles

d)

150 miles

13.

_____ is written instructions for computers to follow.

a)

Geoding

b)

Tracing

c)

Handwriting

d)

Coding

14.

How many Polar Bears are in the wild?

a)

36,000

b)

26,000

c)

1 billion

d)

100,000

15.

What is hypothermia?

a)

A potentially dangerous drop in body weight.

b)

A potentially dangerous drop in body temperature.

c)

A potentially dangerous drop in population.

d)

A potentially dangerous drop in stock marketing.

16.

A scientist who studies how living things function is a _________.

a)

Psychiatrist

b)

Philanthropist

c)

Physiologist

d)

Pediatric

17.

The smallest units that make up an organism are called ________.

a)

protons

b)

cells

c)

neutrons

d)

nucleus

18.

What converts nutrients, like sugars and fats, into energy used by the cell?

a)

Golgi Apparatus

b)

Lysosome

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cell Membrane

19.

What is metabolism?

a)

The regulation of internal temperature.

b)

The many chemical processes needed to sustain life.

c)

The insulating blubber on a marine animal.

d)

The water stored in a dam used to create electricity.

20.

Ectothermic is a term that means what?

a)

warm-blooded

b)

room temperature

c)

freezing cold temperature

d)

cold-blooded

21.

A machine that is used to determine how much energy was lost as heat from the mitochondria during metabolism is called a _______.

a)

thermometer

b)

respirometer

c)

seismograph

d)

Vernier caliper

22.

The smallest units of elements are called ________.

a)

cells

b)

atoms

c)

molecules

d)

protons

23.

Which one of these answers is the definition for molecules?

a)

The smallest units of elements.

b)

The amount of space something occupies.

c)

Two or more atoms bonded together.

d)

Under certain conditions, matter can take on other distinct forms.