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FSSA REVIEW 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
For her science fair project, Marcy is investigating how levels of carbon dioxide affect plant growth. Which of the following is most important? 
a)
She needs to make sure her results match her predictions.
b)
She needs to make sure that her results contain both words and numbers.
c)
She needs to make sure that the explanation of her results is based on evidence. 
d)
She needs to make sure her results get published so that everyone can read them.
2.

How are the characteristic of a tiger different from an alligator

a)

Both animals are vertebrates

b)

Both are carnivores and consumers

c)

The tiger lives on land and the alligator lives on land and in the water

d)

The tiger is a reptile and the alligator is a mammal

3.
Marc notices that when he looks at stars at night, some appear to be brighter than others. Which three factors affect how bright a star appears to an observer on Earth?
a)
The star's color, size, and distance from the Earth
b)
The star's energy, size, and temperature
c)
The star's size, temperature, and distance from Earth
d)
The star's movement, distance from Earth, and gravity. 
4.
Which answer correctly explains the difference between sleet and hail?
a)
Sleet is usually part of a thunderstorm, and hail comes from layers of rain clouds.
b)
Sleet is smaller than hail and usually falls in the winter, while hail usually falls in the summer. 
c)
Sleet and hail are the same except that sleet usually falls in summer and hail usually falls in winter.
d)
Sleet is snow that forms as it falls through cold air, and hail is rain that freezes when it hits the ground. 
5.
Magnets have a negative and positive pole. What happens if you try to touch the positive ends of two magnets together?
a)
The positive poles will repel each other.
b)
The positive poles will be attracted to each other
c)
The positive poles will neither attract nor repel each other
d)
The positive poles will create gravity and attract other objects
6.
Philip is playing tug of war with Nancy. They both understand that to win the game of tug of war, one player must pull the flag over their opponent's line, but during this game the flag at the center of the rope is not moving.
What is happening to the rope?
a)
Philip is applying more force in one direction.
b)
Nancy is applying more force in one direction.
c)
Philip and Nancy are applying equal forces in the same direction.
d)
Philip and Nancy are applying equal forces in opposite directions.
7.
Heat flows in which direction?
a)
From solid objects to liquids
b)
from larger objects to smaller objects
c)
from warmer objects to cooler objects
d)
from more dense objects to less dense objects
8.
Which of the following materials would be a poor conductor of electricity?
a)
alumninum
b)
copper
c)
rubber
d)
steel
9.
Two Florida animals are the American bittern and the Key deer. The bittern is a bird that has a buff and brown colored back that allows it to blend in with the sawgrass of the lakes it lives near. When it feels threatened, the bittern freezes and points its head skyward to resemble a reed. The Key deer is brown in color, lives in the forest, and freezes when it feels threatened.
How do these two animals use similar adaptations in order to survive in their very different environments?
a)
Both the bittern and the deer use their small size to hide from approaching predators.
b)
Both animals live in groups and huddle together with their family for protection from predators.
c)
Both animals use their coloring and lack of big movement to avoid being seen by predators. 
d)
Both the bittern and the deer use the movement of trees and bushes around them to distract predators.
10.
What is the purpose of the kidneys in the human body?
a)
Kidneys mix blood and oxygen together
b)
Kidneys store unwanted fluids until they can be removed
c)
Kidneys help to clean the oxygen that comes from the lungs
d)
Kidneys help balance the salts and acids in the body by filtering blood.
11.
Where is the ASTEROID BELT located?
a)
Between Jupiter and Saturn
b)
Between Mars and Jupiter
c)
Between Earth and Mars
d)
Between Neptune and Uranus
12.

What cause the appearance of the Moon to chance over time?

a)

The orbit of the Earth around the moon the its distance from the Sun.

b)

The Moon's orbit of Earth as the Earth orbit the sun

c)

The rotation of the Moon on its axis

d)

The distance of the Moon to the Sun.

13.

Fenton was making observations of a certain physical property of talc. He takes a hammer and hits the mineral. What property is he testing?

a)

Streak

b)

Hardness

c)

Luster

d)

Cleavage

14.

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource found in Florida?

a)

trees

b)

solar energy

c)

limestone

d)

coal

15.

Mrs. Withers' science class is learning that substances can change in many ways. Sometimes a change will produce a new substance. This is called a chemical change. Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?

a)

egg frying in a pan.

b)

water freezing into ice.

c)

paper being shredded.

d)

a pile of slime being pulled into two pieces.

16.

Wind, water and ice are often involved in weathering and erosion, which can cause changes on Earth. However, weathering and erosion are differing processes. Which of the following statements best describes how these processes differ?

a)

Weathering is a much quicker process than erosion.

b)

Weathering breaks rocks apart, while erosion moves rocks or sediments from place to place.

c)

Weathering moves rocks or sediments from place to place while erosion breaks rocks apart.

d)

Weathering moves rocks without breaking them, while erosion moves rocks after breaking them.

17.

Makaylah uses a hair dryer to dry her hair. To what kinds of energy transformation takes place

a)

heat and light

b)

heat and motion

c)

motion and sound

d)

heat, motion, and sound

18.

Peter planted a seed in his backyard the day before he and his family moved. He later realized that he had planted the seed upside down. When he returns to see the plant one day, what will have happened?

a)

the roots would grow up instead of down

b)

the stem would grow down

c)

the roots would turn so that they are growing down

d)

the seed would not grow

19.

A fish is a vertebrate, which means that it has an inner skeleton. A lobster, however, does not have an inner skeleton. Instead, a lobster has an exoskeleton, which is an outer shell that covers its body. What purpose do both a lobster’s exoskeleton and a fish’s skeleton have?

a)

support

b)

camouflage

c)

sensing surroundings

d)

temperature control

20.
Sandstone, shale, limestone and conglomerate are common rocks in Utah. They form colorful rock formations and canyons. What type of rock are they?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
mineral