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DPM 3 Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Soil is made of... (can be more than 1 answer)

a)

water

b)

glass

c)

decomposed plants and animals

d)

weathered rock

e)

air

2.

All of these are examples of -

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Condensing

d)

Boiling

3.
How does an area benefit form volcanic activity?
a)
farmland and crops are destroyed
b)
new land masses and islands are formed
c)
poisonous gases are produced
d)
roads are buried by flowing lava
4.

Which description best explains what is happening?

a)

Heat is removed and gas changes to a liquid

b)

Heat is added and a solid changes to a liquid.

c)

Heat is removed and a liquid changes to a solid.

d)

Heat is added and a liquid changes to a gas.

5.

Which of the following is true about the states of matter?

a)

Solids take the shape of their container.

b)

Liquids can be poured.

c)

Gases have definite shapes.

d)

Solids will flow from place to place.

6.

Which statement describes the processes taking place in the picture?

a)

Removing head changes a liquid to a gas

b)

Adding heat changes a gas to a liquid

c)

Removing heat changes a liquid to a solid

d)

Adding heat changes a solid to a liquid

7.
Which of the following most likely caused the changes in the location below?
a)
volcano
b)
weathering
c)
earthquakes
d)
thunderstorm
8.
The sun is the closest ____ to Earth
a)
Heat
b)
Light
c)
Star
d)
Temperature
9.

This is the 5th planet in the solar system and also the largest.

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

The Sun

10.

The only planet we know of that has life, this one is the third planet from the Sun.

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

11.

How many stars are there in our Solar System?

a)

One

b)

One trillion

c)

One billion

d)

Too many to count

12.

Which planet in the solar system is farthest from the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

13.
The inner planets are smaller than the outer planets.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The outer planets are made of gas and called the Gas Giants.
a)
True
b)
False
15.

Which of the following is an example of a force acting on an object from a distance?

a)

kicking a soccer ball

b)

pulling a wagon

c)

pushing a swing

d)

rain falling from the sky

16.

If you want to raise the blinds in your house, what do you need to do?

a)

Push the strings up.

b)

Pull the strings down.

c)

Pull the strings up.

d)

Push the strings down.

17.

Uranus is the ______ planet from the sun.

a)

sixth

b)

eighth

c)

fifth

d)

seventh

18.

Uranus is called a ______.

a)

rocky planet

b)

dwarf planet

c)

gas giant

19.

What is unusual about Uranus' rings?

a)

They go from side to side on the planet.

b)

They are dark.

c)

They go around the top and bottom of the planet.

20.

What is a food chain?

a)

a diagram with animals only

b)

stages an organism goes through as it grows

c)

the place where an organism lives

d)

the path of energy in an environment

21.

Which organism is getting energy from the mouse?

a)

cricket

b)

grass

c)

fox

d)

Sun

22.

Which of these is a possible food chain for this environment?

a)

Sun → grass → fly → frog

b)

frog → fly → grass → Sun

c)

Sun ← grass ← fly ← frog

d)

Sun → fly → frog → snake

23.

Why would a plant have thick, waxy leaves?

a)

to move water up the plant

b)

to help store water

c)

to help it float

d)

to look shiny

24.

How can a vine reach sunlight in a dark, shady forest?

a)

shallow roots to quickly absorb rainfall

b)

leaves that can absorb water and make food

c)

thorns to keep animals away

d)

tendrils to help the plant climb to get sunlight

25.

Which organism makes its own food?

a)

cricket

b)

grass

c)

fox

d)

Sun

26.

The prickly pear cactus has these structures that protect it from plant-eating animals.

a)

Gills

b)

Thorns or Spines

c)

Heart

d)

Stem

27.
All of the following adaptations help plants, like the cactus, survive in the hot, dry conditions of a desert EXCEPT –
a)
growing tall over many years
b)
a thick, waxy outer covering
c)
the ability to store water
d)
spines to protect from animals
28.
The desert is a hot, harsh environment.  Which adaptation helps a cactus protect itself from animals trying to consume it?
a)
Needle-like leaves
b)
Bad odor
c)
Poisonous venom
29.
A cactus can live in the desert because of this adaptation.
a)
has wide flat leaves to catch water
b)

brightly colored flowers

c)

a stem that can expand to hold more water

d)

tendrils to help reach the sunlight

30.

What state of matter is inside the hot air balloon?

a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)

fire

31.

What state of matter is inside the balloon?

a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)

plasma

32.
What state of matter is this?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
33.

Which stage in the butterfly life cycle is similar to the seed stage of the plant?

a)

larva

b)

adult

c)

pupa

d)

egg

34.

How are frog and butterfly life cycles the same

a)

they both have pupas

b)

they both have froglet stage

c)

they both grow legs

d)

they both start with the egg stage

35.

In diagram 2, step D shows a seed of an oak tree called an acorn. Which step in diagram 1 is most like the acorn?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

36.

What stage of the butterfly life cycle is most like Stage F of the frog life cycle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

37.

How are these life cycles different?

a)

The fish and the bluebird both lay eggs.

b)

The bluebird lays an egg on land; the clownfish lays an egg underwater.

c)

The bird and the clownfish have 4 steps in their lifecycles.

d)

The bluebird and the fish do not look like their young.

38.

What is one way the lady beetle life cycle differs from the grasshopper life cycle?

a)

The ladybug lays eggs but the grasshopper does not.

b)

The ladybug offspring look like the adult but the grasshopper offspring do not.

c)

The ladybug lays eggs but the grasshopper does not.

d)

The ladybug offspring do not look like the adult, but the grasshopper offspring do.

39.

Which 2 life cycles are most similar?

a)

human and ladybeetle - they both have 4 stages.

b)

ladybeetle and housefly - the offspring do not look like the adults.

c)

louse and ladybeetle - they both lay eggs.

d)

louse and human - they both fly