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WorksheetsPraxis 5005
Total questions: 107
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This type of rock was originally liquid below Earth's crust and is formed by lava and magma.
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Fossils
Where are aquifers located?
Beneath earths crust
Beneath earths bedrock
In earths mantle
In earths core
What happens during a solar eclipse?
Earth casts a shadow on the moon
Earth and the moon are on opposite sides of the sun
The moon moves in front of the sun relative to Earth
Earth and sun align
On which day is there approximately 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night?
Summer solstice
Winter solstice
New Year’s Day
Fall equinox
Which planet is closest in size and density to earth?
Venus
Uranus
Saturn
Mercury
Gravity is responsible for?
Rotation of the earth on its axis
Phases of the moon
Earths orbit
Earth seasons
The picture below is an example of the
Geosphere
Cryosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Mr. Lopez is teaching a unit on seasons. He explains why summer days are longer and winter days
are shorter. What should Mr. Lopez emphasize regarding Earth when explaining this phenomenon?
Revolution around the sun
Tilt on its axis
Position in the solar system
Distance away from the sun
The ________ affects the ocean tides.
Moon
Sun
Stars
Solar system
If a star explodes and admits light that is 13 light years away, how long would it take to be visible from earth?
1y
10y
13y
20y
In the diagram, number 6 is:
Top soil
Subsoil
Bedrock
Mantle
_______ are made of metals and rocky material, while _______ are made up of ice, dust, and rocky material
Comments, astroids
Astroids, comets
Meteors, comets
Astroids, meteors
This area is located around the outer edge of the Pacific Ocean is where the most volcanic activity occurs
Ring Of Fire
Horn of Africa
San Francisco Bay
Arctic circle
Which of the following is the densest part of earth?
Stratosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
Core
Which of the following contains most of the worlds fresh water?
Lakes
Rivers
Glaciers
Oceans
A giant wave caused by an earthquake is called a:
Tsunami
Tidal wave
Seismic wave
Epicenter
Glaciers and ice caps are part of the:
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Cryosphere
Which of the following cell structures appear and a plant cell but not in an animal cell?
Plasma membrane
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Nucleus
Mr. Rodriguez is helping students understand how the common cold is transmitted. He is most likely giving a lesson on:
Bacteria
Viruses
Cell structure
Eukaryotic cells
Or eukaryote that does not make its own food and does not contain cells with a cell wall is a(n):
Animalia
Plantae
Protista
Algae
During the stage of mitosis, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell and spindle fibers attached to the center of the chromosome
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Sometimes during cell division, sex cells contain three copies of chromosomes instead of two. This results in:
Mutations
Meiosis III
Trisomy
DNA replication
Red plants have a dominant trait of the color (R), while white plants have the recessive trait For the color (r). How many red plants and how many white plants would be produced when Rr x Rr are crossed)
3 red plants; 1 white plant
1 red plant; 3 white plants
2 red plants; 2 white plants
All red plants
Which of the following is a producer
Hawk
Snake
Bunny
Grass
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit is called:
Competition
Predation
Commensalism
Mutualism
Proteins are made up of:
Cells
Bacteria
Amino acids
Mitochondria
Miss. Wheeler is explaining that humans have 46 chromosomes- 23 from mom and 23 from Dad. She’s most likely giving a lesson on:
Mitosis
Meiosis
Evolution
Metamorphosis
This human system is responsible for the flow of blood, nutrients, oxygen, and other gases to and from cells:
Circulatory
Digestive
Endocrine
Nervous
Which of the following has an open circulatory system?
Birds
Chimpanzees
Clams
Humans
Homeostasis refers to the mechanism of the body to maintain stable internal environment instead of changes taking place in the external environment. Which of the following contributes to homeostasis?
Sweating
DNA replication
Mitosis
Predation
Who was responsible for the classification of living organisms?
Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Carl Linnaeus
Louis Pasteur
What was Charles Darwin known for?
Genetics
Natural selection
Classification of living things
Germ theory
Who was responsible for The germ theory?
Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Carl Linnaeus
Louis Pasteur
What was Gregor Mendel known for?
Genetics
Natural selection
Classification of living things
Germ theory
Which organ(s) filter the blood of toxins?
Bladder
Kidneys
Small intestine
colon
These make up the middle or ladder parts of DNA and code for specific genes.
Phosphates
Amino acids
Chromosomes
Nitrogen bases
Which of the following is a benefit to sexual reproduction?
only one parent sell is needed
Offspring are identical
The DNA replicates
It results in genetic variants
Which of the following is the difference between plant cells and animal cells? Choose all that apply
Plant cells use oxygen and water to make food, while animal cells make ATP from carbon dioxide and sugar
Plant cells use carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to make their own food, while animal cells make ATP from glucose and oxygen
Animal cells go through photosynthesis, while plant cells go through cellular respiration
Plant cells go through photosynthesis, while animal cells go through cellular respiration
Which of the following is considered the least resistant to electricity and the best conductor for electricity?
Wood
Copper
Rubber
Plastic
Which of the following is an accurate depiction of how lightning works
A
B
C
D
Which of the following is a chemical reaction? Check all that apply
Rust forming on a bike left out in the rain
Plants going through photosynthesis
Water boiling on a stove
A pendulum swinging back-and-forth
At which point is kinetic energy at its highest?
A
B
C
D
At what point is potential energy at its highest?
A
B
C
D
During which of the following is condensation occurring?
Water boiling on a stove
Plants sucking water up through their roots
Water droplets forming on the outside of a surface
A puddle disappearing on a hot day
Which of the following is the least reactive element?
Lithium
Hydrogen
Carbon
Potassium
which of the following phases occur when boiling water
Sublimitation
Vaporization
Crystallization
Liquefication
Which of the following is the smallest part of an element that retains its chemical properties
Atom
Electron
Proton
Neutron
In a glass of water, ice floats to the surface of the water. Why does this happen?
The water weighs more than the ice
The ice weighs more than the water
The ice is less dense than the water
The water is less dense than the ice
Why is it easier to compress gas rather than a solid?
The particles in the gas are further apart than they are in a solid
The particles in a gas are closer together than they are in a solid
The particles in a solid are moving faster than they are in a gas
The particles in a solid are moving the same speed as they are in a gas
In this experiment, the student’s prediction is called the
Control
Constant
Independent variable
Hypothesis
in this experiment, the fertilizer is the
Control
Constant
Independent variable
Dependent variable
In this experiment, the pot with no fertilizer is the
Control
Constant
Independent variable
Hypothesis
In this experiment, the difference in growth is the
Control
Constant
Independent variable
Dependent variable
The most important thing a teacher can do for students in a science classroom is
Grade fairly
Encourage inquiry
Make observations
Conduct labs
When a scientist makes a discovery in an experiment, what should I do?
Publish the results in an academic journal
Conduct the experiment over and over again to see if they get the same result
Form a hypothesis
Change the variables in the experiment
Student are looking at different types of rocks. He notices texture, size, and hardness of the rocks. The student is making a(n):
Hypothesis
Observation
Prediction
Experiment
The sun appears bigger than other stars because of:
The size of the sun
The size of the solar system
The distance earth is from the sun
The distance The sun is from mars
This is when plants suck water from the roots to the small pores in leaves, releasing water vapor into the atmosphere
Evaporation
Transpiration
Condensation
Conviction
The earth is getting hotter because
Hi levels of oxygen trap the suns radiation in the atmosphere
High levels of sodium trapped the suns radiation in the atmosphere
High levels of carbon monoxide trap the suns radiation in the atmosphere
High levels of carbon dioxide trapped the suns radiation in the atmosphere
In a lunar eclipse, what is the order of the earth, the sun, and the moon?
Moon, sun, earth
Earth, moon, sun
Moon, earth, sun
Earth, sun, moon
What causes earths magnetism?
Earths rotation around the moon
The moons rotation around the earth
The inner and outer core rotation
The earths rotation around the sun
Tectonic plates slide against each other in opposite directions, causing a(n)
Subduction
earthquake
Mountain
Volcano
________ happens when warmer, lighter air at the equator moves toward the cooler air at the poles
Convection currents
Conduction currents
Atmospheric currents
Jet streams
This event in history was pivotal in that it galvanized the US space program and started what is known as the space race:
Building of the Russian space station
US astronauts walking on the moon
Challenger explosion
Launch of Russia’s Sputnik
_______ are formed when earths plates pull apart
Convergent plate boundaries
Subjective plate boundaries
Volcanic plate boundaries
Divergent plate boundaries
Which of the following is the sphere where all living things are contained?
Cryosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
During the scientific revolution, Qurpenus introduced his theory that the earth revolves around the sun
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Cryocentric
Biosentric
When the full moon starts to appear smaller as each night goes on, the moon is:
Waning
Waxing
New
Old
What part of the earth receives the most sunlight in a year?
The western hemisphere
The desert
The equator
The South Pole
This theory suggests earths continents were all once one big landmass. Overtime, the continents separated because of plate tectonics
Natural selection
Halogenic theory
Continental drift
Earths magnetism
The hotter a star is, the closer to this color it is
Blue
Red
Orange
Yellow
During this eon, prokaryotic life (the first form of life) emerged. The atmosphere is composed of volcanic and greenhouse gases
Hadean
Archean
Proterozoic
Phanerozoic
The following gases are present in earths atmosphere from the most present to least present
Carbon dioxide, argon, oxygen, nitrogen
Argon, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen
Oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon
Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide
This type of rock is made from heat and pressure
Igneous
Granite
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
As random genetic mutations occur within an organisms genetic code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival. This is called:
Common ancestry
Natural selection
Dominant traits
Recessive traits
The six different kingdoms are:
Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria
Phylum, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria
Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, Prokaryote
Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Eukaryote, Archaebacteria
Miss. Jackson wants students to understand the diet of an owl. The best way for students to understand this is by:
Dissecting an owl pellet
Researching owls and an encyclopedia
Reading a chapter on owls and a textbook
using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the owls diet with the hawk diet
Eukaryotic organisms are _____, and prokaryotic organisms are _____.
Single cellular, multicellular
Multicellular, single cellular
Multicellular, multicellular
Single cellular, single cellular
A byproduct of cellular respiration is
Carbon
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Carbohydrates
And a third grade class, students learn that the black moth has A genetic makeup that makes it difficult for predators to see it against dark trees. The white moth does not have the same genetic make up and is easily seen by predators and eaten. The students are learning about:
Dominance
Recessive
Natural selection
Classification
Select the correct order of the organization of living things
Cells – tissues – Oregon systems – organs – organisms
Cells – tissues – organisms – organ systems – organs
Cells – tissues – organs - organ systems - organisms
Cells – Oregon - tissues – organ systems – organisms
Miss. Deeming wants to introduce her students to the structure of cells. What would the most appropriate tool to use to enhance students learning of this concept?
An online virtual tour of a cell
Microscope so students can observe cells in onion skin
The science textbook
A guest speaker on the uniqueness of cells
Mr. Parker is teaching students that cells divide to make more cells. What topic is Mr. Parker covering?
Cell theory
photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
Organization
For a species to be in the same class, it also must be in the same _______?
Phylum
Species
Genus
Family
What do plant cells have that animal cells do not
Cell wall and plasma membrane
Cell wall and chloroplasts
Nucleus and plasma membrane
Nucleus and DNA
This is the maximum population of a particular organism that a given environment can have without detrimental effects
Ecosystem
Adaptation
Biosphere
Carrying capabilities
This type of cell division happens during sexual reproduction and ensures the offspring have the same number of chromosomes in each generation
trisomy
DNA replication
Mitosis
Meiosis
Prokaryotic cells reproduce by
Asexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction
Genetic mutation
DNA replication
This is when one animal feeds on another, like a lion eating a zebra
Symbiosis
Commensalism
Predation
Parasitism
The brain and spinal cord make up the system
Skeletal
Circulatory
Nervous
Digestive
These are herbivores that eat the producers in a food web
Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Quaternary consumers
This is a single celled organism found everywhere that can be beneficial (like when it aids in digestion) and dangerous (like when it causes infection)
Virus
Bacteria
Eukaryote
Mitochondria
A cook leaves a metal spoon in the pot of hot water. When the cook grabs the spoon a few minutes later, the spoon burns the cooks hand. What process is happening?
Conduction
Convection
Evaporation
Radiation
What would be the best way to demonstrate friction? Check all that apply?
Roll a skateboard down the sidewalk and then on the grass to show the difference in speed
How do students rub their hands together rapidly to observe the heat produced
Have students rub a balloon on their heads and watch their hair stand up
Observe how the opposite poles attract
_________ are atoms that have lost or gained one or more ________
Compounds, electrons
Compounds, protons
Ions, protons
ions, electrons
This image shows what type of circuit
The batteries are on a series circuit, and the lightbulbs are on a parallel circuit
The batteries are on a parallel circuit, and the lightbulbs are on a parallel circuit
The batteries are on the series circuit, and the lightbulbs are on the series circuit
The batteries are on a parallel circuit, and the lightbulbs are in a series circuit
Which one of the following is not part of newtons law of motion?
An object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by force
Force is equal to change in motion (mV) Per time in change. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration (F=mXa).
For every action, there is an equal or opposite reaction
Opposite polls attract
on the periodic table, these are the columns
Periods
Groups
Medals
Nonmetals
This is considered a homogeneous mixture
Orange juice
Gel
Salad dressing (Oil and vinegar)
Cereal
This is the unit of measure for force and motion
Joule
Watt
Newton
Volt
The characteristic of water allows it to have cohorsion and adhergen
High heat
Temperature moderation
Magnetism
Polarity
A teacher is showing students how do I identify elements by looking at the number of protons each element has. What should the teacher emphasize?
Atomic number
Number of electrons
Isotopes
Ions
When salt dissolves in water, it disappears. However, you can still taste the salt. This is called
Compound
Solution
Colloid
Suspension
What would be the best way to demonstrate the difference in speed of two cars on two different types of surfaces
Line graph
Pie graph
Bar graph
Splatter plot
This part of an atom is negatively charged particle that spins around the atom in a cloud
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Nucleus
Which of the following is most acidic
Bleach
Coffee
Water
Vinegar
Which of the following is a noble gas
Lithium
Helium
Iron
Calcium
