WorksheetsScience CSET practice
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does the top part represent in the water cycle?
Evaporation
condensation
precipitation
collection
Rain drop and gravity: which direction will the rain drop fall? Wind is going right.
right (horizontal)
down to the right
straight down
almost horizontal, to the right
What makes grass green or gives it a green color?
Chloroform
sunlight
iron
chlorophyll
Why is it colder in the central valley in the winter than on the coast in California?
It is warmer in the valley.
It is not warmer on the coast.
It is warmer at the central coast.
The ocean breeze.
Why does the ocean not freeze as fast as a lake?
Salt water freezes at a low temperature. (ice crystals)
Due to the ocean being too big.
salt water freezes at a higher temperature.
oxygen in the air
What would happen if a plant was watered with ocean or salt water?
A plant will be satisfied with a lot of ocean water.
A plant will grow with lots of sunlight and a little water.
If a plant is watered with salt water it will wilt, if too much water is lost during osmosis the plant will die.
Salt water is beneficial to plants growth, and it will turn very green.
What are the folds of the long digestive system for?
to allow your body to work through all the toxins
To increase the surface area over which the nutrients can be absorbed
to increase the health benefits in water
To work with other key elements of your body
From the Northern Hemisphere, what place would experience the longest amount of daylight?
San Antonio, Texas
Seattle, Washington
Cusco, Peru
Anchorage, Alaska
Where was the longest day experienced or the sun longest
winter solstice or December solstice
June Solstice or summer solstice
fall solstice
September Solstice
Why is sun so low on horizon during winter Solstice?
The north pole is tilted about 23.4° (23°27′) away from the Sun.
The Earth is tilted towards the sun
What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
Thermometer measures air pressure
Barometer measures air pressure
A gauge measures air pressure
PCE-HT110
What are mutations?
A drop in your blood pressure
A change in RNA
a change in your wardrobe
A change in DNA, they are beneficial to survive.
Compared to the waters of the continental shelf, the surface waters of the open ocean are generally much less productive because they….
are in competition with other wildlife
Lack nutrients derived from the land or ocean sediment on the seabed
free of sharks
under heavy attack from whaling
Natural selection has to do with variations, overpopulation, competition, and reproduction.
a process known as nature vs. nurture
a process that has to do with manifest destiny
A process that causes populations to change over time.
A process that caused the industrial revolution
What does this graph get show
13. Mark leaves work and walks to a sandwich shop. He talks with the employee and then walks back to a park bench by his work. Mark sits on the park bench to eat his lunch and heads back to work. What graph best reflects his action.
Mark goes to work.
Mark goes to work, goes home, goes back to work because he forgot his keys.
Mark goes to school, then he goes to work, then he goes home.
Photosynthesis question about what does X represent
osmosis of plant life
cause and effect
Carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide & water create glucose and oxygen
chlorophyll and oxygen
During the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989, homes located near San Francisco Bay generally sustained worse damage than similar homes further from the bay. The severity of the damage sustained by homes nearest to the bay is most likely due to:
similar homes were actually built stronger
the size of the earthquake
Existence of sediments and fill near the shoreline
they did not realize the magnitude of the quake
What is the equation for cellular respiration? Balances chemical equation
6CO2
H20
6H0
HOO
In the Northern Hemisphere, on a day in the winter solstice, which place experiences the longest amount of sunlight
Wisconsin (24 hours)
Portland, Oregon (48 hours)
Maryland, Virginia
Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica (24 hours)
Members of what group act as Decomposers?
herbivores
Fungi
molasses
mammals
What has the most ocean life?
sunlit zone
reef
the continental shelf
surface waters
What’s inside the nucleus?
neutrons
atoms
Protons and neutrons are in the nucleus (middle)
the ozone
Which of the following is indicated by the size of the minerals in an igneous rock sample?
igneous rock
granite
the amount of the water it absorbed
How long the rock took to cool as it formed
Which of the following changes is an example of natural selection?
melanin in your skin makes you tan quicker
The percent of beetles that are genetically darker in color increases in population that expand from prairie into forest.
long earlobes compared to short
being born with an extra finger
Earthquakes are most common in areas
Oklahoma
Near the boundaries where tectonic plates slowly collide
along the coastline
along the equator
N Hemisphere region which marine environment temperature exhibits highest levels of biological productivity?
jungles
ocean
plains
Estuaries
What device is used to measure tsunami?
barometer
buoys
thermometer
compass
Which light emits heat and light?
kerosene lantern
fireplace
canned light
Incandescent
Which of the activities take place in the nucleus of a cell?
mutations
release of stress hormones
distinction between protons and electrons
RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA template
Which of the following is a characteristic for terrestrial planets and not for gas planets?
igneous rocks
carbon dioxide
nitrous oxide
Metallic/Metal and Iron at the core
What can the new technology with weather predict?
It can predict weather storms & severe weather conditions.
Can also show high and low pressure areas to help predict winds etc.
It can see seismic waves and predict earthquakes
It can predict tsunamis
It can predict excessive heat
Effect of current in gulf... humboldt ...?
corona force
force of nature
Coriolis force
the effect of diverse winds
Which is the best example of weathering?
covering your plants for the winter
Frost in granite or rock ** I chose the one that had frost in it -- process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
moving of rock from place to another
raining
Question about a little boy making a model of an atom, what would be the most accurate?
there are not any protons in the atoms
nucleus contains electrons
atoms spinning
having the protons and neutrons in the nucleus
El Nino warms ocean water, how does this affect the ecosystem?
decreases ocean life
No phytoplankton- warm waters disrupt/decreases the whole food chain- decreases nutrients
increases plankton
disrupts the circle of life
During the N. Hemisphere winter, the sun’s path across the sky is shorter and closer to the horizon than it is during the summer. This seasonal change in the sun’s path across the sky is caused by
all across the northern hemisphere
the axis disruption
Tilt of Earth's rotational axis compared to its orbital plane.
the close proximity to the sun
What is the problem with deforestation?
there is no problem with deforestation
The impact it has on lumber costs
Erosion and loss of nutrients is a problem for deforestation * worded differently
it can be easily replaced by recycling
What is a phenomenon associated with evaporation?
the molecules with higher kinetic energy dissipate into the air from the topmost layer of the liquid so it is a surface phenomenon.
condensation
the molecules seem to reappear out of nowhere
there has to be the perfect storm to occur
Put in order:
X: 2% of 8 = .16
Z: 3/7 divided by 5/2 = .17
Y: (√(2)/ 5 = .63
X<Z<Y
X>Y>Z
Z>X>Y
Z<X<Y
