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Science CSET practice

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the top part represent in the water cycle?

a)

Evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

collection

2.

Rain drop and gravity: which direction will the rain drop fall? Wind is going right.

a)

right (horizontal)

b)

down to the right

c)

straight down

d)

almost horizontal, to the right

3.

What makes grass green or gives it a green color?

a)

Chloroform

b)

sunlight

c)

iron

d)

chlorophyll

4.

Why is it colder in the central valley in the winter than on the coast in California?

a)

It is warmer in the valley.

b)

It is not warmer on the coast.

c)

It is warmer at the central coast.

d)

The ocean breeze.

5.

Why does the ocean not freeze as fast as a lake?

a)

Salt water freezes at a low temperature. (ice crystals)

b)

Due to the ocean being too big.

c)

salt water freezes at a higher temperature.

d)

oxygen in the air

6.

What would happen if a plant was watered with ocean or salt water?

a)

A plant will be satisfied with a lot of ocean water.

b)

A plant will grow with lots of sunlight and a little water.

c)

If a plant is watered with salt water it will wilt, if too much water is lost during osmosis the plant will die.

d)

Salt water is beneficial to plants growth, and it will turn very green.

7.

What are the folds of the long digestive system for?

a)

to allow your body to work through all the toxins

b)

To increase the surface area over which the nutrients can be absorbed

c)

to increase the health benefits in water

d)

To work with other key elements of your body

8.

From the Northern Hemisphere, what place would experience the longest amount of daylight?

a)

San Antonio, Texas

b)

Seattle, Washington

c)

Cusco, Peru

d)

Anchorage, Alaska

9.

Where was the longest day experienced or the sun longest

a)

winter solstice or December solstice

b)

June Solstice or summer solstice

c)

fall solstice

d)

September Solstice

10.

Why is sun so low on horizon during winter Solstice?

a)

The north pole is tilted about 23.4° (23°27′) away from the Sun.

b)

The Earth is tilted towards the sun

11.

What instrument is used to measure air pressure?

a)

Thermometer measures air pressure

b)

Barometer measures air pressure

c)

A gauge measures air pressure

d)

PCE-HT110

12.

What are mutations?

a)

A drop in your blood pressure

b)

A change in RNA

c)

a change in your wardrobe

d)

A change in DNA, they are beneficial to survive.

13.

Compared to the waters of the continental shelf, the surface waters of the open ocean are generally much less productive because they….

a)

are in competition with other wildlife

b)

Lack nutrients derived from the land or ocean sediment on the seabed

c)

free of sharks

d)

under heavy attack from whaling

14.

Natural selection has to do with variations, overpopulation, competition, and reproduction.

a)

a process known as nature vs. nurture

b)

a process that has to do with manifest destiny

c)

A process that causes populations to change over time.

d)

A process that caused the industrial revolution

15.

What does this graph get show

a)

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.

b)

Mark goes to work.

c)

Mark goes to work, goes home, goes back to work because he forgot his keys.

d)

Mark goes to school, then he goes to work, then he goes home.

16.

Photosynthesis question about what does X represent 

a)

osmosis of plant life

b)

cause and effect

c)

Carbon  dioxide or carbon dioxide & water create glucose and oxygen

d)

chlorophyll and oxygen

17.

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:

a)

similar homes were actually built stronger

b)

the size of the earthquake

c)

Existence of sediments and fill near the shoreline

d)

they did not realize the magnitude of the quake

18.

What is the equation for cellular respiration? Balances chemical equation

a)

6CO2

b)

H20

c)

6H0

d)

HOO

19.

In the Northern Hemisphere, on a day in the winter solstice, which place experiences the longest amount of sunlight

a)

Wisconsin (24 hours)

b)

Portland, Oregon (48 hours)

c)

Maryland, Virginia

d)

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica (24 hours)

20.

Members of what group act as Decomposers?

a)

herbivores

b)

Fungi

c)

molasses

d)

mammals

21.

What has the most ocean life?

a)

sunlit zone

b)

reef

c)

the continental shelf

d)

surface waters

22.

What’s inside the nucleus?

a)

neutrons

b)

atoms

c)

Protons and neutrons are in the nucleus (middle)

d)

the ozone

23.

Which of the following is indicated by the size of the minerals in an igneous rock sample?

a)

igneous rock

b)

granite

c)

the amount of the water it absorbed

d)

How long the rock took to cool as it formed

24.

Which of the following changes is an example of natural selection?

a)

melanin in your skin makes you tan quicker

b)

The percent of beetles that are genetically darker in color increases in population that expand from prairie into forest.

c)

long earlobes compared to short

d)

being born with an extra finger

25.

Earthquakes are most common in areas

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Near the boundaries where tectonic plates slowly collide

c)

along the coastline

d)

along the equator

26.

N Hemisphere region which marine environment temperature exhibits highest levels of biological productivity?

a)

jungles

b)

ocean

c)

plains

d)

Estuaries

27.

What device is used to measure tsunami?

a)

barometer

b)

buoys

c)

thermometer

d)

compass

28.

Which light emits heat and light?

a)

kerosene lantern

b)

fireplace

c)

canned light

d)

Incandescent

29.

Which of the activities take place in the nucleus of a cell?

a)

mutations

b)

release of stress hormones

c)

distinction between protons and electrons

d)

RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA template

30.

Which of the following is a characteristic for terrestrial planets and not for gas planets?

a)

igneous rocks

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

nitrous oxide

d)

Metallic/Metal and Iron at the core

31.

What can the new technology with weather predict?

a)

It can predict weather storms & severe weather conditions.

Can also show high and low pressure areas to help predict winds etc.

b)

It can see seismic waves and predict earthquakes

c)

It can predict tsunamis

d)

It can predict excessive heat

32.

Effect of current in gulf... humboldt ...?

a)

corona force

b)

force of nature

c)

Coriolis force

d)

the effect of diverse winds

33.

Which is the best example of  weathering?

a)

covering your plants for the winter

b)

Frost in granite or rock ** I chose the one that had frost in it -- process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

c)

moving of rock from place to another

d)

raining

34.

Question about a little boy making a model of an atom, what would be the most accurate?

a)

there are not any protons in the atoms

b)

nucleus contains electrons

c)

atoms spinning

d)

having the protons and neutrons in the nucleus

35.

El Nino warms ocean water, how does this affect the ecosystem?

a)

decreases ocean life

b)

No phytoplankton- warm waters disrupt/decreases the whole food chain- decreases nutrients

c)

increases plankton

d)

disrupts the circle of life

36.

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

a)

all across the northern hemisphere

b)

the axis disruption

c)

Tilt of Earth's rotational axis compared to its orbital plane.

d)

the close proximity to the sun

37.

What is the problem with deforestation?​

a)

there is no problem with deforestation

b)

The impact it has on lumber costs

c)

Erosio​n and loss of nutrients is a problem for deforestation * worded differently

d)

it can be easily replaced by recycling

38.

What is a phenomenon associated with evaporation?​

a)

 the molecules with higher kinetic energy dissipate into the air from the topmost layer of the liquid so it is a surface phenomenon.

b)

condensation

c)

the molecules seem to reappear out of nowhere

d)

there has to be the perfect storm to occur

39.

Put in order:

 X: 2% of 8 = .16

 Z: 3/7 divided by 5/2 = .17

 Y: (√(2)/ 5 = .63

a)

X<Z<Y

b)

X>Y>Z

c)

Z>X>Y

d)

Z<X<Y