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WorksheetsScience Benchmark Review
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is anything that has mass and takes up space, and make up of very small particles too small to be seen?
a)
Mixture
b)
Solution
c)
Matter
d)
Mass
2.
What are the 3 states of matter?
a)
Mixture, solution, solute
b)
Solid, liquid, gas
c)
Solid, solution, saturation
d)
Liquid, gas, solvent
3.
Which of the following is not a solid?
a)
Soda
b)
Table
c)
Chair
d)
Brick
4.
Which of the following is an example of a liquid?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Carbon
c)
Rock
d)
Soda
5.
Which of the following is not an example of gas?
a)
Air
b)
Oxygen
c)
Water
d)
Nitrogen
6.
I have a definite shape and volume. What am I?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
7.
I have a definite volume, but my shape can change according to the shape of my container. What am I?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
8.
I have no definite shape and no definite volume. What am I?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
9.
Particles in a ________ are very close to each other, or packed tightly. The particles vibrate, but stay in the same place.
a)
Liquid
b)
Gas
c)
Solid
10.
Particles in a ______ are close to one another, but they are able to move, or spread, apart from each other and move from place to place.
a)
Liquid
b)
Gas
c)
Solid
11.
Particles in a _____ easily move far apart from each other and spread out through the available space.
a)
Liquid
b)
Gas
c)
Solid
12.
I am composed of 2 or more substances that are mixed together but CAN be easily separated from each other. For example: sand, marbles, and corn. What am I?
a)
Mixture
b)
Solution
c)
Solvent
d)
Solute
13.
What is a special type of mixture that cannot be seen as separate substances, one substance dissolves into another substance? For example: saltwater
a)
Mixture
b)
Solution
c)
Solvent
d)
Solute
14.
This is the process used to separate solids and liquids using a filter. What is it?
a)
Filtration
b)
Sifting
c)
Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction
d)
Evaporation
15.
This is the process used to separate smaller solid particles from larger solid particles using a screen or strainer. What is it?
a)
Sifting
b)
Filtration
c)
Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction
d)
Evaporation
16.
This is the process that is used to separate magnetic material from a mixture of other substances. What is it?
a)
Filtration
b)
Sifting
c)
Evaporation
d)
Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction
17.
This is the process used to separate a solid that has dissolved in a liquid solution changing the liquid to a gas. What is it?
a)
Filtration
b)
Sifting
c)
Evaporation
d)
Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction
18.
This is the process used to separate solids that float from solids that do not float. What is it?
a)
Filtration
b)
Sifting
c)
Floatation
d)
Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction
19.
What substance in a solution is in the greatest amount?
a)
Solution
b)
Solvent
c)
Solute
d)
Solid
20.
What substance in a solution is in the least amount?
a)
Solution
b)
Solvent
c)
Solute
d)
Solid
21.
In a salt water solution, what is the solvent?
a)
Water
b)
Salt
c)
Sugar
d)
Concentration
22.
How fast a solute dissolves in the solvent is called?
a)
Rate of dissolving
b)
Stirring
c)
Evaporation
d)
Flotation
23.
The rate of dissolving can be affected by several factors. What are some of those factors?
a)
Stirring
b)
Temperature
c)
Time
d)
All of the above
24.
What is the universal (most common) solvent?
a)
Lemonade
b)
Water
c)
Soda
25.
Is koolaid a mixture or solution?
a)
Mixture
b)
Solution
26.
Is paperclips and wood a mixture or solution?
a)
Mixture
b)
Solution
27.
How would you separate a marker?
a)
Filtration
b)
Sifting
c)
Chromatography
28.
What is a combination of two or more substances?
a)
Mixture
b)
Solvent
c)
Solute
d)
Solid
29.
Is a rusty nail a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
30.
Is melting crayons a physical or chemical change?
a)
Chemical
b)
Physical
31.
Is shredding cheese a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
32.
Is baking a pie a physical or chemical change?
a)
Chemical
b)
Physical
33.
Are burnt cookies a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
34.
1. What is a push or a pull?
a)
load
b)
force
c)
matter
d)
momentum
35.
3. The first grid shows the starting position of a car, and the second grid shows the car's the ending position. Looking at the two grids, which statement describes the direction of the car?
a)
The car traveled at 25 miles per hour.
b)
The car did not travel at all.
c)
The car traveled slowly.
d)
The car traveled two blocks east and three blocks north.
36.
4. The speedometer in a car shows the speed a car is moving. What does speed mean?
a)
the distance a car travels
b)
the time it takes to get somewhere
c)
the change of motion during the time traveled
d)
the distance traveled in a certain amount of time
37.
5. Use the pictures below to describe what occurs when like poles or opposite poles of magnets are near each other.
a)
When opposite poles of magnets are near each other the poles repel.
b)
When like (same) poles of magnets are near each other the poles repel.
c)
When like (same) poles of magnets are near each other the poles attract.
38.
6. Which force keeps the earth moving around the sun and the moon moving around the earth?
a)
Gravity
b)
Friction
c)
Magnetism
d)
Acceleration
39.
Look at the amount of force being added to each side of the car.
What direction will the car move?
a)
The car will move 5 Newtons to the right
b)
The car will not move because it is balanced
c)
The car will move 5 Newtons to the left
d)
The car will move 15 Newtons to the right
40.
Look at the forces being applied on the box.
Is the box balanced or unbalanced?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
41.
Look at the forces being applied to the box.
Is the box balanced or unbalanced?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
42.
7. _____ is a force that resists the motion of two objects when they rub against each other.
a)
Gravity
b)
Friction
c)
Electricity
d)
Acceleration
43.
8. The class is playing tug of war during recess. There are 10 students on either side of the rope. What might be the reason that no one has moved?
a)
One team has more force than the other.
b)
One team has half the force of the other.
c)
The teams have equal and opposite force.
d)
The teams have unequal and opposite force.
44.
16. Amy, Jessica, and Kristen entered the softball throw. Amy threw the softball 12 meters, Jessica threw the ball 10 meters, and Kristen threw the ball 13 meters. Who applied the greatest force to the softball?
a)
Amy
b)
Jessica
c)
Kristen
d)
Each applied the same force.
45.
20. Which surface will produce the MOST friction as a ball rolls across it?
a)
notebook paper
b)
wood
c)
sandpaper
d)
plastic
46.
26. A force can...
a)
make an object move
b)
make an object stop moving
c)
slow an object down
d)
all of the above
47.
30. If you want a surface to have LESS friction, make it...
a)
wider
b)
rougher
c)
smoother
d)
thinner
48.
40. A lubricant such as oil ___________ friction.
a)
reduces (makes it less)
b)
increases (makes it greater)
c)
will not change
d)
stops
49.
44. Forces always occur in...
a)
opposite directions
b)
groups of three
c)
pairs
d)
the same direction
50.
48. ____________ objects are affected by gravity.
a)
few
b)
all
c)
some
d)
most
51.
The graph shows the distance that an object traveled over time.
How far did the object travel in 8 seconds?
a)
6m
b)
4m
c)
8m
d)
2m
52.
A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a larger...
a)
ocean or sea
b)
river or lake
c)
river or ocean
d)
valley or delta
53.
Runoff is...
a)
water that flows under ground
b)
precipitation that falls from the sky
c)
water that flows across the surface of the land
d)
water that runs through a stream
54.
Ground water is...
a)
water that collects underground in lakes and rivers
b)
water that flows across the surface of the ground
c)
any water that touches the ground
d)
water that falls from the clouds as precipitation
55.
A watershed is ALL of the _____ that water flows over or through before reaching the same body of water.
a)
rocks
b)
land
c)
water
d)
valleys
56.
What type of water is found in a river?
a)
salt water only
b)
fresh water only
c)
a mixture of fresh and salt water
d)
water that does not move
57.
What falls from the sky and creates water that flows downhill in a watershed?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
runoff
58.
Which of the following is in the correct size order from LARGEST to smallest?
a)
stream - creek - river
b)
creek - river - ocean
c)
stream - river - aquifer
d)
river - stream - creek
59.
Water in a watershed flows..
a)
downhill toward a lake, river, or ocean
b)
uphill toward the top of the mountain
c)
across the ground and is soaked up
d)
only into lakes and ponds
60.
What is weathering?
a)
the movement of sediments and soil
b)
the dropping or depositing of sediments
c)
process that breaks down rocks on or near the surface
d)
the building up of an existing land form or creating a new one
61.
What is erosion?
a)
the movement of sediments and soil
b)
process that breaks down rocks on or near the surface
c)
the building up of an existing land form or creating a new one
d)
the dropping or depositing of sediments
62.
What is deposition?
a)
process that breaks down rocks on or near the surface
b)
the building up of an existing land form or creating a new one
c)
the movement of sediments and soil
d)
the dropping or depositing of sediments
63.
A large flat area of land that has low hills
a)
trench
b)
plains
c)
mountain range
d)
valley
64.
A narrow, elongated v-shaped depression in the ocean floor
a)
trench
b)
plains
c)
mountain range
d)
canyon
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