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Science Final Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
2.
The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain organisms that can photosynthesize?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.

1 Which of the following correctly shows how energy flows through a food chain?

a)

A) Sun --> carnivores --> producers --> herbivores

b)

B) Sun --> producers --> herbiovres --> carnivores

c)

C) Sun --> herbivores --> carniviores --> herbivores

d)

D) Sun --> producers --> carnivores --> herbivores

4.

The two PRODUCTS of photosynthesis are

a)

Water and Oxygen

b)

Water and Carbon Dioxide

c)

Glucose and Oxygen

d)

Glucose and Carbon Dioxide

5.

What are the products of cellular respiration? Choose 3.

a)

water

b)

ATP

c)

Oxygen

d)

Sunlight

e)

Carbon Dioxide

6.

Which element is required during aerobic respiration?

a)

oxygen

b)

hydrogen

c)

nitrogen

7.

It doesn’t need oxygen.

a)

Aerobic respiration

b)

Anaerobic respiration

8.
From where do producers get their energy?
a)
the ground
b)
other animals
c)
decomposers
d)
the sun
9.

Where is the least amount of energy available in an energy pyramid?

a)

The very bottom level

b)

Secondary consumer level

c)

The very top level

d)

Primary consumer level

10.

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. In this relationship, the whales are neither harmed nor benefited. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

mutualism

11.

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and eat the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat what is left. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism

12.

In a parasitic relationship, one organism is ______ and the other organism is benefiting.

a)

benefited

b)

harmed

c)

unaffected

13.

The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

a)

carrying capacity

b)

emigration

c)

immigration

d)

population density

14.

What is NOT an example of limiting factors?

a)

Predation

b)

Food Source

c)

Space

d)

Migration

15.

Carrying capacity is...

a)

The maximum number of individuals that can fit into an area

b)

Ability of an area to accommodate a growing population

c)

The greatest # of individuals an area can support over time.

d)

The maximum number of species that can co-exist in an area

16.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are  __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
17.

The average kinetic energy of particles of matter is called _____.

a)

temperature

b)

thermal energy

c)

heat

18.
What is the transfer of heat by direct contact?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
19.

What is a transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves through space?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

20.
You buy a lava lamp from the store. As the lamp heats up, blobs of liquid rise to the top then sink back down to the bottom. This process continues because of _?_.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
21.
What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?
a)
Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.
b)
No energy is transferred.
c)
Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.
22.

STOPS or slows down the transfer of thermal energy:

a)

Conductor

b)

Insulator

23.

Sound waves cannot travel through:

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gasses

d)

empty space

24.

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from low to high energy

a)

Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

b)

Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio

c)

Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio

d)

Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

25.
What is frequency?
a)
amount of time it takes a wave to travel.
b)
how much pitch a wave has.
c)
number of wavelengths that occur in a period of time.
d)
how large the amplitude of a wave is.
26.
What do sound waves need in order to travel?
a)
vibrations
b)
medium
c)
solids
d)
someone to make them
27.
Which wave has the highest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
28.
Low frequency = _______ Pitch
a)
Low
b)
High
29.

What type of wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

c)

Wave, what wave?

d)

Slinky wave

30.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
31.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
32.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
33.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
34.
Ice turns into water then steam.  This is an example of 
a)
plasma
b)
production
c)
physical change
d)
chemical change
35.
Is cutting an apple into slices an example of a physical change or a chemical change?
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change
36.

When sugar dissolves in water a ______________ change occurs.

a)

Physical change

b)

Chemical Change

37.

Burning Sugar is an example of a ________________ change.

a)

Physical Change

b)

Chemical Change

38.
a rusting bicycle
a)
physical change
b)
chemical change
39.
a)
physical change
b)
chemical change
40.
Evidence of a physical change.
a)
New substance
b)
Shape Change
c)
Light produced
d)
Gas released.
41.
If reaction starts with 20g of reactants it should produce 
a)
a total of 40g of products
b)
a total of 10g of products
c)
a total of 80 g of products
d)
a total of 20g of products
42.

When a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen is ignited in a test tube, the reaction shown occurs. What happens to the total mass of the contents of the test tube?

a)

The total mass increases.

b)

The total mass decreases.

c)

The total mass remains the same.

d)

Part of the mass is changed to heat energy.

43.

matter cannot be...

a)

added or paired

b)

created or destroyed

c)

a compound or made

d)

changed or bonded

44.

Why does this picture demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Mass?

a)

the number of atoms of each element are the same on both sides

b)

they start out separate and end up combined

c)

the same elements are used

d)

it doesn't demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Mass

45.

Exo means out or ________.

a)

absorbed

b)

released

46.
'Have you ever eaten sherbet sweets? They fizz in your mouth and your tongue feels cold. Why do you think that is?'
a)
It is an exothermic reaction
b)
It is an endothermic reaction
c)
It is made of ice
d)
It is dissolving your mouth
47.
What type of reaction occurs in a hand warmer
a)
exothermic
b)
endothermic
48.
Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
49.
Surrounding every magnet is a __________  __________.
a)
magnetic field
b)
electrical current
c)
another magnet
50.

What are the components of the electromagnets?

a)

battery, wire and bulb

b)

battery , copper wire and paper clips

c)

battery, copper wire and iron nail

d)

battery, wire and aluminum

51.

What would happen if you took one end of the wire off the battery?

a)

The nail will be a magnet.

b)

The nail would no longer be a magnet

c)

Nothing will happened.

d)

The nail will heats up.

52.

What factors effect the strength of static electricity?

a)

mass and distance

b)

the amount of charge and distance between objects

c)

positive and negative charge

d)

size of the objects

53.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance 
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight 
d)
weight and mass
54.
As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
d)
i don't know
55.
Which System has the greater gravitational pull between the two objects?
a)
System 1
b)
System 2
c)
Same: there is no gravitational attraction between the two objects
56.

controls movement of materials in and out of the cell, maintains homeostasis

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

chloroplast

d)

cytoplasm

57.

Which of these is not found in the animal cell and is found in the plant cell? Pick more than one

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

chloroplast

d)

cytoplasm

58.

Invasive species alter the ecosystem by ______ in number quickly. This leads to ______ food for the native species.

a)

increasing, less

b)

increasing, more

c)

decreasing, less

d)

decreasing, more

59.

What is an invasive species?

a)

A native (naturally found) species which are added to an area

b)

An organism that is new to an environment and has a negative effect on that environment.

c)

A keystone species in an environment

d)

none of the above

60.

Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly?

a)

Invasive Species are native to an area.

b)

Invasive species are prey to many animals.

c)

Invasive species have no natural predators.

d)

Invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.

61.

A structure made up of different types of tissue and performs a specific job.

a)

cells

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organ system

62.

Which of the following is the correct order of the Levels of Organization (smallest to largest)

a)

Cell, organ, organ system, organism, tissue

b)

Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

c)

Organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell

d)

Organ, cell, organism, tissue, organ system

63.
This is a example of ........
a)
cell
b)
tissue
c)
organ 
d)
organ system
64.
This is a example of ........
a)
cell
b)
organ system
c)
organ
d)
tissue
65.
This is a example of ........
a)
organ
b)
organ system
c)
tissue
d)
cell