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GL Practise

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 3hrs 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

  Which term describes an animal that does not have a backbone?

a)

Reptile

b)

Mammal

c)

Invertebrate

d)

Vertebrate

2.
List the four stages of the complete metamorphosis life cycles in the correct order. 
a)
Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult
b)
Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
c)
Adult, Egg, Larva, Pupa
d)
Adult, Egg, Pupa, Larva
3.

A conductor is...

a)

A material that allows electricity to flow

b)

A material that does NOT allow electricity to flow

4.

What is an electric circuit?

a)

a light bulb

b)

a conductor and an insulator

c)

a continuous path for electricity to travel in

d)

a battery and a magnet

5.

Which is an example of an insulator?

a)

copper foil

b)

sponge

c)

steel paperclip

d)

metal brass ring

6.

What force holds things together?

a)

magnetic force

b)

electric force

c)

millenium force

d)

light force

7.

Which TWO are examples of energy sources? Select TWO.

a)

A d-cell battery

b)

A light bulb

c)

A solar panel

d)

A motor

8.

What does it mean when magnets ATTRACT?

a)

They come together and stick

b)

They separate from each other

c)

They point north

d)

They pick up sponges

9.

What does it mean when magnets REPEL?

a)

They come together and stick

b)

They separate from each other and push away

c)

They point north

d)

They pick up sponges

10.

Which is an example of something that WILL stick to a magnet?

a)

steel nail

b)

yarn

c)

rubber tire

d)

wooden stick

11.

Which is an example of something that WILL NOT stick to a magnet?

a)

steel nail

b)

metal brass ring

c)

rubber tire

d)

copper wire

12.

What is a consumer?

a)

an organism that eats another organism to get energy

b)

an organism that makes its own food

c)

an organism that eats decomposers

d)

an organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients back to the soil

13.

What is producer?

a)

an organism that eats another organism for energy

b)

an organism that makes its own food with the sun

c)

an organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients back to the soil

d)

an organism that eats a decomposer

14.

What is a decomposer

a)

an organism that eat another organism to get energy

b)

an organism that uses the suns energy to make its own food

c)

an organism that eats decomposers

d)

an organism that breaks down organisms and returns nutrients back to the soil

15.

A herbivore...

a)

eats other animals

b)

eats producers

c)

eats consumer number 2

d)

makes its food

16.

A producer uses....?.... to makes its food.

a)

another organism

b)

the sun

c)

plants

d)

the soil

17.

the main source of energy is...

a)

the water cycle

b)

the plants

c)

the sun

d)

the food web

18.

The arrows in a foodweb or foodchain represent?

a)

The transfer of food

b)

the transfer of energy

c)

the transfer of animals

d)

the transfer of plants

19.

Decomposer?

a)

mushroom

b)

grass

c)

wolf

d)

seed

20.

what is missing in this food chain?

a)

producer

b)

decomposer

c)

consumer 1

d)

consumer 2

21.

Which animal is the tertiary consumer?

a)

mouse

b)

eagle

c)

snake

d)

grasshopper

22.

What would happen if you REMOVE the mice in this ecosystem?

a)

grasshoppers would decrease in population

b)

producers would decrease

c)

snake would increase in population

d)

the eagles would die

23.

how many organisms are consumers?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

How many organisms are producers?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

25.

In a food chain, what do the arrows point to?

a)

The flow of energy

b)

Animals

c)

Flowers

d)

The prey

26.

True or False

All tree's are producers

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Animals that breakdown dead organisms are called?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Animals

28.

This is an example of a?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food in the wild

c)

Food Chain

d)

Grasslands

29.

In this food web the mouse is a ?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Consumer and Carnivore

d)

Producer and Consumer

30.

A missing link in the food chain would cause that organism who eats that population to?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Maintain

31.

True or False

In the food web only one animals is getting energy?

a)

True

b)

False

32.
Name the producers in this food web.
a)
seagull and fish
b)
penguin and crab
c)
phytoplankton and seaweed
d)
seaweed and zooplankton
33.

Which statement correctly describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this wetland?

a)

Energy is transferred from hawks to shrews to grasshoppers to marsh grasses.

b)

Energy is transferred from marsh grasses to crickets to hawks to frogs.

c)

Energy is transferred from grasshoppers to crickets to frogs to hawks.

d)

Energy is transferred from cattails to crickets to shrews to hawks.

34.

Based on this food web, how many organisms get their energy from grass?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

35.

The diagram shows a prairie food web. In the food web shown, all of the following are consumers EXCEPT – (a)  

Choose from the below words
Prairie Grass
Mountain Lion
Squirrel
Robin
36.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
37.

Which planet is known as the "red planet"?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Saturn

38.

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

a)

Saturn

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

39.

What is the 3rd planet from the sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Neptune

40.

Which one has the planets in the correct order?

a)

Mercury

Venus

Saturn

Neptune

Earth

Mars

Uranus

Jupiter

b)

Jupiter

Mars

Earth

Neptune

Venus

Mercury

Saturn

Uranus

c)

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

41.

Today, we know that the sun is the center of the solar system.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

REMEMBER: My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Noodles

a)

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

b)

The order of the planets from the sun

( closets to farthest)

43.

Pluto is considered a dwarf planet?

a)

true

b)

false

44.

An ice cube has

a)

clumps of particles

b)

particles that are far apart

c)

closely-packed particles

45.

What can you tell about matter from how its particles move?

a)

if it's a plant or animal

b)

if it's living or nonliving

c)

if it's a solid, liquid, or gas

46.

How particles look are called its

a)

states of matter

b)

density

c)

volume

47.

What is matter?

a)

phase changes

b)

mass and volume

c)

volume

48.

What determines if an object will sink or float?

a)

density

b)

gravity

c)

shape

49.

What do we call a bowl of peas and carrots?

a)

mixture

b)

solution

c)

solvent

50.

An object that floats has _____ density than an object than sinks.

a)

less

b)

more

51.

An object that sinks in water has _____ density than water.

a)

less

b)

more

52.

A solution is a mixture.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

53.

In a solution something has to __________.

a)

sink

b)

dissolve

c)

disappear

54.

Water changes from state to state in the water cycle. Which of the following best describes the process of water from the clouds dropping to Earth in the form of snow, sleet, hail, or rain?

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Cloud formation

55.

___ is water vapor changes into a liquid when it comes in contact with a cooler surface

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

transpiration

d)

groundwater

56.

___ is the Sun heats the water in rivers, lakes, or oceans and turns it into steam

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

transpiration

d)

groundwater

57.

___ is plants absorb water from the soil and release it as water vapor through the leaves

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

transpiration

d)

groundwater

58.

The ________________ is the driving force of the Water Cycle.

a)

moon

b)

stars

c)

sun

59.

When drops of water fall down from the sky...

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

60.

Precipitation occurs because

a)

the droplets evaporate in the air

b)

the droplets are too light for the air to hold

c)

the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

61.

When tiny droplets of water form in the air as clouds it is called

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

62.
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a  pond?
a)
sunny and hot
b)
sunny and cold
c)
rainy and hot
d)
rainy and cold
63.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
64.
What is an example of gas?
a)
crayons
b)
paper
c)
soda
d)
air
65.
Solids have a definite _______________.
a)
smell
b)
shape
c)
picture
d)
sound
66.
Liquid matter takes the shape of _______.
a)
a gas
b)
water
c)
a pet
d)
Its container
67.
The particles in a solid are...
a)
vibrating and closely packed together
b)
vibrating and loosely packed together
c)
not moving at all
68.

What makes an energy source renewable?

a)

it is always available when you need it

b)

nature will always provide more of it

c)

it is more expensive

d)

it will run out one day

69.

What is the ability to do work?

a)

Matter

b)

Soil

c)

Energy

d)

Rocks

70.

True or False: Burning fossil fuels is good for the environment.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

A force that SLOWS down motion..

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

force

d)

acceleration

72.

A push or pull that makes an object change movement..

a)

force

b)

gravity

c)

work

d)

motion

73.

All sound is made by ..

a)

squeaks

b)

space

c)

vibrations

d)

beeps

74.

Sammy strikes a drum in his music class. His teacher says that this drums vibrates more slowly than the other drums in the room. What happens when the drum waves vibrate more slowly than the other drums in the room?

a)

The pitch of the sound will be louder.

b)

The pitch of the sound will be lower.

c)

The sound waves become closer together.

d)

The sound waves move in a different direction.

75.

Michael stretches a rubber band between his hands. Olivia plucks at the rubber band on Michael’s hand. They both observe a sound. To hear a higher pitched sound from the rubber band, what should Olivia do?

a)

Pluck the rubber band harder.

b)

Pluck the rubber band softer.

c)

Stretch the rubber band more.

d)

Stretch the rubber band less.

76.

The force that pulls all objects towards each other

a)

motion

b)

speed

c)

gravity

d)

velocity

77.

any push or pull

a)

force

b)

velocity

c)

speed

d)

gravity

78.
Friction is a force that acts in an ___________ direction of movement.
a)
similar
b)
opposite
c)
parallel
d)
west
79.
“Ball C" is rolling across the surface, but it eventually comes to a stop. Which force is most likely responsible for this?
a)
gravity
b)
friction
c)
electricity
d)
magnetism
80.
Force is-
a)
Any Push or Pull to make an object Move,  Stop, Change Speed, or Direction.
b)
Something Created By Friction
c)
Kinetic energy getting ready to be used.
81.
If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force.  What will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
82.
What pulls a ball back to earth?
a)
Gas
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Molecules
83.
Why is it harder for the boy in Image B to get down the hill?
a)
Motion
b)
Friction
c)
Work
d)
Displacement
84.

Which surface would have the least amount of friction?

a)

A road

b)

A carpet

c)

An ice skating ring

d)

Astro turff

85.

Which surface would have the most amount of friction?

a)

A road

b)

Carpet

c)

An ice skating ring

d)

Astro turf

86.

A pencil falling to the ground is an example of___.

a)

Friction

b)

Magnetism

c)

Forces

d)

Gravity

87.
It takes the Earth about one _________________ to revolve around the Sun.
a)
day
b)
month
c)
year
d)
100 years
88.
What causes the sun to look like it moves across the sky
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
the seasons of the Earth
c)
the sun revolving around the Earth
d)
the moon revolving around the Earth
89.
Where does the sun rise?
a)
East
b)
West
c)
South
d)
North
90.

Some animals _______ from one ecosystem to another to find food and water.

a)

migrate

b)

adapt

c)

hibernate

91.

During the coldest months of the year, some animals _________.

a)

compete

b)

camouflage

c)

hibernate

92.

A circuit has a switch, a battery, and a bulb. When the switch is closed, the light turns on. What type of energy moves through the wires of this closed circuit?

a)

sound

b)

chemical

c)

electrical

d)

physical

93.

Brayson made the circuit shown here in his science class. What is the most likely reason that the bulb is not lit?

a)

The bulb is cracked.

b)

He did not use the right size battery.

c)

He used too many pieces of wire.

d)

He left the switch open.

94.

Metal is __________________ because it allows heat and electricity to flow through.

a)

magnetic

b)

a conductor

c)

an insulator

d)

a circuit

95.

The rubber coating on a wire cord is __________________ because it does not allow electricity to pass through to you.

a)

magnetic

b)

a conductor

c)

an insulator

d)

a circuit

96.

Students are using the set-up pictured here to test how energy can move through a circuit. In order to complete this circuit, they should connect wires between which two points?

a)

A and C

b)

A and B

c)

A and D

d)

B and D