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Science competition Training

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Germination is _________________________________.

a)

when a seed starts to grow

b)

when an egg and pollen join together

c)

when pollen moves stamen to stigma

d)

when a plant makes its own food.

2.

How planets are there in our solar system?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

4

3.

What is the design process?

a)

Is a step-by-step method used to solve a problem.

b)

A force to move an object.

c)

A solution is an answer to a problem.

d)

An engineer is any person who designs new technology.

4.

What is an engineer?

a)

A person who designs new technologies.

b)

A simple machine.

c)

A wheel and axle.

d)

The use of a force to move an object.

5.
A student pours liquid into a graduated cylinder. What is the student trying to measure?
a)
weight
b)
mass
c)
volume
d)
temperature
6.
A stick of butter is placed in a pot to make macaroni and cheese. The butter melts. What causes the butter to melt?
a)
heat
b)
gravity
c)
light
d)
friction
7.
Why do moon phases change?
a)
Earth rotates around the moon. 
b)
Earth rotates around the sun. 
c)
The moon casts a shadow on Earth.
d)
The moon orbits around the Earth. 
8.

Which property can be measured using a pan balance?

a)

Volume

b)

Length

c)

Mass

d)

Density

9.

The three states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas. Which process changes ice into liquid water?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

10.

Ostriches have long strong legs

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the Instinct

a)

An Instinct is a Inherited behavior an animal knows how to learn without learning

b)

None of these are correct

12.
How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?
a)
one day
b)
one week
c)
one month
d)
one year
13.
As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____
a)
the months
b)
the years
c)
the seasons
d)
day and night
14.
The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called its _____
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
precession
d)
gyration
15.
The invisible line that passes through the North Pole and the South Pole is called Earth's ____
a)
axis
b)
equator
c)
ecliptic
d)
prime meridian
16.
What is the force that pulls the earth towards the sun?
a)
Gravity
b)
inertia
c)
A force
d)
distance
17.

What is metamorphosis?

a)

a series of major changes in an animal's body form during its life cycle

b)

an animal that eats other animals to survive

c)

the passing of traits from parents to their offspring

18.

What is a nymph?

a)

the stage in which the young animal looks like the adult

b)

the stage where the young animal does not look like the adult

c)

all the stages a living thing goes through as it grows and reproduces

19.

In incomplete metamorphosis an insect goes through four stages.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

I don't know

20.

The moon completes a full revolution around the Earth in about.........

a)

a day

b)

a month

c)

a year

d)

a week

21.

The picture shows one of the moon phases.


The name of this phase is.................

a)

Full moon

b)

New moon

c)

First quarter

d)

Third quarter