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EOY Screener Review

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A student helped his father prepare soup for dinner. His father asked him to use a wooden spoon to stir the soup as it heated.

Why would the student's father ask him to use a wooden spoon?

a)

The wooden spoon is able to float in the soup

b)

the wooden spoon is able to sink in the soup

c)

the wooden spoon is a good conductor of thermal energy

d)

The wooden spoon is a good insulator of thermal energy

2.

When using a solar-powered calculator, what source of energy is being used to power the calculator?

a)

Electrical Energy

b)

Light Energy

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Sound Energy

3.

Over a period of 40 years, the amount of rain that fell in the central Texas area was measured and recorded. Monitoring and tracking rainfall over a long period gives the most accurate information about--

a)

amount of humidity

b)

weather

c)

climate

d)

high temperature

4.

What is one difference between weather and climate?

a)

weather describes conditions near the ground, but climate does not.

b)

Climate describes energy from the sun, but weather does not.

c)

weather includes precipitation, but climate does not.

d)

Climate describes long-term conditions over an entire region, but weather does not.

5.

Which event best describes an example of evaporation?

a)

Water flows downhill after a storm

b)

Dark clouds form in the sky

c)

Rain water oaks into the ground

d)

Solar energy heats water at the ocean's surface.

6.

In the water cycle, the Sun's energy is directly responsible for causing the process at location---

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

Which of the following best illustrates the direction of energy flow through the food web above?

a)

Spider to Grasshopper to Grass

b)

Hognose snake to toad to grasshopper

c)

Grass to rabbit to hawk

d)

mouse to spider to toad

8.
A student puts four objects in a bucket filled with water. the objects are listed below.
∎Plastic ball
∎Glass Marble
∎Metal paper clip
∎Wood block
Which two objects are most likely less dense than water?
a)
Wood block and metal paper clip
b)
Plastic ball and glass marble
c)
Metal paper clip and glass marble
d)
Wood block and plastic ball
9.
Which of these is not soluble in water?
a)
Oil
b)
Salt
c)
Honey
d)
Sugar
10.
A teacher mixes white powder into a beaker of water. The powder cannot be seen in the water. The teacher then heats the mixture until the water evaporates and the powder can be seen again. Which property of the powder is the teacher demonstrating?
a)
Solubility
b)
Density
c)
Conductivity
d)
Mass
11.
A student made a mixture using equal amounts of salt and pepper. The salt grains were the same size as the pepper grains. What should the student do to most easily separate the pepper from the salt?
a)
Use a pair of tweezers to remove each grain of pepper
b)
Runa small magnet through the mixture to attract the pepper
c)
Put the mixture in water and filter the pepper out of the water
d)
Use a strainer with a fine wire screen to remove the pepper
12.
Which liquid is the most dense?  
a)
oil
b)
water
c)
syrup
d)
plastic bottle
13.
Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?
a)
4, 3, 2, 1
b)
1, 2, 3, 4
c)
3, 4, 2, 1, 
d)
4, 3, 1, 2
14.
Students are asked to create a system using two mirrors and a flashlight to hit a target with a beam of light. Which diagram correctly uses the two mirrors and the flashlight to hit the target?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
15.
The energy associated with an object that is moving is called
a)
mechanical energy
b)
thermal energy
c)
electromagnetic energy
d)
chemical energy
16.
Which explains why the fork looks different under water?
a)
light can't pass through the glass
b)
the wavelength of light lengthens
c)
the amount of light increases when going through water
d)
light is refracted at an angle
17.
water is a______?
a)
conductor
b)
insulator
18.

Choose the list that best describes how fossil fuels are formed.

a)

Organism growth, burial, volcanic eruptions

b)

Faults in Earth's crust, burial, glacier formation

c)

Organism growth, burial, compaction

d)

Erosion burial, earthquakes

19.

Which diagram shows compaction which leads to the formation of sedimentary rock?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Erosion is major process in the formation of sedimentary rock. What is erosion?

a)

Rocks are broken into smaller pieces that remain the in same location.

b)

Pressure compacts layers of sediment and turns them into rock.

c)

Pieces of soil or rock are carried from one place to another.

d)

Sediment falls to the bottom of a lake to form sedimentary layers.

21.

Plants are growing on the surface of this pond. How do plants like these form fossil fuels?

a)

Dead plants sink to the bottom and get buried by sediment for millions of years.

b)

Dead plants sink to the bottom and get consumed by decomposers.

c)

Dead plants produce carbon dioxide for the fish, which form fossil fuels.

d)

Dead plants get buried for millions of years and form fossils that attract carbon.

22.

Students pour 2 centimeters of light colored sand into a clear container. Then pour in 1 cm of gravel. Finally they pour 2 cm of colored sand. What characteristic of sedimentary rock does this model show?

a)

Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock.

b)

Sedimentary rock is made of layers.

c)

Limestone is a type of sedimentary rock.

d)

Sedimentary rock is found in Texas.

23.

This wide U-shaped valley is shown in the picture. It was most likely formed by -

a)

Floods eroded the sediment away.

b)

Glaciers eroded the sediment as it melted and moved.

c)

Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.

d)

A hurricane carried away sediment

24.

Some buildings and homes are heated by energy produced from an alternative to fossil fuels. Which is an example of a building or home heated by using an alternative energy source?

a)

A home heated by energy generated by a hydroelectric dam.

b)

A building that has emergency electric generators that run on gasoline.

c)

A home heated by energy produced from a coal power plant.

d)

A building that has furnaces powered by natural gas.

25.

Which process describes water evaporating from the plant leaves?

a)

Condensation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff

26.

Where will the Sun be at 12 pm?

a)

Right above

b)

On the east

c)

On the west

d)

On the south

27.

Which planet comes next after Jupiter?

a)

Uranus

b)

Mars

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

28.

A student places 250 g samples of clay, sand, gravel, and silt in separate flower pots. The pots are set on a wire rack, and dishes are placed beneath the pots so that water can drip through holes and collect. The student then pours 100 mL of water over the sample in each pot. The student measures the time it takes for water to begin dripping from the bottom of each pot.What property of soils is the student most likely examining with this procedure?

a)

The amount of time it takes different soils to dry

b)

How well different soils retain water

c)

How much water is needed to dissolve different soils

d)

The differences in texture between wet and dry soils

29.

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.

30.

Some students are feeding a crab in an aquarium. They use tongs to place the food directly in front of the crab. The students look through the side of the aquarium. They notice that the image of the tongs appears to break as the tongs enter the water. Which property of light are the students observing in this situation?

a)

Light can be refracted and separated into different colors as it moves from air to a different medium.

b)

Light is refracted as it moves from one medium to another medium.

c)

Light travels in a straight line and can be reflected off the surface of water

d)

Light is absorbed by water and reflected off glass.

31.
a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

The Grand Canyon is more than 400 km long and in some places almost 2 km deep. Which model best represents the main process that formed the Grand Canyon?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

A family takes a group picture in a park where bluebonnets are blooming. The family notices that some of the blooms are white and others are blue. The color of the blooms is most likely determined by —

a)

inheritance from parent plants

b)

the age of the plant

c)

the types of consumers that eat the plant

d)

air temperature

34.

The table lists some physical properties of two objects.


Based on their properties, which of the objects is most likely a metal?

a)

Object 1, because it is a solid that is less dense than water

b)

Object 2, because all metals float in water

c)

Object 2, because metals conduct thermal energy and electricity

d)

Object 1, because it can be used to provide insulation for thermal energy

35.

The picture shows an athlete hitting a ball with a tennis racket.


What is the athlete demonstrating in the picture?

a)

Doing work by pushing the ball and changing its motion and position

b)

Changing the position but not the motion of the ball

c)

Doing work by pulling the racket and changing the ball’s position but not its motion

d)

Changing the position and motion of the ball without doing any work

36.

Students on a field trip observed a valley and wondered how it was formed. The three major characteristics of the valley were recorded.


This valley was most likely formed by —

a)

a rapid series of earthquakes

b)

volcanic activity

c)

a flood with rapidly moving water

d)

the movement of a glacier

37.

This circuit has five light-emitting diode, or LED, lights. It also has one battery and one switch.


Which LEDs produce light when the switch is in the position shown?

a)

LEDs 1, 3, and 4 only

b)

LEDs 1, 2, 3, and 4

c)

LEDs 3 and 4 only

d)

LEDs 1, 3, 4, and 5

38.

Students design an experiment to determine how much force is needed to move blocks of wood of different masses slowly across a lab table.


Which procedure should students include in their design?

a)

Conduct five trials, using a different scale to pull each block of wood

b)

Conduct five trials, pulling a different side of each block each time

c)

Conduct five trials, using a different table for each trial

d)

Conduct five trials, pulling each block of wood in the same way for each trial

39.

A teacher asks students to explain what they see in this picture. Four student explanations are shown in the box.


Which of the students gave a correct explanation?

a)

Student 1 only

b)

Students 2 and 4 only

c)

Student 2 only

d)

Students 1 and 3 only

40.

The circuit below does not work.


Which procedure would most likely allow the bulbs to light?

a)

Open the switch and then connect the two wires that are attached to the wood block

b)

Switch the positions of the two wires that are connected to the battery and then open the switch

c)

Move the switch closer in the circuit to the battery

d)

Connect the two wires that are attached to the wood block

41.

A student stirs 15 grams of each substance listed below into 200 milliliters of water to form four different mixtures. The student then tries to separate the water from each mixture by pouring the mixture through a kitchen tea strainer.


Which mixture can the student separate most easily with the strainer?

a)

Salt and water

b)

Gravel and water

c)

Shampoo and water

d)

Sugar and water

42.

Which statement best describes the processes of weathering and erosion?

a)

Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the breakdown of any type of rock into smaller particles and the carrying away of the loose sediments.

b)

Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for depositing loose sediments on the bottom of the ocean, forming layers of sediment.

c)

Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the amount of water in a river that transports sediments to the sea.

d)

Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the transportation, deposition, and compaction of loose sediments on the seafloor.

43.

Why is it harder for the boy in Image B to get down the hill?

a)

Motion

b)

Friction

c)

Work

d)

Displacement

44.

A student designs an experiment to test the force of a spring using a spring launcher and four spheres with the same diameter but with different masses. What question is being asked in this investigation?

a)

How does the mass of the ball affect the force needed?

b)

How does the diameter of the ball affect the force needed?

c)

How does the color of the ball affect the force needed?

d)

How does the height of launch affect the mass?

45.

Some students attach a balloon to a straw and then they tape the straw to the top of a toy car. The students inflate the balloon and release the car. The car travels 40 centimeters across the floor. What should the students do to determine whether the force of the air from a balloon is enough to push the car 40 centimeters across the the same floor in repeated trials?

a)

Test the car several times using an identical balloon filled with different amounts of air.

b)

Test the car several times using different-sized balloons filled with the same amount of air.

c)

Test the car several times using an identical balloon filled with the same amount of air.

d)

Test the car several times using different-sized balloons with different amounts of air.

46.

A student designs an experiment to test the effect of the width of a piece of elastic's ability to stretch. The student selects four pieces of elastic with different widths but the same length. The student then attaches blocks with different masses to the pieces of elastic. The results of the student's experiment are shown above. What should the student do to improve this experiment?

a)

Use blocks of equal mass on the four pieces of elastic

b)

Use blocks with enough mass to cause the four pieces of elastic to break

c)

Use more than four pieces of elastic and four blocks

d)

Use four pieces of elastic with different lengths but the same width

47.
Use the diagram answer the question.
What is a fitting description for this diagram?
a)
A Food Chain
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Web
d)
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
48.
The deer, grasshopper, and bird are all examples of which type of consumers on this food pyramid?
a)
decomposers
b)
omnivores
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
49.
The snake and the frog, are all examples of which type of consumers on this food pyramid?
a)
decomposers
b)
omnivores
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
50.

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a(n)

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

51.

An animal that hunts other animals for food is a ___________

a)

herbivore

b)

predator

c)

prey

d)

omnivore

52.

What is a herbivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

b)

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

53.

Which type of organism should replace the X in the food web?

a)

an omnivore

b)

an herbivore

c)

a carnivore

d)

a producer

54.
What would cause a decrease in the rabbit population?
a)
An increase in grass growing
b)
A decrease in caterpillars
c)
An increase in owls
d)
An increase in fox
55.
Which of these populations is most likely to decrease if the number of grasshoppers decreases?
a)
plants
b)
frog
c)
praying mantis
d)
owl
56.

This table gives information for different kinds of fossils. Finding which kind of fossil would lead to the conclusion that the area where it was found was, long ago, under hundreds of meters of salt water?

a)
b)
c)
d)
57.

An area is currently a forest. What evidence would best indicate that this area was covered by water millions of years ago?

a)

An increase in rainfall in the forest over time

b)

Presence of plants in the forest that need water to live

c)

Fossils of fish discovered in rocks below the forest

d)

Insects living in the forest that lay their eggs in water

58.
Which foot is best suited for a wet environment?
a)
Clawed foot with talon 
b)
Human-like foot
c)
Webbed foot
d)
Small clawed foot without a talon 
59.

Some animals, such as lions, have pointed teeth, while other animals, such as cattle, have flat teeth. The difference in the shape of these animals' teeth is most closely related to--- (5.10A)

a)

the type of organisms the animals consume

b)

the sounds the animals make

c)

the habitat the animals live in

d)

the type of predators the animals have

60.

What does atmosphere mean?

a)

A layer of gases surrounding a planet, star, or moon.

b)

Different types of power that people and machines need to do work.

c)

A thick layer of ice that covers a large area of land.

d)

The process by which heat is trapped inside Earth's atmosphere by gases.

61.

Deforestation is...

a)

the process by which heat is trapped inside Earth's atmosphere by gases.

b)

an energy source, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, that is taken from the ground.

c)

the action or process of clearing forests.

d)

the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

62.

The sun is composed mainly of-

a)

Rocky Soil

b)

Hot Gases

c)

Liquid Water

d)

Mineral Crystals

63.

The Earth, Sun, and Moon all share a similar-

a)

Size

b)

Temperature

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Shape

64.

The Earth's surface is constantly changed by weathering, erosion, and deposition. The Moon's surface has changed very little over thousands of years. What account for this difference between the Earth and the Moon?

a)

The Moon rotates more slowly that the Earth

b)

There is no wind or moving water on the Moon.

c)

Earth has more gravitation pull than the Moon.

d)

Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth.

65.

Of the Earth, Sun, and Moon, which ones orbit another object?

a)

The Sun and the Earth

b)

The Sun and the Moon

c)

The Moon and the Sun

d)

The Moon and the Earth

66.

Which of the following lists the Earth, Sun, and Moon in order of size, from largest to smallest?

a)

Earth, Sun, Moon

b)

Earth, Moon, Sun

c)

Sun, Earth, Moon

d)

Sun, Moon, Earth

67.

While they are different in some ways, the Earth and the Moon share many of the same characteristics. Both the Earth and the Moon-

a)

rotate on an axis

b)

have a thick atmosphere

c)

support living organisms

d)

experience wind and storms