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Science Test Prep

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which of the following best explains why piece of wood is a solid and not a liquid.

a)

It is white in color

b)

It takes the shape of its container

c)

You can weigh it on a scale

d)

It has molecules more tightly packed than a liquid.

2.

1. Water vapor can be cooled into a liquid by which of the following

a)

Freezing

b)

Condensing

c)

Boiling

d)

Melting

3.

1. Which term means “ a combination of two or more substances that maintain their properties?”

a)

Solution

b)

Mixture

c)

Matter

d)

Dissolve

4.

1. Bamboo is a type of tree that has many uses from flooring to decoration. Johnathan puts a quarter and a piece of bamboo in a beaker. Why would the piece of bamboo float and quarter sink?

a)

The bamboo and quarter are different states of matter

b)

The bamboo and quarter are different shapes

c)

The bamboo and quarter have different densities

d)

The bamboo and quarter are different sizes.

5.

1. Which of these best describes the change in sugar grains as they dissolve in water.

a)

The grains get hotter until they melt into a liquid

b)

The grains are washed until they are clear.

c)

The grains dissolve and get smaller in size until they can no longer be seen.

d)

The grains change their chemical and become water?

6.

1. Leah adds a cup of dried beans to a cup of dried rice in a bowl. Which does not happen?

a)

The beans and rice will be able to be separated.

b)

The beans and rice will maintain their physical properties

c)

The rice and beans will be together in the bowl

d)

The rice and beans combine to make a new substance.

7.

1. Nancy added a spoon of salt to a glass of water. Which statement is not true about the solution?

a)

The salt evaporated from the water.

b)

The salt dissolved in the water.

c)

The salt caused the water to become a solution.

d)

The salt particles became smaller in size.

8.

1. What happens to the physical properties of a spoonful of salt when mixed with water?

a)

The salt no longer tastes salty

b)

The salt evaporates into the water.

c)

The salt dissolves and can no longer be seen as a solid.

d)

The physical properties of the salt do not change.

9.

1. Which best describes melting?

a)

Boiling soup on the stove.

b)

Placing water in the refrigerator

c)

Cooling a bowl of soup that is too hot.

d)

Letting ice sit in the hot sun.

10.

Use the recipe below to answer this question

World’s best Kool Aid mix

2 Cups cool water

1 pack of cherry Kool Aid

½ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

3 whole strawberries

3 blueberries


Which ingredients dissolve when mixed with water?

a)

Sugar

b)

Strawberries

c)

Blueberries

d)

Water

11.

Use the recipe below to answer this question

World’s best Kool Aid mix

2 Cups cool water

1 pack of cherry Kool Aid

½ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

3 whole strawberries

3 blueberries


Which ingredients keep their properties and do not dissolve in water?

a)

Sugar

b)

Strawberries

c)

Water

d)

Kool Aid

12.

When Enitra was using a flat iron to straighten her hair. The plastic handle insulated Enitra from the high heat of the flat iron.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is the source of energy for plants to make food?

a)

other plants

b)

the sun

c)

the moon

d)

animals

14.

What do plants need to make food?

a)

water & oxygen

b)

water & carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen & dirt

d)

carbon dioxide & oxygen

15.

How do plants get the water they need to make food?

a)

roots bring water in from the soil

b)

the leaves bring water in from the air

c)

the flowers collect water

d)

seeds spread out to find water

16.

What is the food that plants make called?

a)

glucose

b)

oxygen

c)

leaves

d)

carbon dioxide

17.

Which gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon

c)

helium

d)

carbon dioxide

18.

What is the correct equation for photosynthesis?

a)

carbon dioxide + oxygen + sunlight = glucose + water

b)

water + oxygen = sunlight + carbon dioxide + soil

c)

glucose + oxygen = sunlight + carbon dioxide + water

d)

water + carbon dioxide + sunlight = glucose + oxygen

19.

How are plants beneficial to animals?

a)

they eat harmful animals

b)

they provide oxygen & food for animals

c)

they provide carbon dioxide for animals

d)

they produce glucose for animals to eat

20.

What is the chemical in plants' leaves that performs photosynthesis and causes plants to be a green color?

a)

stomata

b)

chlorophyll

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

glucose

21.

Why would the mouse in jar A have trouble breathing?

a)

it doesn't have oxygen

b)

it doesn't have carbon dioxide

c)

it doesn't have water

d)

it doesn't have sunlight

22.

What is the food manufacturing process in plants?

a)

respiration

b)

chlorophyll

c)

glucose

d)

photosynthesis

23.

True or False: Animals can make their own food inside themselves.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What time of day (24 hour period) do plants photosynthesize?

a)

nighttime only

b)

daytime only

c)

daytime and nighttime

d)

only in the summer months

25.

REVIEW QUESTION: What does a graduated cylinder measure?

a)

mass

b)

weight

c)

density

d)

volume

26.

REVIEW QUESTION: Which lab tool allows us to better see things that are far away?

a)

microscope

b)

hand lens

c)

telescope

d)

scale

27.

REVIEW QUESTION: Which lab tool measures heat?

a)

thermometer

b)

telescope

c)

microscope

d)

scale

28.
What three things do plants need?
a)
Water, air, and sunlight.
b)
Water, soil, and sunlight.
c)
Water, soil, and air.
d)
Love, family, and Cheetos.
29.
Formed by heat and pressure
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Extrusive Igneous
d)
Intrusive Igneous
30.

This rock is formed in layers.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

31.

Fossils are often found in this rock.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

32.

This rock is often found near water.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

33.

You would most likely find this rock near a volcano.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

34.

What kind of rock is "Limestone"?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

35.

This rock is usually made up of pieces of rock called sediments that have been pressed and cemented together.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

36.
A __________ is a natural, nonliving substance that makes up rocks. 
a)
Sedimentary rock
b)
Igneous Rock
c)
Mineral
d)
Sediment
37.

Name of the impression of a plant or animal, in the soil, that existed in the past

a)

diamond

b)

hardness

c)

fossil

38.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
39.
This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Sedimentary Rock
40.

The name of a person that studies rocks and the earth.

a)

veterinarian

b)

geologist

c)

podiatrist

d)

teacher

41.
When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Mineral Crystals
d)
Igneous Rocks
42.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
43.

The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with

a)

melting

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

crystallization

44.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
45.
What is process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock?
a)
weathering
b)
exfoliation
c)
cementation
d)
composition
46.
Which is the safest material to use if engineering a house near a volcano?
a)
foam
b)
wood
c)
metal
d)
stone
47.
These shutters are engineered to protect against what type of natural disaster?
a)
hurricane
b)
earthquake
c)
volcano
d)
heat wave
48.

What do we call a rotating funnel-shaped cloud with wind speeds up to 300 mph?

a)

hurricane

b)

tornado

c)

thunderstorm

d)

blizzard

49.

What type of storm looks like a spiral of clouds with a hole in the center?

a)

blizzard

b)

hurricane

c)

thunderstorm

d)

tornado

50.

Lightning is a spark from a discharge of _______.

a)

wind

b)

clouds

c)

static electricity

d)

current electricity

51.

Where should you go to stay safe during a tornado?

a)

outside

b)

a room with many windows

c)

a screened in porch

d)

a basement or inside room with no windows

52.

Which item listed below would be important to have during a blizzard, but not during a hurricane or tornado?

a)

warm clothes

b)

bottled water

c)

extra batteries

d)

food

53.

When hurricanes push water onto the shore, it is called ______.

a)

a tornado

b)

a tsunami

c)

wind surge

d)

storm surge

54.

What do we call the area inside a hurricane that is calm?

a)

the eye

b)

the mouth

c)

the hole

d)

the rain bands

55.

Where do hurricanes usually form?

a)

near the North Pole

b)

near the South Pole

c)

near the Tropic of Capricorn

d)

near the Equator

56.

To stay safe in a thunderstorm, stay away from objects made of ______ which conducts electricity.

a)

plastic

b)

wood

c)

metal

d)

rubber

57.

What are natural disasters?

a)

When the climate changes in an area

b)

The violent events of nature that are outside of the control of humans

c)

Natural disasters are just droughts

d)

When fossil fuels are burned and cause the planet to have violent weather

58.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Blizzard

b)

Earthquake

c)

Avalanche

d)

None of them

59.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Volcano eruption

b)

Earthquake

c)

Flood

d)

Wildfire

60.

--- happens during heavy rains, when rivers overflow or when snow melts.

a)

natural disaster

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

flash floods

61.
Floods happen when_________
a)
too much snow and winds are present
b)
too much rain in a short period of time
c)

too much rain in mountains

d)
too much rain inside a cave
62.
What is a levee?
a)
A levee is an embankment built on a rivers edge.
b)
A levee is an embankment built on a beach shore.
63.
A drought is an immense lack of:
a)
sun
b)
water
c)
dirt
d)
oil
64.

1. Which term means “ a combination of two or more substances that maintain their properties?”

a)

Solution

b)

Mixture

c)

Matter

d)

Dissolve

65.
In which of these do particles move slowest?
a)
matter
b)
gas
c)
liquid
d)
solid
66.
Something that takes up space and has mass.
a)
volume
b)
matter
c)
mass
d)
density
67.
Is burning wood a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
68.
Is glass breaking a chemical or phyiscal change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
69.
Is a a rusting bicycle a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemcial
b)
physical
70.
Are fireworks exploding a physical or chemical change?
a)
phyiscal 
b)
chemical
71.
Is sqeezing organges to make orange juice a phyical or chemcial change?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
72.
Baking a cake by mixing flour, sugar, chocolate powder, eggs, and milk, and then heating them in the oven.
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
73.
What kind of properties can only be observed when a substance changes into a different substance?
a)
physical properties
b)
chemical properties
c)
liquid properties
d)
real properties
74.
The separation technique that involves heating a solution until the liquid changes into a gaseous state, leaving behind a solid is known as
a)
decanting
b)
 evaporation
c)
loading
d)
chromatography
75.
A combination of 2 or more substances that can be easily separated is called- 
a)
a mixture
b)
a solution 
c)
a solute 
d)
a solvent 
76.

Evidence of a chemical change includes

a)

change in size

b)

change in color

c)

change in shape

d)

change in weight

77.

Chemical changes create new substances that cannot be separated back into their original parts.

a)

True

b)

False

78.

18. Changing from a solid to a liquid is known as

a)

Freezing Point

b)

Boiling Point

c)

Melting Point

79.
On Earth, gravity is a _______ .
a)
Push towards the west
b)
Pull towards the east
c)
Push away from its center
d)
Pull towards its center
80.
Which is best linked to causing the changing of seasons on Earth?
a)
The Earth’s thick atmosphere.
b)
The tilt of Earth’s rotating axis and its orbit around the Sun.
c)
The migration and hibernation of various animals.
d)
The Earth’s gravitational pull on the moon.
81.
Which source of energy is best linked to the growth of plants?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Sonar Waves
c)
Gravity
d)
Wind
82.
Earth obtains more light energy from the Sun than Jupiter since _______.
a)
Earth is located closer to the Sun than Jupiter.
b)
Jupiter has more total mass than Earth.
c)
Jupiter is less dense than the Earth.
d)
Earth is tilted on its rotational axis.
83.
Plants absorb water through __ and carbon dioxide through __ .
a)
Stems, Roots
b)
Roots, Leaves
c)
Leaves, Stems
d)
Flowers, Roots
84.
Which natural disaster is created when rock breaks along a fault?
a)
Blizzard
b)
Hurricane
c)
Earthquake
d)
Tornado
85.
Which human activity is best linked to disruptions in the water cycle, destruction of animal habitats, and reduction of the release of oxygen in the atmosphere?
a)
Crossbreeding of Organisms
b)
Reduction of Fertilizers
c)
Increased Levels of Fishing
d)
Deforestation
86.
Which of the following changes the ability of humans on Earth to observe certain patterns of stars in the sky at different times of the year?
a)
Position and motion of Earth in relation to the Sun.
b)
Gravitational pull of the stars in the sky on Earth.
c)
Position of the Earth’s moon as it orbits the Earth.
d)
Position of the planets in relation to Earth.
87.

Select all the the stages of complete metamorphosis.

a)

egg

b)

nymph

c)

adult

d)

pupa

e)

larva

88.

All animals that do not have a backbone are called?

a)

mammals

b)

invertebrate

c)

vertebrate

d)

arthropods

89.

Almost all food webs on earth begin with the___________?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Sun

d)

Omnivores

90.
What is the name for an animal that eats only plants?
a)
Carnivore
b)
Prey
c)
Herbivore
d)
Producer
91.

A musician is playing a guitar. As he plucks the strings, he can feel the guitar vibrating. What type of energy causes this vibration?

a)

heat

b)

sound

c)

electrical

d)

chemical

92.

_________________ is what stays the same during an experiment.

a)

data

b)

control

c)

variable

d)

research

93.
an organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
a)
constants
b)
consumer
c)
compound
d)
community
94.
a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
a)
classify
b)
condensation
c)
community
d)
constellation
95.

Look at the thermometer above. What type of precipitation is MOST LIKELY at this temperature?

a)

hail

b)

rain

c)

sleet

d)

snow

96.

Which is a renewable resource used to produce electricity?

a)

coal

b)

wind

c)

gasoline

d)

natural gas

97.

What form of energy is in a battery?

a)

light energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

electrical energy

98.

Eli pushes a box with 1 N of force, and Judy pushes with 2 N in the opposite direction. Which describes what happens to the box?

a)

It does not move.

b)

It moves toward Eli.

c)

It moves toward Judy.

d)

It moves toward Eli and then toward Judy.

99.
Mosquitoes must lay their eggs in standing water. What would most likely happen to the mosquito population in an ecosystem that experienced less rainfall than usual?
a)
The mosquito population would disappear altogether.
b)
The mosquito population would increase in size.
c)
The mosquito population would decrease in size.
d)
The mosquito population would not experience any changes.
100.
Composed of all the water on or near the earth
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
101.
This sphere is composed of all the living things 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
102.
This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
103.
Body of air surrounding our planet. 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
104.
Hydro = 
a)
Sphere
b)
Earth
c)
Life
d)
Water
105.

This is part of the....

a)

Geosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere

106.

This is part of the....

a)

Hydrosphere and Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Biosphere and Geosphere

d)

Geosphere & Atmosphere

107.
When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun.  Which two spheres are interacting? 
a)
Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
b)
Geosphere and atmosphere 
c)
Biosphere and atmosphere 
d)
Atmosphere and atmosphere 
108.

How much of the planet is covered by water?

a)

20%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

90%

109.

Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere

a)

Soil

b)

Rocks

c)

Minerals

d)

All of the Above

110.
Which sphere would contain the oxygen that we breathe?
a)
geosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
biosphere
d)
hydrosphere
111.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the hydrosphere?
a)
lakes 
b)
rivers
c)
fish
d)
rain
112.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the biosphere?
a)
coral
b)
grass
c)
starfish
d)
clouds
113.

What do we call regions of the world with similar climate, plants, and animals?

a)

Atmospheres

b)

Habitats

c)

Biomes

d)

None of the above

114.

What do we call FRESH water that lies beneath the Earth's surface?

a)

groundwater

b)

lake

c)

river

d)

spring

115.

Most of the earth's FRESH water is contained where?

a)

Lakes

b)

Rivers

c)

Glaciers

d)

Oceans

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