WorksheetsScience Final Exam Sem. 1
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question..
a)
Recipe
b)
Scientific Method
c)
Route
2.
What is the first step in the Scientific Method?
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Collect Data
c)
Come up with a testable question
3.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
An educated guess or prediction about what you think is going to happen
b)
The answer to your problem
c)
The question you ask before experimenting
4.
This step in the scientific method refers to gathering background information about a topic or idea.
a)
Conclusion
b)
Research
c)
Asking a testable question
5.
The 4th step in the scientific method
a)
Investigation/Experiment
b)
Ask a testable question
c)
Collect data
6.
While I am conducting my experiment, it is important that I ....
a)
Make a hypothesis
b)
Observe and collect data
c)
Don't make a mess
7.
Is this a testable question? "How do plants grow?"
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
What are the requirements for something to be a testable question? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY
a)
Specific
b)
Talks about plants
c)
Measurable
d)
Testable
e)
It has more than 10 words
9.
The Water Cycle is the process on Earth that recycles water
a)
True
b)
False
10.
______________ is a description of the short-term conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
a)
climate
b)
weather
11.
A weather forecast is a _________ of the weather.
a)
show
b)
prediction
12.
If Earth weren’t tilted on its axis,
a)
the planet would have no seasons.
b)
seasons would occur in a different order.
c)
summers would be hotter and winters would be cooler.
13.
It takes the Earth __________ days to complete one revolution around the Sun
a)
approximately 365.25 days
b)
24 hrs
c)
27 days
14.
What causes weather?
a)
wind
b)
air pressure
c)
temperature
d)
heat from the Sun
15.
During which phase can we see the entire lighted side of the moon?
a)
Full Moon
b)
New Moon
c)
1st quarter
16.
Name this moon phase
a)
waxing gibbous
b)
waning gibbous
c)
waxing crescent
d)
half moon
17.
What would phase #1 be?
a)
Half moon
b)
New Moon
c)
Waning gibbous
18.
What moon phase is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waxing Crescent
19.
What moon phase is this?
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
Waning Gibbous
20.
What moon phase is this?
a)
First quarter
b)
Last quarter/ 3rd quarter
c)
Waxing Gibbous
21.
Name this moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Waxing Gibbous
22.
Name this moon phase
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Crescent
c)
New Moon
23.
How do the hydrosphere and biosphere interact?
4 lines
24.
What does Earth's geosphere include?
a)
rocks
b)
water
c)
dirt/soil
d)
clouds
e)
air
25.
True or False Precipitation is just rain.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Clouds are formed when...
a)
Water is evaporated
b)
Its really warm and it rains
c)
Water vapor collects on dust and dirt particles and gathers in a large group
27.
What type of rock is formed when magma cools?
a)
Igneous rocks
b)
Metamorphic rocks
c)
Sedimentary rocks
28.
True or False: Sedimentary rock is formed when sediments are compacted together
a)
True
b)
False
29.
List the layers of the Earth starting with the top blank on the picture.
4 lines
30.
Select the 3 main effects of plate tectonics
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Mountains
c)
Oceans
d)
Rivers
e)
Earthquakes
31.
The Theory of Plate Tectonics tells us that
a)
Tectonic plates are constantly moving and cause changes to the Earth
b)
The Earth is flat
c)
Tectonic plates only move when there is an earthquake
32.
Weathering that changes the size of rock
a)
Chemical
b)
Physical
33.
Weathering that changes the makeup of rock
a)
Chemical
b)
Physical
34.
The movement of sediment from one place to another
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Rock Cycle
35.
The sitting down of sediment
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Rock Cycle
36.
Caused by movement along a fault
a)
earthquake
b)
convection
c)
lava
d)
magma
e)
volcano
37.
Vent in earth's crust through which molten rock flows
a)
earthquake
b)
convection
c)
lava
d)
magma
e)
volcano
38.
circulation of fluid caused by density and temperature
a)
earthquake
b)
convection
c)
lava
d)
magma
e)
volcano
39.
molten rock deep within Earth
a)
earthquake
b)
convection
c)
lava
d)
magma
e)
volcano
40.
molten rock that reaches the surface
a)
earthquake
b)
convection
c)
lava
d)
magma
e)
volcano
41.
Why do tectonic plates move under the crust?
a)
convection currents
b)
the water in the ocean
c)
because of Pangea
42.
Convergent Boundary...
a)
moves toward each other - mountains can form
b)
move away from each other
c)
slide past each other- earthquakes can happen
43.
Divergent Boundary...
a)
moves toward each other - mountains can form
b)
move away from each other
c)
slide past each other- earthquakes can happen
44.
Transform Boundary...
a)
moves toward each other - mountains can form
b)
move away from each other
c)
slide past each other- earthquakes can happen
45.
______ % of water on Earth is salt water
a)
97
b)
2.5
c)
25
d)
0.5
46.
____ % of water on Earth is safe to drink (freshwater)
a)
25
b)
3
c)
2.5
47.
Where is the other 0.5% ?
a)
in the ocean
b)
In our bodies
c)
In the atmosphere as water vapor
48.
Weather:
a)
day to day conditions in the atmosphere at a certain time and place
b)
what its like
c)
the average weather for a place over a long period of time
49.
Climate:
a)
day to day conditions in the atmosphere at a certain time and place
b)
what its like
c)
the average weather for a place over a long period of time
50.
A prediction of weather is
a)
guess
b)
weather forecast
c)
meteorologist
51.
Temperature is
a)
where something is
b)
a measurement of how hot or cold something is
c)
a measurement of how much something weighs
52.
How does air flow to create wind?
a)
low pressure to high pressure
b)
high pressure to low pressure
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