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Intro to Science 2025

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is science?

a)

Studying the world through experiments

b)

Studying the world through a telescope

c)

Studying the world through observations, experiments and drawing conclusions based on nonsense

d)

Studying the world through observations, experiments and drawing conclusions based on evidence

2.

Which of the following does science help us to do?

a)

Improve health

b)

Improve quality of life

c)

Create new technologies

d)

Encourages creativity

e)

All of the above

3.

Why do we study Science?

a)

A) To gain a lesser understanding of the world around us

b)

B) To learn how things work

c)

C) To develop the ability to solve problems

d)

B and C

e)

A and C

4.

What is gravity?

a)

The force of attraction between any two objects

b)

The force that prevents objects from moving in a straight line

c)

The force that holds planets in orbit around the Sun

d)

The force that keeps objects from floating off into space

5.

What is the role of gravity in creating an orbit?

a)

Gravity holds the planet in orbit by pulling the planet towards the Sun

b)

Gravity keeps the planet moving at a constant speed

c)

Gravity prevents the planet from floating off into space

d)

Gravity creates a balance with inertia to keep the planet in a constant orbit

6.

What would happen if all gravity disappeared from our solar system?

a)

Planets would stop moving and stay at rest

b)

Planets would continue moving in a straight line forever

c)

Planets would start moving in random directions

d)

Planets would float off into space

7.

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate on its Axis?

a)

1 day

b)

1 Week

c)

1 Month

d)

1 year

8.

How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?

a)

1 day

b)

1 week

c)

1 month

d)

1 year

9.

How do planets orbit the sun?

a)

Aliens

b)

Space

c)

Gravity

d)

Space Tornadoes

10.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
11.
What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?
a)
Oceanic and Crustatious Crust
b)
Oceanic and Continental Crust
c)
Optic and Continental Crust
12.
________________ measures the strength of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10.
a)
Seismometer
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismology
13.

What is Pangea?

a)

It is a continent on Maps today

b)

It is a type of Transform Boundary

c)

It is the large continent that existed millions of years ago

d)

It is an equatorial continent

14.

What is the evidence for Pangea?

a)

The Ring of Fire and Volcanoes that form the subduction zones of convergent boundaries

b)

The Outer core cause a magnetic force field and Continents move north and south

c)

Continents seem to fit like puzzle pieces and the same fossils were found on different continents

d)

Alfred Wegener told people that the oceans have been getting deeper and more shallow over time

15.
Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were all responsible for what theory?
a)
The Theory of Gravity
b)
The Theory of Relativity
c)
The Cell Theory
d)
The Theory of Continental Drift
16.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
centrifuge
c)
microscope
d)
telescope
17.
All living things are made up of...
a)
cells
b)
cell tissues
c)
organ
d)
organ systems
18.
All cells come from___________ cells.
a)
pregnant
b)
pre-existing
c)
paternal
d)
pin size
19.
what is a cell classified as?
a)
a basic unit of structure and function of all living organisms
b)
a unit based on only plants and animals that are living
20.
Cells are often called "the ____ of life."
a)
bread
b)
road map
c)
building blocks
d)
meaning
21.
A plant and an animal are both living things. According to the Cell Theory, what can you conclude about these two very different organisms?
a)
Plants have cells but animals do not.
b)
They are both made of one or more cells. 
c)
They both come from the same kind of cell.
d)
They both come from a non-living organism.
22.

  There are three parts to the cell theory. Which is NOT one of those parts?

a)

All organisms are composed of one or more cells.

b)

The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms.

c)

Cells spontaneously arise from carbon and nutrients carried in the bloodstream.

d)

All cells come from pre-existing cells.

23.

Humans are multicellular organisms

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What can only be found in plant cells?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Vacuole

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Mitochondria

25.

This is the brain or control center of the cell.

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cell membrane