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General Science

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When a plant undergoes photosynthesis, one of the by-products is

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

light

c)

ozone

d)

oxygen

2.

Why is the nucleus so important to a living cell?

a)

It controls the production and elimination of cell waste.

b)

It controls most of the activities of the cell.

c)

It controls photosynthesis.

d)

It uses oxygen to make carbon dioxide.

3.

Which of the following do not have organelles?

a)

Muscle cells

b)

Protozoa

c)

Nerve cells

d)

Bacteria

4.

Which of the following is not an example of a fruit?

a)

Raspberries

b)

Sunflower seeds

c)

Corn

d)

potato

5.

Which of the following terms can be used to describe a bird?

a)

Crustacean, endoskeleton

b)

Endoskeleton, cold-blooded

c)

Invertebrate, omnivore

d)

Vertebrae, warm-blooded

6.

Why are decomposers important to an ecosystem?

a)

They create soil for farming.

b)

They enhance the habitat with specialized particles important to life.

c)

They stabilize the soil.

d)

They make nutrients available for plants to use.

7.

Which of the following is the part of the skeletal system that protects the spinal cord?

a)

Marrow

b)

Cartilage

c)

Ligaments

d)

Vertebrae

8.

A bruise on your skin is the result of which of the following?

a)

Overactive sweat glands

b)

Excess strain on the muscle

c)

Broken capillaries

d)

Swelling

9.

The function that moves food from one part of the digestive system to another is called

a)

mechanical decomposition.

b)

respiration.

c)

digestion.

d)

peristalsis

10.

Which of the following words are all associated with the nervous system?

a)

Hypothalamus, pons, cortex

b)

Which of the following words are all associated with the nervous system?

c)

Lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils

d)

Antigens, T cells, cilia

11.

Which of the following is the name for the space between two nerve cells where an electric charge transmits information?

a)

Axon

b)

Synapse

c)

Nerve cell gap

d)

Dendrite

12.

Which of the following states is likely to have the greatest biodiversity?

a)

North Dakota

b)

Florida

c)

Nebraska

d)

Illinois

13.

Which of the following best represents what happens to ultraviolet radiation from the sun when it reaches Earth’s atmosphere?

a)

All of it reaches Earth’s surface.

b)

Some of it is absorbed by the ozone layer.

c)

It is deflected back into space.

d)

It changes into chlorofluorocarbons.

14.

Which of the following properties of a sound wave affects how loud or soft the sound is?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Trough

c)

Frequency

d)

Crest

15.

The major force causing sea-floor spreading, continental drift, and the collision of continental plates is

a)

creation of oceanic ridges.

b)

subduction of Earth’s core.

c)

compression of continents.

d)

covection currents in the mantle.

16.

When two tectonic plates converge and one rises above the other, which of the following are likely to form?

a)

Tsunamis

b)

Hot spots

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Rifts

17.

Breaking waves or breakers that occur near the shoreline are caused by which of the following conditions?

a)

Increasing tidal forces

b)

The expansion of the wavelength of the wave.

c)

Friction between the wave trough and the ocean bottom.

d)

Earthquakes that occur far out in the ocean.

18.

How long does it take for Earth to make one revolution around the sun?

a)

1 month

b)

1

c)

1 day

d)

1 year

19.

An eclipse of the sun occurs under which of the following conditions?

a)

Earth, the sun, and the moon are perpendicular to each other.

b)

Earth is rotating faster than the moon.

c)

The moon is between the sun and Earth.

d)

Earth is between the sun and the moon.

20.

Earth’s greenhouse effect is caused by which of the following conditions?

a)

The increase in the thickness of the ozone layer.

b)

The number of plants in tropical rainforests trapping CO2.

c)

Heat from the sun that is trapped by atmospheric gases.

d)

Changing rainfall patterns from global warming.

21.

The basic unit of life is

a)

the cell

b)

DNA

c)

the carbon molecule

d)

oxygen