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WorksheetsScience End of Year Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this scientific instrument of measuring called?
a)
Triple Beam Balance
b)
Scale
c)
Thermometer
d)
Wheel and Axle
2.
What is the independent varaible by looking at this graph?
a)
Height
b)
Age
c)
Neither
d)
Both
3.
What is this picture of?
a)
Thunderstorm
b)
Tornado
c)
Hurricane
d)
Volcano
4.
What does the "H" stand for and what does this mean?
a)
Hyper People System: people with extreme hyper activity
b)
High Pressure System: whirling mass of cool, dry air rotating clockwise
c)
High Pressure System: whirling mass of cool, moist air rotating clockwise
d)
Hip Pop Song: hip and pop music mix
5.
Which group does this animal belong to?
a)
Sponge
b)
Birds
c)
Mammals
d)
Arthropods
6.
How do these animals difference from invertebrates?
a)
They have legs.
b)
They have lungs.
c)
They have fur.
d)
They have a backbone.
7.
One way that mosses and ferns are similar is they both
a)
are flowering plants
b)
produce spores
c)
grow with little rainfall
d)
are vascular plants
8.
Seeds with one cotyledon
a)
monocots
b)
dicots
9.
Seeds with two cotyledons
a)
monocots
b)
dicots
10.
Narrow leaves with parallel veins
a)
monocots
b)
dicots
11.
Wider leaves with branching network of veins
a)
monocots
b)
dicots
12.
what part of the plant takes in water
a)
roots
b)
stem
c)
leaves
13.
Which process is a major source of oxygen in the atmosphere?
a)
evaporation
b)
photosynthesis
c)
precipitation
d)
respiration
14.
Which gases are exchanged during photosynthesis?
a)
carbon dioxide is used and oxygen is produced
b)
oxygen is used and nitrogen is produced
c)
oxygen is used and carbon dioxide is produced
d)
nitrogen is used and carbon dioxide is produced
15.
Why are plants that photosynthesize important for the human population?
a)
they use water
b)
they contain chlorophyll
c)
they produce oxygen
d)
they produce carbon dioxide
16.
The _____ cycle is the movement of water among oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things.
a)
carbon
b)
nitrogen
c)
water
17.
____ is how water moves from the land to the atmosphere.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
18.
Where you will find the ozone layer.
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
19.
Which layer is the outermost layer?
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
20.
Where weather occurs.
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
mesosphere
21.
The higher you go, the air becomes.......
a)
More dense
b)
Less dense
22.
When clouds form - what process is occurring?
a)
Meteorology
b)
Condensation
c)
Collection
d)
Runoff
23.
What is B representing in the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Runoff
d)
Precipitation
24.
Which type of energy does the battery produce?
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
mechanical
d)
electrical
25.
A student connected some wire to a battery and a small bulb to make a simple circuit. Energy from the battery is changed into electricity. What type of energy is stored in the battery?
a)
chemical
b)
nuclear
c)
heat
d)
light
26.
What form of energy is stored up?
a)
Radiant Energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Potential energy
d)
energy
27.
Is the picture a vertebrate or invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
28.
Which of the following has an exoskeleton?
a)
Foxes
b)
Birds
c)
Lobsters
d)
Fish
29.
Fishes take in oxygen through their
a)
fins.
b)
gills.
c)
scales.
d)
vertebrae.
30.
What is an invertebrate?
a)
An animal with a backbone
b)
a mammal
c)
An animal without a backbone
d)
birds
31.
What adaptation helps the bird in the picture to seize and hold on to its prey?
a)
eyesight
b)
talons (sharp claws)
c)
wingspan
d)
sharp, hooked beak
32.
What would a reptile do in order to warm itself up?
a)
bask or lay out in the sun
b)
eat some food
c)
shiver
d)
run around
33.
How do scientists learn about the world around them?
a)
by ignoring observations
b)
by studying plants
c)
by asking questions
d)
by studying plants
34.
which is an example of a quantitative observation?
a)
the ant is 3 centimeters long
b)
the clouds are big and white
c)
the classroom feels cold
35.
Heat flow is a transfer of
a)
energy
b)
mass
c)
atoms
d)
waves
36.
The most important source of energy that heats the surface of the Earth comes from
a)
volcanic eruptions
b)
geysers
c)
the Sun
d)
the core
37.
Heat will transfer from
a)
an ice pack to a hot pizza
b)
a cold pool to a warm person sitting in it
c)
a warm cookie to the ice cream on top of it
d)
a cold window to a hand leaning on it
38.
Cardy B wants to know if the type of light affects the growth of plants. What is the independent variable?
a)
type of light
b)
plant growth
39.
Cardy B wants to know if the type of light affects the growth of plants. What is the dependent variable?
a)
type of light
b)
plant growth
40.
Mrs. Goodwyn wants to test the hypothesis "If I add salt to water then it will boil faster." What is the Independent Variable?
a)
Amount of salt added
b)
Temperature at which water boils
41.
Any form of water that falls from clouds is called
a)
dew
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
precipitaiton
42.
Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from
a)
maritime polar air masses
b)
maritime tropical air masses.
c)
continental polar air masses
d)
continental tropical air masses
43.
Hurricanes typically form over
a)
cold oceans
b)
tropical rainforests
c)
warm ocean water
d)
very dry land masses
44.
The prevailing westerlies, one called the jet stream, the major wind belts over the continental United States, generally push air masses from
a)
east to west
b)
west to east
c)
north to south
d)
south to north
45.
The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is called a:
a)
subduction zone
b)
convergent zone
c)
convection current
d)
conduction current
46.
What is the most abundant gas in air?
a)
nitrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
helium
47.
Which cloud type is the most likely to produce hail?
a)
status
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cumulus
d)
cirrus
48.
What is the primary cause of wind?
a)
the uneven heating of Earth
b)
precipitation falling to Earth
c)
many gases released into the air
d)
water constantly evaporating into the atmosphere
49.
A low pressure system moves into North Carolina, which kind of weather will most likely occur?
a)
cold and dry
b)
fair and sunny
c)
clear and humid
d)
rainy and windy
50.
This type of energy has two forms: motion and potential
a)
thermal
b)
sound
c)
nuclear
d)
mechanical
51.
This type of energy is molecule vibration
a)
radiant
b)
thermal
c)
sound
d)
nuclear
52.
A synonym for potential energy is motion
a)
False
b)
True
53.
A synonym for kinetic energy is motion
a)
True
b)
False
54.
A stretched rubber band is an example of what type of energy
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
55.
Which part of the lever is the part you are trying to move?
a)
a. fulcrum
b)
b. effort
c)
c. load
56.
Which simple machine does a flagpole make use of?
a)
a. screw
b)
b. pulley
c)
c. inclined plane
d)
d. lever
57.
What should you do to reduce the amount of effort needed to lift something using a first class lever?
a)
a. move the fulcrum closer to the load
b)
b. move the fulcrum to the middle of the lever
c)
c. move the fulcrum closer to the effort
58.
Which form of energy does the flowing water possess?
a)
a. gravitational energy
b)
b. potential energy
c)
c. electrical energy
d)
d. kinetic energy
59.
At which point is potential energy greatest
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
60.
At which point is kinetic energy greatest
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
61.
Any device that makes work easier is called a ______________________.
a)
Joule
b)
prop
c)
lever
d)
machine
62.
A force exerted over a distance to move an object is ______________________.
a)
power
b)
work
c)
momentum
d)
Watt
63.
A simple machine with a straight slanted surface is a(n) __________________.
a)
lever
b)
wheel and axle
c)
inclined plane
d)
pulley
64.
Which of the following is the best example of work being done.
a)
doing homework
b)
lifting a box
c)
pushing a stationary box
d)
carrying a box
65.
A ramp is an example of a(n) ____________________.
a)
wheel and axle
b)
inclined plane
c)
lever
d)
pulley
66.
A drillbit is an example of which machine?
a)
screw
b)
pulley
c)
ramp
d)
wedge
67.
A fulcrum is _____________________.
a)
An endangered bird
b)
support for an inclined plane
c)
place where a lever is supported
d)
dressing for salad
68.
Which simple machines are found on a hammer?
a)
lever only
b)
wedge and plane
c)
axle and lever
d)
screw and pulley
69.
Scissors are made up of what two simple machines?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
pulley and wedge
c)
lever and wedge
d)
lever and fulcrum
70.
A _____________________ is an inclined plane that moves.
a)
screw
b)
pulley
c)
wedge
d)
wheel
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