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Act Science Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Compound"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

a substance made up of more than one element

b)

a liquid or gas

c)

the force that attracts an object towards the center of the earth

d)

a section of DNA that determines inheritance

2.

"Boiling Point"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

a liquid or a gas

b)

the temperature when a liquid becomes a gas

c)

rate of change in distance with respect to time

d)

heat transfer as a result of fluid movement

3.

"Element"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

elements of an experiment that are controlled to remain the same

b)

a substance composed of atoms with the same atomic number which cannot be split into smaller substances

c)

substances that participate in a chemical reaction

d)

mass per volume of a substance

4.

"Density"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

quantity of heat energy

b)

substances that participate in a chemical reaction

c)

quantity of a body's matter

d)

mass per volume of a substance

5.

"Buoyancy"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

quantity of a body's matter

b)

measure of mass

c)

ability to float

d)

mass per volume of a substance

6.

"Neutron"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

smallest unit of a chemical component

b)

fundamental atom particle that has no charge

c)

fundamental atom particle that has a negative charge

d)

energy of an object due to its motion

7.

"Herbivor"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

an animal that eats only plants

b)

an animal that eats only other animals

c)

an animal that eats both plants and other animals

d)

a plant that "eats" bugs for additional nutrients

8.

"Abiotic"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

study of a cell

b)

study of living things

c)

with/ of life

d)

without life/ not living

9.

"Calorie"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

a quantity of heat energy

b)

quantity of energy per food molecule

c)

quantity of sugar per gram of food

d)

evil

10.

"Molecule"

Which of the following is the best definition for this word?

a)

fundamental atom particle that has a positive charge

b)

second smallest unit of a chemical compound

c)

smallest unit of a chemical compound

d)

chemical compound that is always composed of several different atoms

11.

Match the prefix with its meaning.

"a-"

a)

one

b)

without

c)

with

d)

by itself

12.

Match the prefix with its meaning.

"macro-"

a)

large

b)

small

c)

biggest

d)

smallest

13.

Match the prefix with its meaning.

"super-" / "sur-"

a)

greatest

b)

below, beneath

c)

above, upon

d)

heroes!

14.

Match the prefix with its meaning.

"deca-"

a)

twelve

b)

ten

c)

one hundred

d)

one thousand

15.

Match the prefix with its meaning.

"inter-"

a)

among

b)

between

c)

go in

d)

exit

16.

Match the suffix with its meaning.

"-graph"

a)

representation of data

b)

instrument for making records

c)

instrument for directing experiments

d)

results of an experiment

17.

Match the suffix with its meaning.

"-meter"

a)

measure

b)

evaluate

c)

distance

d)

height

18.

Match the suffix with its meaning.

"-pod/ -ped"

a)

a grouping

b)

type of animal

c)

foot

d)

measure of population

19.

Match the suffix with its meaning.

"-logy"

a)

involving logic/reason

b)

study of something

c)

measure of something

d)

involving experiments

20.

Match the suffix with its meaning.

"-sect"

a)

a grouping

b)

a measure of people

c)

cut

d)

examine