WorksheetsReview quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 34mins
Making imprints of objects in clay is most useful for learning about _____________________.
weathering
fossils
renewable resources
the rock cycle
You find a dinosaur footprint in a rock near your house. What is the BEST conclusion you can draw from this footprint about what happened many years ago?
dinosaurs changed and adapted over time
a meteor hit where you live
dinosaurs once loved where you live
dinosaurs were reptiles
What can scientists most easily tell from a set of footprints that have become fossils?
what the animal ate
how many babies the animal had
what kind of enemies the animal had
how the animal moved
What is a fossil?
any living thing
a small model of something
the series of steps in which something happens
the remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago
When clouds fill with water and can't hold anymore, the water falls from the clouds as -
precipitation
evaporation
condensation
atmospehere
The conversion of water vapor into water droplets in the clouds describes which part of the water cycle:
precipitation
evaporation
condensation
transpiration
run off
What instrument is used to measure rainfall?
barometer
rain stick
rain gauge
anemometer
What is an Ecosystem?
All the living things in the Environment.
All the nonliving things in the Environment.
All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area.
The layers of the rainforest.
Lizards move over the dry soil. The air is hot and dry. What ecosystem is this?
Temperate Forest Ecosystem
Desert Ecosystem
Rainforest Ecosystem
Tundra
What is an organism?
any nonliving thing
any living thing
both living and nonliving
An organism must meet their needs to...
survive in the ecosystem
move to a new spot
live in Ms. Ernst's classroom
die
Water, Shelter, an Food are the needs of organisms in an environment.
True
False
What do plants require in an ecosystem?
Animals eating them
Sunlight to grow
Humans chopping them down
What are abiotic materials in an environment?
eagle, rock, water
fox, flower, rain
air, water, sunlight
sunlight, sand, poeple
What are some biotic factors?
tree, deer, rabbit
rock, mouse, hawk
river, tree, sunlight
An organism that makes its own food
photosynthesis
producer
consumer
herbivore
The living and non-living things that interact and share an environment
ecosystem
food web
food chain
organism
An organism that obtains food by eating other organisms
predator
consumer
herbivore
carnivore
A consumer that only eats plants
consumer
omnivore
consumer
herbivore
A way of showing how the energy from food moves through populations of organisms in a community
food web
food chain
predator
prey
A consumer that only eats meat
carnivore
ominvore
scavenger
herbivore
An animal that preys on other animals
prey
predator
scavenger
decomposer
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
scavenger
predator
prey
organism
Consumer that eats both plants and animals
herbivore
omnivore
carnivore
scavenger
The process by which plants (producers) make their own food.
photosynthesis
consumer
food web
prey
An organism that breaks down the waste or remains of other organisms
prey
consumer
scavenger
decomposer
What are earthquakes?
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
Masses of earth sliding down cliffs or mountains
A rotating column of air causing mass destruction
A gigantic wave
What is position?
The movement of an object.
The location of an object.
What is motion?
A change in position.
A change in force.
What is speed?
A measure of how fast something moves.
A measure of how you move.
A force exerted by a magnet that can cause it to attract objects made from certain kinds of metal and attract or repel other magnets is a __________.
magnetic force
strong force
electric force
unbalanced force
A push and a pull on an object is an example of a _______
mean thing to do
gravity
force
speed
A force that pulls objects toward Earth is ________
push
gravity
pull
friction
a force exerted between the surfaces of objects in contact with one another
friction
push
pull
gravity
Where something is:
position
direction
motion
1 A student records the following information about what was observed the classroom.
Characteristics of Mechanical Energy
Which example of mechanical energy is being described?
Sharpening a pencil.
Throwing a ball.
Melting a ball.
Breaking a pencil.
The football player uses the body to play the sport. Which type of energy does a carpenter use with her body to get the job done?
Mechanical
Electrical
Light
Solar
What is mechanical energy?
Objects that are burning up in the sky.
The ability to do work or cause change.
A state of matter such as solid, liquid or gas
An electric current that travel through a circuit.
What is potential energy?
Potential energy is the energy an object has because of its motion.
Potential, or stored, energy comes from the position of an object.
What is kinetic energy?
Kinetic, or moving, energy comes from the motion of an object.
Kinetic, or stored, energy comes from the position of an object.
