WorksheetsSubtest 3 - Science Part I
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 52mins
The image below shows what type of circuit?
The batteries are on a series circuit, and the light bulbs are on a parallel circuit.
The batteries are on a parallel circuit, and the light bulbs are on a parallel circuit.
The batteries are on a series circuit, and the light bulbs are on a series circuit.
The batteries are on a parallel circuit, and the light bulbs are on a series circuit.
This type of rock was originally liquid below Earth's crust and is formed by lava and magma
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
fossils
This type of rock is formed by heat pressure
fossil
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
A river flows through a canyon and picks up silt. That sediment and silt runs downstream and deposits where the river ends. When that material gets to the beach, it sits there. Over millions of years, _________________________ form.
fossils
sedimentary rocks
igneous rocks
metamorphic rocks
Mr. Lopez is teaching a unit on seasons. He explains why summer days are longer and winter days are shorter. What should Mr. Lopez emphasize regarding the Earth when explaining this phenomenon?
revolution around the sun
tilt on its axis
position in the solar system
distance away from the sun
The sun appears bigger than other stars because of
the size of the sun
the size of the solar system
the distance Earth is from the sun
the distance the sun is from Mars
The __________ affects the ocean tides.
moon
sun
stars
solar system
What keeps the Earth from falling into the sun?
There is a fairly constant gravitational force between the sun and the Earth keeping, the Earth in its orbit
Kepler's law and Newton's laws
The Earth is not moving fast enough to "escape" the sun's gravity and leave the solar system, but it is going too fast to be pulled into the sun
all of the above
The best way for a student to understand the reproductive organs of a flower is to
Read about it in the textbook
Look at a diagram of a flower
Dissect a flower and examine its reproductive organs
Draw a flower and label its reproductive organs
The diagram below shows
natural selection
common ancestry
evolution
classification
As random genetic mutations occur within an organism's genetic code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival. This is called
common ancestry
natural selection
dominant traits
recessive traits
Evolution occurs in
organisms
kingdoms
individuals
populations
The six different kingdoms are
plante, animalia, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archaebacteria
phylum, animalia, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archaebacteria.
plante, animalia, fungi, protista, eubacteria, prokaryote.
plante, animalia, fungi, protista, eukaryote, archaebacteria.
Ms. Smith is teaching her students that cells divide to make other cells. Ms. Smith is teaching:
evoluation
natural selection
cell theory
classification
Ms. Rodriguez wants students to understand the diet of an owl. The best way for students to understand this is by:
Dissecting an owl pellet (owl poop)
Researching owls in an encyclopedia
Reading a chapter on owls in the textbook
Using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast to owl diet with the hawk diet
Mr. Jackson takes his students outside to the sidewalk, where a puddle of water has just evaporated. He asks a student to place her hand where the puddle was and the other hand where there was no puddle of water. The sidewalk will feel:
The same temperature for both where the puddle was and where there was no puddle.
Cooler where the puddle was than where there was no puddle.
Cooler where there was no puddle than where the puddle was.
The temperature cannot be determined through touch. He would need a thermometer.
The particles in an atom that are negatively charged are
electrons
protons
neutrons
protons and neutrons together
The gravitational pull of two objects depends on
the gravity of two objects
the mass of the two objects
the atomic make-up of the two objects
The electrons in the two objects' atoms
Metals are good __________ in that electric current can flow freely down/through them.
insulators
components
contractors
conductors
In a magnet, opposite sides __________ and the same sides __________.
attract, attract
repel, attract
attract, repel
repel, repel
A tree going through photosynthesis is using what type of energy?
chemical energy
mechanical energy
solar energy
electrical energy
__________ are atoms that have lost or gained one or more __________.
compounds, electrons
ions, electrons
compounds, protons
ions, protons
These are made up of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds
molecules
electrons
protons
particles
__________ happen when warmer, lighter air at the Equator moves towards the cooler air at the poles.
convection currents
conduction currents
atmospheric currents
jet streams
__________ are made up of metals and rocky material, while __________ are made up of ice, dust, and rocky material.
comets, asteroids
asteroids, comets
meteors, comets
asteroids, meteors
This event in history was pivotal in that it galvanized the U.S. space program and started what is known as the Space Race
building of the Ruddian Space Station
U.S. astronauts walking on the moon
Challenger explosion
Launch of Russia's Sputnik
This picture is an example of the
geosphere
cryosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
When metal rusts, this is called
chemical weathering
erosion
physical weathering
deposition
The Earth is getting hotter because
High levels of oxygen trap the sun’s radiation in the atmosphere.
High levels of sodium trap the sun’s radiation in the atmosphere.
High levels of carbon monoxide trap the sun’s radiation in the atmosphere.
High levels of carbon dioxide trap the sun’s radiation in the atmosphere.
In the diagram below, number 6 is
topsoil
subsoil
bedrock
lava
When salt is dissolved in water, it disappears. However, you can still taste the salt. This is called
compound
solution
colloid
suspension
Mr. Jasper wants to show students when oil and water are shaken, no matter how hard, the oil can still be seen as little oil bubbles throughout the mixture. Mr. Jasper is showing the class a:
homogeneous mixture
heterogeneous mixture
solution
colloid
Ms. Francis wants to conduct a lab with her students. What is the best way to ensure safety, efficiency, and student learning?
Get students into groups to learn on their own.
Predetermine groups, conduct the lab, and debrief.
Predetermine groups, assign specific roles for each students, and require a lab journal write-up.
Go over the scientific method to ensure students understand the process of the lab.
What would be the best way to demonstrate friction?
Roll a skateboard down the sidewalk and then on the grass to show the difference in speed.
Have students rub their hands together rapidly to observe the heat produced.
Have students rub a balloon on their heads and watch their hair stand up.
Both A and B
A rock sitting on top of a hill has what kind of energy?
potential
kinectic
mechanical
chemical
When you push a box through the doorway, you are using
chemical energy
kinetic energy
mechanical energy
potential energy
Mr. Lopez wants to conduct a DNA extraction lab but does not have the expensive materials necessary to complete the process. What can Mr. Lopez do to maximize the students’ learning, even though they cannot physically do the lab?
Go through a lab simulation with similar items used in a DNA extraction lab.
Have students draw the process on a big sheet of poster paper.
Utilize a web-based virtual lab that can be projected on a screen or SmartBoard in the front of the class.
Have students role-play the lab.
The best way for a group of students to collect and organize different data points, such as measures of plant growth by date, would be to use a
spreadsheet
database
lab journal
wiki
If a plant is growing in the corner of the room, the plant will most likely grow toward
the light
the window
the AC
the students
One of the biggest differences in plant cells and animal cells
Animal cells have a cell wall, and plant cells have a cell membrane
Plant cells have a cell wall, and animal cells have a cell membrane
Animal cells have mitochondria, and plant cells have chloroplasts
B and C
Punnet squares were first introduced by __________ to determine __________.
Newton, inheritance
Punnet, genotype
Newton, genotype
Mendel, inheritance
This animal has an open circulatory system
cow
fish
grasshopper
snake
The levels of organization, from smallest to largest, within an organism are
cell, tissues, organ, organ system, organism
tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, cells
organ, tissues, cells, organ systems, organisms
organisms, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells
Eukaryotic organisms are __________, and prokaryotic organisms are __________.
single cellular, multicellular
multicellular, single cellular
multicellular, multicellular
single cellular, single cellular
A science teacher who works with chemicals in her room should store the chemical manual
In the principal's office
In a locked cabinet in her classroom.
In another teacher's room, where she can access it when she needs to.
In her classroom where it can easily be accessed by anyone who needs it.
What would be the best way for a teacher to ensure her monolingual students, who are learning English, understand the complex lesson she will teach on cell division?
Provide monolingual students with materials in their native language along with text in English.
Provide monolingual students with materials only in English. They need to learn English eventually anyway.
Provide monolingual students with pictures to go along with the complex English text.
Pair monolingual students with advanced English speaking students for paired reading.
In an experiment to see if fertilizer works on a cactus, students have two cacti. Both cacti receive the same water and sunlight. Both cacti are in the same place within the room, and the temperature is the same for both cacti. However, one cactus gets fertilizer and the other does not. Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable.
The independent variable is the sunlight. The dependent variable is the fertilizer.
The independent variable is the fertilizer. The dependent variable is the growth of the cacti in centimeters.
The independent variable is the cactus that did not get fertilizer. The dependent variable is the sun.
The independent variable is the fertilizer. The dependent variable is the sun.
Which would be the best way to activate students' curiosity of the world around them?
Have students go outside and identify as many living and nonliving things as they can.
Have students draw as many living and nonliving things as they can.
Have students compete to see how many living things and nonliving things they can identify.
Have students research on the computer living and nonliving things.
What would be the best way to demonstrate the difference in growth of the two cacti?
line graph
pie graph
bar graph
splatter plot
What would be the best way for a teacher to assess how students apply the scientific method?
Formatively assess students by walking around the lab and watch how students apply the scientific method.
Use a teacher-made multiple choice assessment with scientific method questions
Administer a state-mandated assessment that assesses the standards for scientific method.
Survey students to identify their understanding of the scientific method.
A primary telescope uses a __________ lens.
refractive
reflective
opaque
transitional
In a lunar eclipse, what is the order of the Earth, sun, and moon?
sun, Earth, moon
Earth, moon, sun
moon, Earth, sun
Earth, sun, moon
