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Science Quiz

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the chemical symbol for water?

a)

HO2

b)

H2O

c)

O2H

d)

H2O2

2.

What planet is known as the Red Planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Mars

3.

What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Nitrogen

4.

What is the process by which plants make their food called?

a)

Digestion

b)

Respiration

c)

Transpiration

d)

Photosynthesis

5.

What is the largest organ in the human body?

a)

heart

b)

lungs

c)

skin

d)

liver

6.

What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

a)

300,000,000 meters per second

b)

150,000,000 meters per second

c)

299,792 kilometers per second

d)

299,792,458 meters per second

7.

What is the main source of energy for the Earth?

a)

Ocean currents

b)

The Sun

c)

Volcanic activity

d)

The Moon

8.

What type of animal is a dolphin?

a)

A dolphin is a type of fish.

b)

A dolphin is a reptile.

c)

A dolphin is an amphibian.

d)

A dolphin is a marine mammal.

9.

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

a)

Emerald

b)

Sapphire

c)

Diamond

d)

Ruby

10.

What is the name of the force that pulls objects toward each other?

a)

tension

b)

gravity

c)

friction

d)

buoyancy

11.

What is a complex machine?

a)

These are made up of two or more simple machines that work together.

b)

The force to move an object.

c)

A person who designs new technologies.

d)

An inclined plane.

12.

What is an engineer?

a)

A person who designs new technologies.

b)

A simple machine.

c)

A wheel and axle.

d)

The use of a force to move an object.

13.

Which is the first step in the design process?

a)

Identify the problem

b)

Do research

c)

Develop possible solutions

d)

Choose one solution

14.

What is the design process?

a)

Is a step-by-step method used to solve a problem.

b)

A force to move an object.

c)

A solution is an answer to a problem.

d)

An engineer is any person who designs new technology.

15.

Read and choose the correct simple machine.


Is an inclined plane wrapped around a center post.

a)

pulley

b)

screw

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

16.

Read and choose the correct simple machine.


Can make work easier in two ways. It can decrease the amount of force needed to move an object. It can also change the direction that the force is applied.

a)

pulley

b)

screw

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

17.

Read and choose the correct simple machine.


... or a ramp, is a slanted surface.

a)

Wheel and axle

b)

Wedge

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

18.

Read and choose the correct simple machine.


Is a stiff bar that rests on a support.

a)

Wheel and axle

b)

Wedge

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

19.

Read and choose the correct simple machine.


Is a simple machine made from two slanted sides that end in a sharp edge.

a)

Wheel and axle

b)

Wedge

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

20.

Read and choose the correct simple machine.


Is made of a round object, a wheel, attached to a post, called an axle.

a)

Wheel and axle

b)

Wedge

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

21.

What is work?

a)

The use of a force to move an object across a distance.

b)

Solving a math problem.

c)

A simple machine.

d)

When you don't move an object.

22.

What animal is this?

a)

moth

b)

porcupine

c)

turtle

d)

peacock

23.

What animal is this?

a)

moth

b)

porcupine

c)

turtle

d)

peacocks

24.

What is advantage?

a)

Is a characteristic that can help an individual compete.

b)

The way an animal behaves.

25.

Look at the picture and choose the parts of the prickly pear cactus.

a)

Sharp spines, flattened stems, and waxy coating.

b)

Flowers and leaves.

c)

Fruit, flower, and roots.

d)

Regular steam, seeds, and roots.

26.

Look at the picture and choose two characteristics of the peacock flounder

a)

It has both eyes on one side and it has a flat body.

b)

It has a big body and its color is red.

c)

It can walk and fly.

d)

It can talk and sing.

27.

What is an instinct?

a)

The qualities an organism has.

b)

Is a behavior that is inherited.

c)

Is something that causes a reaction in a living thing.

d)

The ways that animals act.

28.

What is a stimulus?

a)

The qualities an organism has.

b)

To receive characteristics, or traits, from an organism's parents.

c)

Is something that causes a reaction in a living thing.

d)

The ways that animals act.

29.

What are the animal behaviors?

a)

The qualities an organism has.

b)

To receive characteristics, or traits, from an organism's parents.

c)

When two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive.

d)

The ways that animals act.

30.

What are the inherited characteristics?

a)

The qualities an organism has.

b)

To receive characteristics, or traits, from an organism's parents.

c)

When two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive.

d)

The ways that animals act.

31.

What are the characteristics?

a)

The qualities an organism has.

b)

To receive characteristics, or traits, from an organism's parents.

c)

When two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive.

d)

The ways that animals act.