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Unit 2 Study Guide

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What state of matter does the picture below represent?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

2.

What state is represented in the gif?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

3.

Solid to Gas

a)

Deposition

b)

Sublimation

c)

Evaporation

4.

Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere

a)

Soil

b)

Rocks

c)

Minerals

d)

All of the Above

5.

Water availability impacts plant growth and animals who depend on plants for food are interactions between the

a)

Geosphere and Hydrosphere

b)

Cryosphere and atmosphere

c)

Biosphere and geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere and biosphere

6.

The prefix "Bio" means ____

a)

Life

b)

Earth

c)

Water

d)

Air

7.

The prefix "Geo" means ____

a)

earth, ground and soil

b)

water

c)

life

d)

air

8.

The prefix "Hydro" means ____

a)

ground

b)

water

c)

life

d)

air

9.
The water cycle has
a)
a beginning and an end. 
b)
no beginning an no end. 
c)
only a beginning. 
d)
only an end. 
10.
During which stage do clouds form?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
11.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
12.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
13.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
14.

________ is the process where liquid water turns into water vapor due to heat from the sun.

a)

Condensation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Sublimation

d)

Evaporation

15.

What is transpiration?

a)

Excess water being released from plants in the form of water vapor

b)

Excess sugar being released from the leave

c)

The way a plant makes its food

d)

When the plant uses sugar for energy

16.

Water that has soaked into the ground is known as ______.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Groundwater

c)

Runoff

d)

Water Vapor

17.

Which of the following is in the correct order?

a)

Evaporation -> Transpiration -> Groundwater

b)

Precipitation -> Condensation -> Evaporation

c)

Evaporation -> Sublimation -> Precipitation

d)

Condensation -> Precipitation -> Runoff

18.

Water can change to gas through which process?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Sublimation

c)

Transpiration

d)

All answer choices are correct

19.

A hypothesis must be _____.

a)

testable

b)

a result

c)

a conclusion

d)

a problem

20.

A tentative scientific explanation that can be tested by further observation or by experimentation

a)

Observation

b)

Inference

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Controlled Experiment

21.

What is the title of this graph?

a)

Type of fertilizer

b)

Average plant height

c)

The effect of fertilizer on plant height

d)

The effect of plant height on fertilizer

22.

What is the independent variable?

a)

Type of fertilizer

b)

Average plant height

c)

The effect of fertilizer on plant height

d)

The effect of plant height on fertilizer

23.
In which year did exactly 60 students have scholarships?
a)
2010
b)
2011
c)
2012
d)
2013
24.

Which variable is the one that can be changed?

a)

Dependent

b)

Independent

c)

Both

d)

Neither

25.

Which variable gets measured?

a)

Dependent

b)

Independent

c)

Both

d)

Neither

26.

An entomologist (bug scientist) wants to determine if temperature changes how many times a cricket chirps.What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE?

a)

Cricket Chirps

b)

Temperature Change

c)

Entomologist

27.
Sam wanted to know if the color of the chair you sat in when taking a test affected your test grade. What is the independent variable.
a)
Color or chair
b)
Grade on test
c)
Age of students
28.
This picture best describes which connection?
a)
Atmosphere-Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere-Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
d)
Geosphere-Biosphere
29.
Carbon can be found in...?
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Inside of the Earth
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above!
30.

The circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms is called _____________.

a)

the Carbon Cycle

b)

the Oxygen Cycle

c)

the Carbon dioxide Cycle

d)

the Water Cycle

31.

_____________ is an essential element of all living creatures.

a)

Gold

b)

Carbon

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

Silver

32.

The carbon cycle is like a _________ over the planet.

a)

Tarp

b)

Cement Covering

c)

Nylon covering

d)

Blanket

33.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
34.

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

a)

Divergent Oceanic

b)

Divergent Continental

c)

Convergent Oceanic

d)

Transform

35.
In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?
a)
convergent
b)
normal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
36.

According to this diagram, plants absorb ______________

a)

nitrates

b)

animals

c)

nitrogen fixing bacteria

d)

decomposers

37.

A correct path that nitrogen could take would be _____

a)

air -> animals->plants->bacteria

b)

animals->air->bacteria->plants

c)

air -> bacteria ->plants -> animals

d)

bacteria ->air -> animals->plants

38.

True or False: Bacteria fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into a form plants can use

a)

True

b)

False

39.

True or False:

Bacteria release nitrogen from dead organisms into the soil

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Which stage of the nitrogen cycle involves changing atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium ions?

a)

nitrogen fixation

b)

ammonification

c)

nitrification

d)

denitrification