Middle School Science - 6th-8th Grade Review

Question 1

What is the name of the variable that you measure to see how it is impacted during an experiment?

Accepted Answer

Dependent Variable

Question 2

An adaptation is any trait that helps and organism __________ in its environment.

Accepted Answer

Survive and reproduce

Question 3

Why does Seattle have different seasons?

Accepted Answer

The tilt of the Earth relative to the sun

Question 4

Who has better hair?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Marti

Question 5

When should you use a line graph as opposed to a bar graph?

Accepted Answer

When your data is continuous (non-discrete)

Question 6

Which of the following are traits of a good hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

It is testable and falsifiable

Question 7

Which of these animals is a whale most closely related to from an evolutionary point of view?

Accepted Answer

Hippopotamus

Question 8

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of an index fossil?

Accepted Answer

Includes the entire organism

Question 9

Which of these is NOT one of the four nitrogen bases found in DNA?

Accepted Answer

Kerotine

Question 10

Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?

Accepted Answer

It hasn't cleared its orbit of other objects

Question 11

Why is the burning of something an example of an exothermic reaction?

Accepted Answer

Energy is released into the environment

Question 12

Which type of volcano has violent eruptions due to its viscous magma?

Accepted Answer

Composite

Question 13

An arch fingerprint blending with a whorl fingerprint to form a loop fingerprint is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Incomplete dominance

Question 14

What type of weather would you expect to see in South Dakota?

Accepted Answer

Cold and dry

Question 15

Which of the following does NOT impact the potential energy of an object?

Accepted Answer

Its shape

Question 16

What is the correct chemical equation for photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

H2O + CO2 + Sunlight → O2 + Glucose

Question 17

Which of these is NOT one of the six characteristics of life?

Accepted Answer

All living things eat food

Question 18

When two nonmetals bond, what type of bond is formed?

Accepted Answer

Covalent

Question 19

What is the average number of neutrons in a Fluorine atom?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 20

What is the first step in the Scientific Method?

Accepted Answer

Question

Question 21

How is the force of attraction of a magnet related to the distance between it and an object?

Accepted Answer

As distance increases, force decreases by a power of 2

Question 22

Why are Spring tides so much higher than Neap tides?

Accepted Answer

There is a new moon

Question 23

Which organelle is ONLY found in plant cells?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplast

Question 24

Which of these is a piece of evidence that supports Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

The continents fit together like puzzle pieces

Question 25

A genotype with two DIFFERENT alleles is said to be:

Accepted Answer

Heterozygous

Question 26

When Alka Seltzer is added to water, the total amount of mass in the system:

Accepted Answer

Stays the same

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a type of rock found on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Cementation

Question 28

Increasing the frequency of a sound wave causes a _____________ pitch.

Accepted Answer

Higher

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts climate?

Accepted Answer

A warm front

Middle School Science - 6th-8th Grade Review

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