An 8 ounce cup of water and an 8 ounce cup of flour have

The same volume but different weight

What is the best definition of a fossil

Any trace of an ancient organism

For a lunar eclipse to occur,

Earth must be directly between the sun and the moon

When the north end of the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, North America will experience

More direct rays and longer days

What are the five levels of environmental organization from largest to smallest?

Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism

Which property of the following is a physical property of copper?

ductile, can be formed into a wire

The phase of the moon you see depends on

How much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.

The length of a year is caused by

Earth's revolution around the sun

Which forces produce metamorphic rocks?

Extreme pressures and temperatures

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1
An 8 ounce cup of water and an 8 ounce cup of flour have
The same volume but different weight
Nothing is the same
The same weight and volume
The same weight and a different volume
2
How does carbon enter the soil?
respiration
decomposition
photosynthesis
combustion
3
What rock type comes from the Greek word for fire?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Obsidian
4
What is the best definition of a fossil
Any trace of an ancient dinosaur
Any trace of an ancient plant
Any trace of an ancient creature
Any trace of an ancient organism
5
For a lunar eclipse to occur,
The moon must be directly between the Earth and the sun
The sun must be directly between the Earth and the moon
Earth must be directly between the sun and the moon
The moon must be directly behind the sun
6
What is the action of one plate moving underneath the other called?
subtraction
divergent
focus
subduction
7
A place where an organism lives is called its
Ecosystem
Biome
Niche
Habitat
8
___________ was our study of Earth's Past
Geologic Time
Dinosaurology
Cambrian Period
Jurassic Park
9
When the north end of the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, North America will experience
More direct rays and shorter days
More indirect rays and longer days
More direct rays and longer days
More indirect rays and shorter days
10
Which word best describes sunglasses?
Translucent
Transparent
Opaque
11
Outer layer of Earth
core
mantle
crust
skin
12
A biotic or an abiotic resource in the environment that causes population size to decrease is a
Limiting Factor
Migration
Time Factor
Growth Factor
13
What are the five levels of environmental organization from largest to smallest?
Biosphere, ecosystem, population, community, organism
Ecosystem, biosphere, population, organism, community
Biosphere, population, ecosystem, community, organism
Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism
14
The living parts of an ecosystem are called
Soil
abiotic factors
Animals
Biotic Factors
15
True or False - Tyrannosaurus rex lived in the Jurassic Period
False
True
16
__________ is the study of space and celestial bodies
Astrology
Astro-Boy
Earth Science
Astronomy
17
True or false: sun, water, and wind are all examples of renewable resources
False
True
18
Which of the following is the best sign that a chemical change has occurred?
A substance changes state (solid, liquid, gas)
A substance is broken apart
A substance gives off smoke
A substance is cut into pieces.
19
Day and night are caused by
Earth's rotation on its axis
The tilt of the Earth's axis
Earth's revolution around the sun
Eclipses
20
__________ is the study of interactions among organisms and their environments.
Ecology
Economics
Biology
Earth Science
21
Hearing, sight, taste and smell are all used for which aspect of science?
A quantitative observation
A qualitative observation
A control
A hypothesis
22
Which property of the following is a physical property of copper?
readily reacts with water to form an acid
liquid at room temperature
ductile, can be formed into a wire
readily reacts with oxygen
23
An example of Kinetic Energy would be:
All of the above
a stretched rubber band that was just released
A book falling off of a shelf
A moving Car
24
You only need goggles when working with flames
True
False
25
What is the term for a group living and nonliving factors in a particular area?
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
26
In an ocean ecosystem, which of the following would be abiotic features?
Krill and sand
Seaweed and water
Clown fish and sharks
Sand and rock
27
Black is the dominant color of bunny's fur, it can be expressed using what genotype combination
BB
bb
Bb or BB
Bb
28
A theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections.
Sea Floor Spreading
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Volcanic Contusions
29
An example of Potential Energy would be:
a fish swimming
a moving car
a person walking
a book resting on a table
30
The phase of the moon you see depends on
Whether or not an eclipse is occurring.
Where you are on Earth's surface.
How much of the moon's surface is lit by the sun.
How much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
31
The length of a year is caused by
Earth's rotation on its axis
The tilt of the Earth's axis
Earth's revolution around the sun
Eclipses
32
1. Waves travel quickly in a _______ because the molecules are closely packed &7 bonded.
Gas
Liquid
None of the above
Solid
33
A mixture of sand, silt and clay
dirt
soil
mud
grass
34
Earth's plates meet at:
boundaries
trenches
parties
faults
35
A heat lamp heating a turtle tank:
Convection
Radiation
Conduction
36
1. When your mother asks you to turn down the radio, she is asking you to
raise the frequency
lower the amplitude
raise the amplitude
lower the frequency
37
What is the term for a group of organisms of the same species in a particular area?
Ecosystem
Community
Biosphere
Population
38
The Italian astronomer, Galileo, was the first scientist to do what?
Discover the correct shape of the planets orbits.
All are true
Use a telescope to look at objects in the sky.
Discover gravity and inertia.
39
Aerosol cans used to deplete the ozone layer with their...
FCF's
FCC's
CFC's
CCF's
40
A student determined the mass & volume of a gold ring. What physical property can be determined
Its expansion rate
Its density
Its melting point
Its reactivity
41
Equinox...
Means equal night.
All the earth has 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night.
All are true
Happens when the noon sun is directly over the equator.
42
A chart that show all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
selective breeding
meiosis
Punnett square
Hybrid Cross
43
Plates moving away from each other
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Parallel
44
A boundary is a place where two plates slip past each other
Transform
Divergent
Subduction
Convergent
45
Which is not a nonrenewable resource?
Oil
Coal
Gasoline
Water
46
The area around the Pacific Plate where earthquakes and volcanoes are common.
Circle of Heat
Fiery Ring
Ring of Fire
Hot Spots
47
Which forces produce metamorphic rocks?
Natural disasters and climate change
Strong winds and earthquakes
Rain and snow
Extreme pressures and temperatures
48
If a pea plant has a gray seed coat color, is that the pea plants phenotype of genotype?
Genotype
Neither
Phenotype
Both
49
Which of the following is an example of matter?
Rock
All of the above
Mountain
Air
50
Sedimentary rock transforms to igneous rock by.
Melting and cooling
Cementation and compaction
Heat and pressure
Weathering and erosion
51
Put the layers of the earth in order from outside layer to inside
Mantle, crust, core
Mantle, core, crust
Crust, mantle, core
Core, mantle, crust
52
Which of the following is an example of matter sound can travel through?
Oxygen
A metal pipe
Water
all of the above
53
When two identical alleles for a trait are in an organism, the organism is said to be ________?
purebred
heterozygous
homozygous
hybrid
54
The number of individuals in a population that occupy a definite area is called?
Population spacing
Carrying capacity
Population density
limiting factors
55
What are things that prevent a population from growing any larger
Limiting factors
Biospheres
Predators
Symbiosis
56
Which point in the Earth do Earthquakes first begin?
Focus
Strike Slip
Epicenter
Core
57
Who were the first two men on the moon
Louie Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn and Yuri Gagarian
Neil Aldrin and Buzz Armstrong
58
How are igneous rocks formed?
They are formed from cooled magma.
They are formed from years of pressure and heat within Earth
They are formed from sediments in ocean beds.
They are hot magma the moment it is expelled from a volcano.
59
Why should an experiment be repeated?
To change the control
To form a hypothesis
To reduce the chance of error
60
Which of the following is NOT a symbiotic relationship?
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Sybiotisms
61
What is the first step to the scientific method?
Conduct the experiment
State the problem to be investigated
Collect and analyze data
Draw a conclusion based upon the observations
62
For a solar eclipse to occur,
Earth must be directly between the sun and the moon
The moon must be directly behind the sun
The moon must be directly between the Earth and the sun
The sun must be directly between the Earth and the moon
63
Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of
180
45
90
23
64
During a house fire, the smoke and flames rise up, but the air down near the floor is cooler.
Conduction
Radiation
Convection
All of the above
65
What organism in a population is most likely to survive from a predator?
Strong
Young
Old
Weak
66
An organism's place on the energy pyramid is called...
niche
prophic level
tropic level
trophic level
67
4. Which word best describes strawberry Jell-O?
Opaque
Transparent
Translucent
68
Which of the following describes a mechanical wave with high energy?
high amplitude
high temperature
high period
high frequency
69
A rise in birth rate while the death rate remains the same will cause a population to
Remain the same
Increase in Size
become extinct
Decrease in Size
70
Most of the world's major volcanic mountains are located at
fault blocks
subduction zones
high altitudes
folded zones
71
What is the appropriate term below that describes when an echo happens?
Refraction
Absorption
Reflection
Transmission
72
In thermal equilibrium, which of the following objects has the highest temperature.
drink
Table
All of the above
pizza
73
A species that is moved from its habitat and takes over a different one is called...
invasive species
selective species
evasive species
expanding species
74
Which of the following is an example of physical change?
Mixing baking soda and vinegar together which causes bubbles
A glass cup falling from the counter and shattering
Lighting a piece of paper on fire
Baking a birthday cake in the oven
75
Which is not an example of Solar Radiation
Microwaves
Magnetism
Gamma Rays
Visible Light
76
When an object absorbs light, what happens to the light energy?
It remains light but goes inside of the object.
It turns into matter
The light reflects.
The light transfers energy to matter creating heat.
77
What are the basic metric prefixes, biggest to smallest
KDHUMC
UUUHHH
KMCUHDD
KHDUDCM
78
Which is not a cause of pollution?
Mining
Smog
Factories
Automobile Exhaust
79
What is the best way to describe the earth's plates?
Never moving
Always moving
Really moves
Moves during earthquakes
80
Before starting any lab, you should first.
Get a calculator
Smell all the lab materials
Write the hypothesis
Locate safety equipment
81
What is the term for a group of organisms of all species in a particular area?
Community
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Population
82
This layer of earth is composed of mostly iron, with some nickel.
Mantle
Kore
Core
Crust
83
An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present
trait
selective breeding
dominant
recessive
84
The strength of Earthquakes is measured on a scale. The scale is called the
Tectonic scale
Seismic scale
Richter scale
Rift scale
85
Which of the following statements about the Scientific Method is NOT true?
If the scientist rejects the hypothesis, they don't retest.
in the real world to solve problems & answer questions.
is a way to solve a problem or answer a question.
The Scientific Method is used in other areas besides science
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Weak parts of crust where volcanoes are likely to form
Boundaries
Hot Spots
Buckles
Faults
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__________ is the study of rocks and minerals.
Earth Science
Geology
Geocaching
Geography

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