The Scientific Method and Lab Safety, Abiotic Cycles, and the Earth - 1st Grading Period Quiz

Question 1

_____ rock is formed from magma or lava cooling.

Accepted Answer

igneous

Question 2

Heat travels from more to less dense matter through _____.

Accepted Answer

convection

Question 3

The picture below is an example of

Accepted Answer

condensation

Question 4

What is step C called in the water cycle diagram below?

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 5

Name the three types of rock

Accepted Answer

igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

Question 6

_____ rock forms through the processes of heat and pressure.

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Question 7

Which of the following is not a threat to soil fertility?

Accepted Answer

all of these are a threat to soil fertility

Question 8

Heat travels through empty space by _____.

Accepted Answer

radiation

Question 9

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

Accepted Answer

bacteria

Question 10

In the graph below, the independent variable is _____ and the dependent variable is _____.

Accepted Answer

automobile speed, cost of speeding ticket

Question 11

Carbon can be added to the atmosphere via

Accepted Answer

forest fires

Question 12

As time goes by, carbon goes through the carbon cycle over and over. The amount of carbon

Accepted Answer

stays the same

Question 13

Organisms that change atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen that plants can use in soil is called

Accepted Answer

nitrogen fixing bacteria

Question 14

The force driving plate tectonics (the theory that continents are slowly moving) is

Accepted Answer

heat in the deepest layers of the earth

Question 15

Something that breaks down organic material is a(n)

Accepted Answer

decomposer

Question 16

Nitrogen is the only cycle

Accepted Answer

that requires specific bacteria

Question 17

Why is it more difficult to breathe on the top of a mountain?

Accepted Answer

atmospheric pressure (air pressure) decreases with elevation

Question 18

Label the layers in the correct order from innermost to outermost (D-A).

Accepted Answer

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Question 19

What do you call the worm that ate Mozart?

Accepted Answer

a decomposer

Question 20

Energy released from movement at plate boundaries and faults result in

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 21

A good hypothesis must be

Accepted Answer

testable

Question 22

Information gathered from observing a mouse reacting to drugs for a month results in

Accepted Answer

data

Question 23

Convergent plates move _____ and divergent plates move _____.

Accepted Answer

towards each other, away from each other

Question 24

The three most abundant gases in the atmosphere are

Accepted Answer

nitrogen, oxygen, and argon

Question 25

When you finish working with chemicals, lab specimens, and other substances, always

Accepted Answer

wash your hands with soap and water

Question 26

How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?

Accepted Answer

ten tickles

Question 27

Heat travels by direct contact through

Accepted Answer

conduction

Question 28

Wind is the main cause of _____.

Accepted Answer

ocean currents

Question 29

_____ absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and lower atmospheric levels of carbon.

Accepted Answer

photosynthesizing plants

Question 30

_____ release CO2 into the atmosphere, which increases atmospheric levels of carbon.

Accepted Answer

animals

The Scientific Method and Lab Safety, Abiotic Cycles, and the Earth - 1st Grading Period Quiz

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The Scientific Method and Lab Safety, Abiotic Cycles, and the Earth - 1st Grading Period Quiz

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