WW Science SOL Review

How old is the Moon?

The amount of heat in the air is called the __________________________.

The Sun _________ emits light.

Which does NOT cause currents?

Small leaves that surround a developing flower are called ___________________.

Who first learned that lightning is a form of electricity?

Which can sound NOT travel through?

What type of cloud forms a gray blanket over the sky, often bringing rain or drizzle?

How far is the Earth from the sun?

Plants are green because of _________________.

Light travels in straight paths called ___________.

Most of Virginia is covered in ________________.

What plant part is MOST essential for reproduction?

When light passes through an object, it is _____________________.

What type of cloud brings stormy weather, thunderstorms, and even tornadoes?

An instrument used to measure mass is a ___________________.

The underwater edge of a continent is called a _______________.

What form of energy is produced by vibrating matter?

What is the theory that Earth's crust is broken into pieces, which move gradually over time?

There are over 100 pure substances in the universe, which are called ____________.

H₂O is a compound.  What is it better known as?

What atomic particle, which carries a POSITIVE charge, is represented by the blue dots?

The mass of a pineapple is about one ________________.

The moon revolves around the Earth about once each ________.

What organelle surrounds and protects an animal cell?

NaCl is a compound.  What is it better known as?

In which state of matter are molecules most spread apart?

As ocean depth increases, what happens to plant and animal life?

Are most plants vascular or nonvascular?

In which state of matter are molecules packed tightly together and barely moving?

What phase is #3?

The buildup of sediment at the bottom of the continental slope is called the _________.

The smallest part of an element is ___________________.

What can be caused by this type of plate boundary?

What watershed covers most of Virginia?

Which of the following is not a behavioral adaptation?

What plant part takes in water and nutrients from the soil?

What atomic particle, which carries a NEUTRAL charge, is represented by the red dots?

The Moon _________ emits light.

If air pressure begins to drop, what is about to happen?

Copernicus and Galileo believed _______________ was the center of the universe.

The NASA Apollo missions sent people to _________________.

What type of object transmits some, but not all, light?

As ocean depth increases, what happens to water temperature?

How to musical instruments produce sound?

If you rub a balloon on a wool sweater, you can create _____________.

What boundary is formed when tectonic plates move past one another?

Pieces of rock (sediment) can be washed away through a process called ___________.

The volume of liquid in a beaker could be 300 ___________________.

When light passes through a prism and splits into the visible spectrum, it is _______________.

Aristotle and Ptolemy believed _____________ was the center of the universe.

Two objects rubbing together creates _______________.

Do phytoplankton conduct photosynthesis?

What instrument measures precipitation?

Where do phytoplankton live?

What phase is #6?

What ocean current brings warm water to the east coast of the United States?

Energy caused by the movement of electrons is _________________ energy.

When two or more elements combine to make a new substance, what is it called?

Which of the following is a vertebrate?

Sound travels in ___________________.

Which is not a gaseous giant?

Who invented the electric light bulb?

Substances that are combined, but which can be separated again, are called what?

Who invented the world's first telescopes?

This provides an organism with water, shelter, air, and space.

Plants get their energy directly from the _______.

The female reproductive part of a flower is called the ___________________.

The amount of matter in an object is its __________________.

Which state of matter will not change shape to fit a container?

Which is a nonvascular plant?

As ocean depth increases, what happens to available light?

The distance from your waist to the floor is closest to one ___________________.

If a solid is heated, it can _______________ into a liquid.

Which of the following is an invertebrate?

What technology uses sound to "see" underwater?

How long does it take light from the Sun to reach Earth?

What color of light has the longest wavelength?

A bottle of water holds about 1000 __________________.

All organisms have _______________ that allow them to surive.

Potential energy is ____________________ energy.

Which is not a state of matter?

Connecting wire to a battery and wrapping it around an iron nail creates what?

What is the control center of a cell called?

Which travels faster: light or sound?

What atomic particle, which carries a NEGATIVE charge, is represented by the grey dots?

As ocean depth increases, what happens to water pressure?

The weight of the air causes ______________________.

When light bounces off an object, it is _____________________.

What type of object transmits all light?

Organisms that break down dead plants and animals are called ___________________.

The _________________ of sound is the number of vibrations in a given unit of time.

The vast, flat area that covers most of the ocean floor is called the ____________.

Which of the following is not a vascular plant?

These iron filings reveal a ______________________________.

Green plants produce their own food in a proces called what?

What boundary is formed when tectonic plates move away from one another?

When light bends, it is _____________________.

The steep drop from a continent to the sea floor is called a _______________.

How many planets revolve around our Sun?

What boundary is formed when tectonic plates move past one another?

Most plants reproduce with seeds, but ferns and mosses reproduce with __________.

Keywords lava, magma, cooling, and crystals are associated with what rock type?

All of the deer in a single forest habitat would be called a _____________________.

Keywords heat and pressure are associated with what rock type?

Which of the following is a nonvascular plant?

1000 grams equals 1 ________________.

The largest planet is ___________________.

Because plants make their own food, they are called what?

ALL of the living organisms in one place make up a _____________________.

What boundary is formed when tectonic plates move past one another?

What phase is #1?

One centimenter is about as long as _________________________.

If a liquid is cooled, it can ____________ into a solid.

Most earthquakes and volcanoes are located where?

What type of object doesn't transmit any light?

What plant part makes food for the plant?

The mass of a paperclip or a sheet of paper is about one _________________.

What organelle holds food and water for the cell?

An object vibrating faster will have a higher ____________________________.

As ocean depth increases, what happens to salinity?

The amount of moisture in the air is called the ____________________.

What organelle surrounds a plant cell and gives it rigidity?

Which is a vascular plant?

Keywords fossils, layers, pieces, and layers are associated with what rock type?

What type of cloud is high, thin, and wispy?

What type of matter does sound travel slowest through?

Structural adaptations are usually ______________________________.

What organelle provides energy for the cell?

What important energy resource is mined in southwestern Virginia?

What instrument measures air pressure?

The gradual breaking down of rocks by rain, snow, wind, and temperature is called what?

When all of the colors of the visible spectrum are combined, what color of light is produced?

What color of light has the shortest wavelength?

Objects in motion have ______________ energy.

Friction creates ___________________________.

The boundary between two air masses is called a ______________.

Puffy white clouds that signal fair weather are ________________ clouds.

Plant cells tend to be what shape?

An organism's job or purpose in its habitat is also called its ________________.

What kind of matter does sound travel fastest through?

Where is most life in the ocean found?

What boundary is formed when tectonic plates move toward one another?

In which organelle does photosynthesis occur?

The Earth _____ emits light.

Pluto is now a _________________ planet.

The smallest part of a compound is ___________________.

Which year had an unusual result?

Many plants enter a period of ________ in the winter, which is similar to hibernation.

What plant part holds up the plant?

What tiny ocean organism produces much of the world's oxygen?

Oceans cover how much of the Earth's surface?

Any organism that gets energy by eating plants or other organisms is called a ______________.

What is salinity?

The male part of a flower, where pollen is formed, is called what?

How old is the Earth?