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Question 1

What scientific theory is associated with Charles Darwin?

  • A
    Theory of evolution
  • B
    Circumnavigation
  • C
    Climate change theory
  • D
    Gravity

Question 2

What is migration?

  • A
    Aging
  • B
    Change from one form to another
  • C
    Hibernation
  • D
    Movement from one place to another

Question 3

The scientific term for where an organism lives.

  • A
    Habitat
  • B
    Ocean
  • C
    Tree
  • D
    Grass

Question 4

What equipment is best for viewing cells?

  • A
    Periscope
  • B
    Stethoscope
  • C
    Telescope
  • D
    Microscope

Question 5

What is the force that pulls any two objects toward each other?

  • A
    Weight
  • B
    Volume
  • C
    Gravity
  • D
    Electricity

Question 6

A species on the brink of extinction is called _____.

  • A
    Exotic
  • B
    Endangered
  • C
    Threatened
  • D
    Common

Question 7

Which of these words means "protecting resources"?

  • A
    Rotation
  • B
    Pollution
  • C
    Agriculture
  • D
    Conservation

Question 8

What is the term for an animal that primarily eats meat?

  • A
    Herbivore
  • B
    Carnivore
  • C
    Omnivore
  • D
    Predator

Question 9

What are germs?

  • A
    Insects
  • B
    Plants
  • C
    Microscopic organisms
  • D
    Diseases

Question 10

What organ works with your heart to supply your body with oxygen?

  • A
    Brain
  • B
    Stomach
  • C
    Lungs
  • D
    Kidney

Question 11

Structures too small to be easily seen with the naked eye are _______.

  • A
    Heteroscopic
  • B
    Microscopic
  • C
    Macroscopic
  • D
    Endoscopic

Question 12

What is the Periodic Table?

  • A
    An arrangement of elements based on atomic number
  • B
    A list of elements not yet discovered
  • C
    A table that is not often used
  • D
    A group of periods

Question 13

What is lightning?

  • A
    Gravity
  • B
    Solar energy
  • C
    Electricity
  • D
    Magnetism

Question 14

What is the process of liquid changing into gas?

  • A
    Freezing
  • B
    Chilling
  • C
    Vaporization
  • D
    Melting

Question 15

In what state of matter is water when it is frozen into ice?

  • A
    Gas
  • B
    Plasma
  • C
    Solid
  • D
    Liquid

Question 16

Matter is anything that has ____ and takes up space.

  • A
    DNA
  • B
    Mass
  • C
    Atoms
  • D
    Protons

Question 17

Which of these do you add to baking soda to make a model volcano erupt?

  • A
    Lava
  • B
    Cheez Whiz
  • C
    Vinegar
  • D
    Mentos

Question 18

What are the regions where the magnetic force exerted by a magnet is strongest?

  • A
    Anodes
  • B
    Magnetic poles
  • C
    Electrodes
  • D
    Cathodes

Question 19

A Ferris wheel is an example of what kind of simple machine?

  • A
    Incline plane
  • B
    Lever
  • C
    Fixed pulley
  • D
    Wheel and axle

Question 20

Which of these does eating food provide to a person?

  • A
    Dark Matter
  • B
    Sunlight
  • C
    Energy
  • D
    Time

Question 21

Which adaptation enables organisms to hide from predators?

  • A
    Mimicry
  • B
    Evolution
  • C
    Mutation
  • D
    Camouflage

Question 22

Oceans and forests are examples of ______.

  • A
    Populations
  • B
    Ecosystems
  • C
    Communities
  • D
    Biospheres

Question 23

Rain, sleet, hail and snow are all forms of what?

  • A
    Fish
  • B
    Transpiration
  • C
    Precipitation
  • D
    Gas

Question 24

What is the role of white blood cells?

  • A
    To defend and protect the body against invaders
  • B
    To help with clotting
  • C
    To give blood its red color
  • D
    To carry nutrients to the heart

Question 25

How big is a normal, healthy adult heart?

  • A
    The size of a peanut
  • B
    The size of a pineapple
  • C
    The size of a ping pong ball
  • D
    The size of a closed fist

Question 26

In general, as the ___ increases, the temperature gets colder.

  • A
    Density
  • B
    Altitude
  • C
    Precipitation
  • D
    Salinity

Question 27

Any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment is known as ____.

  • A
    Mutation
  • B
    Hibernation
  • C
    Variation
  • D
    Adaptation

Question 28

What is an organic compound made of sugar molecules?

  • A
    Carbohydrate
  • B
    Nucleic acid
  • C
    Lipid
  • D
    Protein

Question 29

Salmon mating is an example of what behavior?

  • A
    Reflex
  • B
    Conditioned
  • C
    Instinct
  • D
    Learned

Question 30

A synthesis of information used to explain a phenomenon is called a ________.

  • A
    Examination
  • B
    Theory
  • C
    Data
  • D
    Postulate

Question 31

What is the "brain" of the cell?

  • A
    Ribosome
  • B
    Nucleus
  • C
    DNA
  • D
    Membrane

Question 32

Which part of a plant absorbs water and nutrients?

  • A
    Stem
  • B
    Flowers
  • C
    Roots
  • D
    Leaves

Question 33

How many chambers is your heart divided into?

  • A
    4
  • B
    3
  • C
    5
  • D
    2

Question 34

Which of these orbits the Earth?

  • A
    The moon
  • B
    The sun
  • C
    The stars
  • D
    Jupiter

Question 35

What is a group or organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?

  • A
    Community
  • B
    Kingdom
  • C
    Species
  • D
    Population

Question 36

Blood flows back to your heart from the lungs through _____.

  • A
    Kidneys
  • B
    Pulmonary veins
  • C
    Ribcage
  • D
    Ventricles

Question 37

Which phrase best defines science?

  • A
    A study of mechanics
  • B
    A study of living bodies
  • C
    Using thinking and practical skills to understand our world
  • D
    A body of skills related to life and death

Question 38

What kind of diagram includes the symbol for an element surrounded by dots?

  • A
    Electron dot diagram
  • B
    Bar graph
  • C
    Periodic table
  • D
    Grid

Question 39

Which of these can you use to separate certain metals from one another?

  • A
    Sunlight
  • B
    Magnet
  • C
    Evaporation
  • D
    Water

Question 40

About three-quarters of the energy used by the United States comes from _____.

  • A
    Hydroelectric power
  • B
    Fossil fuels
  • C
    Solar power
  • D
    Geothermal power

Question 41

What is the smallest part of an element?

  • A
    Atom
  • B
    Mineral
  • C
    Molecule
  • D
    DNA

Question 42

What does the gravitational pull of the Earth's moon and sun generate in the ocean?

  • A
    Density
  • B
    Waves
  • C
    Turbulence
  • D
    Tides

Question 43

What is a physical property of matter?

  • A
    Reactivity
  • B
    Boiling point
  • C
    Texture
  • D
    Behavior

Question 44

What is stored in a cell nucleus?

  • A
    Enzymes
  • B
    DNA
  • C
    ATP
  • D
    Protein

Question 45

Which of the following is a stimulus?

  • A
    Darkness
  • B
    Sound
  • C
    Gravity
  • D
    All of the above

Question 46

In what state of matter do molecules bounce off one another rapidly and act freely?

  • A
    Liquid
  • B
    Gas
  • C
    Plasma
  • D
    Solid

Question 47

The "Ring of Fire" refers to ____.

  • A
    Forest fires
  • B
    The ocean floor
  • C
    The volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
  • D
    An active erupting volcano

Question 48

What is a hypothesis?

  • A
    A tentative assumption
  • B
    A result
  • C
    An estimate
  • D
    A scientific law

Question 49

What is the minimum amount of energy necessary for a chemical reaction?

  • A
    Activation energy
  • B
    Activation speed
  • C
    Mass
  • D
    Motion ratio

Question 50

What is the class that contains scorpions, spiders, ticks and mites?

  • A
    Insects
  • B
    Myriapods
  • C
    Crustaceans
  • D
    Arachnids

Question 51

What is a producer?

  • A
    Any organism that obtains energy from other organisms
  • B
    Any organism
  • C
    Any organism that produces its own food
  • D
    Any organism that obtains energy

Question 52

What is the first step to the scientific method?

  • A
    Collect and analyze data
  • B
    Conduct experiment
  • C
    State the problem to be investigated
  • D
    Draw a conclusion

Question 53

What do mitochondria do?

  • A
    Store food
  • B
    Move materials
  • C
    Convert food into energy
  • D
    Make protein

Question 54

Which organic compound is a source of stored energy in living things?

  • A
    All of the above
  • B
    Proteins
  • C
    Lipids
  • D
    Carbohydrates

Question 55

Where does gestation occur?

  • A
    Placenta
  • B
    Umbilical cord
  • C
    Ovaries
  • D
    Uterus

Question 56

Biology is the study of _____.

  • A
    Life
  • B
    Cells
  • C
    Plants
  • D
    Animals

Question 57

Sedimentary rocks form _______.

  • A
    From existing rocks
  • B
    All of the above
  • C
    When sediment is pressed together
  • D
    In layers

Question 58

Where is a proton located?

  • A
    Outside of the cell
  • B
    Outside the nucleus
  • C
    In the nucleus
  • D
    In the membrane

Question 59

What is a kind of non-foliated metamorphic rock?

  • A
    Erosion
  • B
    Marble
  • C
    Slate
  • D
    Limestone

Question 60

What is the theory that life could spring from nonliving matter?

  • A
    Sponteneous generation
  • B
    Asexual reproduction
  • C
    Homeostasis
  • D
    Evolution

Question 61

What is the most popular idea about how the moon formed?

  • A
    Capture theory
  • B
    Formation theory
  • C
    Impact theory
  • D
    Magnet theory

Question 62

What is the single super land mass positioned by Wegener's continental drift hypothesis?

  • A
    Gondwana
  • B
    Laurasia
  • C
    Eurasia
  • D
    Pangaea

Question 63

How does carbon enter the soil?

  • A
    Through cellular respiration
  • B
    Through dead organisms
  • C
    Through photosynthesis
  • D
    Through combustion

Question 64

What is an ionic bond?

  • A
    The attraction between neutral ions
  • B
    The attraction between oppositely charged ions
  • C
    The attraction between neutral atoms
  • D
    The attraction between similarly charged ions

Question 65

What is a solar eclipse?

  • A
    When the Earth is directly between the moon and sun.
  • B
    When the sun is completely blocked by the moon.
  • C
    When the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking the sunlight from reaching Earth.
  • D
    When part of the sun is visible from Earth.

Question 66

What is Earth's outermost sphere?

  • A
    Hydrosphere
  • B
    Lithosphere
  • C
    Biosphere
  • D
    Atmosphere

Question 67

How many main fins do great white sharks have?

  • A
    3
  • B
    1
  • C
    2
  • D
    5

Question 68

What are rocks that change due to pressure, temperature or hot fluids?

  • A
    Crystal
  • B
    Igneous
  • C
    Metamorphic
  • D
    Cement

Question 69

Where can you find your pulse?

  • A
    On the inner wrist of either arm
  • B
    On your legs
  • C
    On your palm
  • D
    On your forehead

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