A person wants to start saving money so that they can afford a nice vacation at the end of the year. After looking over their budget and expenses, they decide the best way to save money is to

Choices:
A. make more phone calls
B. quit eating lunch out
C. buy less with monopoly money
D. have lunch with friends

using less resources usually causes money to be saved

Answer: B


There is most likely going to be fog around:

Choices:
A. a marsh
B. a tundra
C. the plains
D. a desert

fog is formed by water vapor condensing in the air

Answer: A


Choices:
A. lions
B. humans
C. bunnies
D. grass

Answer: C


Oak tree seeds are planted and a sidewalk is paved right next to that spot, until eventually, the tree is tall and the roots must extend past the sidewalk, which means

Choices:
A. roots may be split
B. roots may begin to die
C. parts may break the concrete
D. roots may fall apart

if a tree is located near a sidewalk then the roots of that tree might crack the sidewalk

Answer: C


Choices:
A. gasoline
B. a power station
C. electrical conductors
D. fuel

An electrical conductor is a vehicle for the flow of electricity

Answer: C


As the rain forest is deforested the atmosphere will increase with

Choices:
A. oxygen
B. nitrogen
C. carbon
D. rain

as the population of plants decreases , carbon in the atmosphere will increase

Answer: C


an electric car contains a motor that runs on

Choices:
A. gas
B. hydrogen
C. ions
D. plutonium

an electric car contains an electric motor

Answer: C


The middle of the day usually involves the bright star nearest to the earth to be straight overhead why?

Choices:
A. moons gravity
B. human planet rotation
C. global warming
D. moon rotation

the sun is located directly overhead at noon

Answer: B


The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere is four months before

Choices:
A. May
B. July
C. April
D. October

the summer solstice is on June 21st in the northern hemisphere

Answer: D


Choices:
A. microorganisms
B. broken stones
C. pollution
D. bacteria

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a cave
B. the ocean.
C. a town
D. alone

as number of organisms in a group increases , the chance of survival of each organism will increase

Answer: C


Choices:
A. fruit
B. liquid
C. food
D. spines

Answer: B


A red-tailed hawk is searching for prey. It is most likely to swoop down on

Choices:
A. an eagle
B. a cow
C. a gecko
D. a deer

Answer: C


Choices:
A. parched foliage
B. torrential rain
C. lush foliage
D. careful fire maintenance

Answer: A


Choices:
A. shortage of crops for the food supply
B. an increase in air pollution
C. powering the lights in a home
D. deforestation in the amazon to make room for crops

biofuel is used to produce electricity by burning

Answer: C


As gasoline costs rise, alternative fuels are being used, which means that

Choices:
A. wind power will be expensive
B. gas costs will rise
C. oil costs will be maintained
D. gasoline will be needed less

as the use of alternative fuels increases , the use of gasoline will decrease

Answer: D


A person wants to be able to have more natural power in their home. They choose to cease using a traditional electric company to source this electricity, and so decide to install

Choices:
A. sun grafts
B. sunlight shields
C. panels collecting sunlight
D. solar bees

a solar panel converts sunlight into electricity

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Lake Michigan
B. The Mississippi River
C. Bay of Bengal
D. Lake Eerie

the ocean contains large amounts of salt water

Answer: C


Choices:
A. weasel
B. willow
C. mango
D. poison ivy

Answer: A


Choices:
A. rat
B. moth
C. chimpanzee
D. pig

Answer: B


There was a lot more water vapor in the air when we went on a trip to

Choices:
A. Hanoi
B. Athens
C. Baghdad
D. Phoenix

humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air

Answer: A


An example of conservation is avoiding the use of

Choices:
A. gasoline
B. air
C. snow
D. clothes

An example of conservation is not using fossil fuel

Answer: A


What can feathers on Spheniscidae be used for?

Choices:
A. keeping warm
B. flying
C. sleeping
D. eating

thick feathers can be used for keeping warm

Answer: A


Choices:
A. More fresh water for people to drink
B. Lower Life Expectancy in Countries
C. More food for more people
D. More space for places to people to live

if the population of an organism increases then the ecosystem may become overpopulated with that organism

Answer: B


Choices:
A. make a lot of bright lights shine
B. summon a brilliant wave of color
C. heat up a room
D. make a lot of money

Answer: B


If you were attacked by a shark and had to punch it sharply where it pulls in air from, you'd use your hand to make contact with

Choices:
A. its snout
B. its gills
C. its nose
D. its belly

gills are used for breathing water by aquatic animals

Answer: B


which of these would stop a car quicker?

Choices:
A. a wheel with wet brake pads
B. a wheel without brake pads
C. a wheel with worn brake pads
D. a wheel with dry brake pads

friction is used for stopping a vehicle by brakes

Answer: D


what system is needed for a body to get its needed supply of the gas humans breathe in?

Choices:
A. the circulatory system
B. the digestive system
C. the school system
D. central nervous system

the circulatory system carries oxygen from the digestive and respiratory systems to the rest of the body

Answer: A


Every evening a child can look into the night sky and see that the moon is

Choices:
A. gone
B. breaking
C. falling
D. moving upwards

Answer: D


When it's flying, a plane has no friction with the

Choices:
A. wings
B. ground
C. air
D. clouds

friction acts to counter the motion of two objects when their surfaces are touching

Answer: B


Choices:
A. acid rain
B. pesticides
C. shafts of sunlight
D. moonbeam rays

Answer: C


What is the best way to guess a babies eye color?

Choices:
A. The surroundings they are born in.
B. Their parents usual diet.
C. Just take a random guess.
D. The genealogy records of their family.

eye color is an inherited characteristic

Answer: D


Choices:
A. eagles
B. robins
C. owls
D. leopards

Answer: B


Choices:
A. The ice caps will completely melt if global warming continues
B. The earth is round
C. The earth revolves around the sun
D. Gravity causes objects to fall

hypothesis means scientific guess about the cause and effect of an event

Answer: A


What explains the characteristic lunar formations?

Choices:
A. remains of ancient ponds
B. many collisions that have occured
C. volcanic explosions over millions of years
D. sink holes due to the moons porous nature

Answer: B


Choices:
A. Water animals
B. Frogs
C. Ants
D. College Students

Answer: A


If a person puts out four apples around their home on the same day, the molecules in which apple would be moving the most rapidly?

Choices:
A. the apple sitting on a sunny sidewalk
B. the apple in the freezer
C. the apple sitting on the shaded stoop
D. the apple in a closet

absorbing sunlight causes objects to heat

Answer: A


Choices:
A. nerves
B. tibia
C. nostril
D. cornea

seeing is used for sensing visual things

Answer: D


Choices:
A. plants
B. a telescope
C. roots
D. a microscope

studying a soil sample means studying the microorganisms in that soil

Answer: D


Bill's arm got cold when he put it inside the

Choices:
A. refrigerator
B. room
C. jacket
D. oven

if a hot substance is touches a cold object then that substance will likely cool

Answer: A


Choices:
A. transformed
B. traded
C. thrown away
D. used more times

recyclable means a material can be recycled

Answer: D


What is different about birth in humans and chickens?

Choices:
A. Mother
B. Fertilization
C. Father
D. the hard shell

if an animal hatches from an egg then that animal is born

Answer: D


Which of these situations is an example of pollutants?

Choices:
A. plastic bags floating in the ocean
B. mallard ducks floating on a lake
C. cottonwood seeds floating in the air
D. cirrus clouds floating in the sky

Answer: A


Choices:
A. eggs with shells
B. nest incubation
C. a nest
D. a womb

live birth means developing inside the mother instead of an egg

Answer: D


Choices:
A. can help you monitor a fever
B. indicate levels of mercury in the blood
C. read exactly at 98.6 degrees
D. are used only for babies

a thermometer is used to measure temperature

Answer: A


if the earth was a living room, what can be done to melt the glaciers?

Choices:
A. someone would turn up the room heater
B. someone would turn up the air conditioner
C. someone would turn up the music
D. someone would turn on the light

if the atmospheric temperature rises then the glaciers will melt

Answer: A


What would happen when balloons heat up?

Choices:
A. they get bigger
B. they get smaller
C. nothing happens
D. they fall down

as heat increases , a flexible container containing gas will expand

Answer: A


A balloon is filled with helium for a party. After the party, the balloons are left in the living room, where a fireplace is heating the room. The balloons

Choices:
A. expand
B. melt
C. shrink
D. fall

Answer: A


Seals are most likely to be found in what type of environment?

Choices:
A. desert
B. arctic
C. Mediterranean
D. tropical

arctic animals live in an arctic environment

Answer: B


Choices:
A. killed
B. hurt
C. born
D. cold

Answer: C


Choices:
A. a bear or person
B. a bear or shark
C. a bear or lion
D. a bear or wolf

Answer: A


A person has a chance to experience an equinox

Choices:
A. weekly
B. monthly
C. annually
D. biannually

Answer: D


Choices:
A. strain the resources of an ecosystem
B. cause boundless growth of resources
C. lead to extinction of the organism
D. cause the ecosystem to flourish

if the population of an organism increases then the ecosystem may become overpopulated with that organism

Answer: A


To improve health, what is a good strategy?

Choices:
A. high risk lifestyle
B. restaurant food
C. business trip
D. a spa trip

Answer: D


Choices:
A. date of birth
B. shirt
C. number of toenails
D. hair length

the number of body parts of an organism is an inherited characteristic

Answer: C


The transportation with the most mass is likely a

Choices:
A. commercial plane
B. private plane
C. bus
D. private car

mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object

Answer: A


Choices:
A. meat
B. compost
C. peas
D. pebbles

Answer: C


A construction group wants to put a shopping center in town, but the only place available is a small nature park with a trail. Deer and other wildlife frequent the park, since it is the only place in the city where trees and fresh water are available for them. The construction group decides to build the shopping center, which means that

Choices:
A. the deer are moved to a zoo
B. the trail is expanded
C. the mall has a nature park in it
D. the wildlife environment is destroyed

humans changing an environment sometimes causes that environment to be destroyed

Answer: D


Choices:
A. 3pm
B. 2am
C. 6pm
D. 7am

nocturnal predators hunt during the night

Answer: B


What could be a positive aspect of a tree being cut down?

Choices:
A. the plants that were under the tree will have access to more light
B. the squirrels that were in that tree will have an easier time getting to their home
C. Plants under the tree will get cooled off by the shade
D. The sun will shine brighter than before

if a tree falls then sunlight becomes available to the surrounding plants

Answer: A


Birds carrying away fruit helps the tree

Choices:
A. grow
B. fertilize
C. reproduce
D. conquer

plant requires seed dispersal for reproduction

Answer: C


If a UFO is flying overhead and looks small, then large, then

Choices:
A. the UFO is calling
B. the UFO had been close
C. the UFO is approaching
D. the UFO is leaving

as a source of light becomes closer , that source will appear brighter

Answer: C


Choices:
A. bears take a long winter sleep
B. dogs sit on command
C. seals clap for their trainers
D. rats navigate thru a maze

Answer: A


Choices:
A. Increased insect populations
B. Clearing for farming
C. reduction in rainfall
D. More carbon dioxide

cutting down trees in a forest causes the number of trees to decrease in that forest

Answer: B


Mosquitoes enjoy all the people at a BBQ in the summer for what reason?

Choices:
A. steak
B. blood
C. nice weather
D. taking food

as available resources increases , the population of an organism that uses those resources will increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. dogs
B. water
C. high peaks
D. humans

the surface of the Moon contains mountains

Answer: C


A tool used to identify the percent chance of a trait being passed down has at least

Choices:
A. four boxes
B. eight boxes
C. two boxes
D. six boxes

a Punnett square is used to identify the percent chance of a trait being passed down from a parent to its offspring

Answer: A


A prisoner is kept in a stone room, unable to see the sun. The prisoner knows that he needs vitamin D to survive, so he

Choices:
A. asks for milk
B. asks for television
C. asks for water
D. asks for sleep

Answer: A


When trying to pull a rose out of the ground why do you encounter resistance?

Choices:
A. roots
B. tensile strength
C. plant temperature
D. plant color

Answer: A


A bat flew through the sky without hitting anything due to which of these?

Choices:
A. rainy sky to fly in
B. fast truck to drive
C. a car with gasoline
D. surfaces to reflect sound off

echo is when sound reflects off of a surface

Answer: D


How can we see that the coloration of fur is an inherited characteristic?

Choices:
A. puppies have soft fur
B. kittens look like their parents
C. all mammals are born with fur
D. baby rats are mostly bald

the coloration of fur is an inherited characteristic

Answer: B


Decaying vegetation is part of the process that

Choices:
A. enables nuclear power to function
B. enables to emitting of light beams
C. enables gas powered motors to operate
D. enables windmills to power electric grids

forming fossil fuels requires decaying vegetation

Answer: C


After a torrential downpour over a week, a man notices that the pond in his backyard is

Choices:
A. melted
B. dehydrated
C. bloated
D. salted

storms cause bodies of water to increase amount of water they contain

Answer: C


The amount of friction and the speed of an object have what kind of relationship?

Choices:
A. inverse
B. reverse
C. direct
D. equal

force causes the speed of an object to decrease

Answer: A


Choices:
A. will turn into a tree
B. will become bright green
C. will begin to recycle the nutrients that made up its structure
D. is likely to continue to grow

if a leaf falls off of a tree then that leaf is dead

Answer: C


Over a period of time the weather can change

Choices:
A. The color of my hair
B. The way I walk
C. The size of a statue
D. The sound a computer makes

Answer: C


Choices:
A. an uptick in the number of leaves
B. a surge in leaf disease
C. a gradual decrease in leaves
D. a rapid decline of the leaves

when a plant grows , the number of the leaves of that plant may increase

Answer: A


The man's heart skipped a beat and he felt pain after touching which of these?

Choices:
A. ice cube
B. water
C. electrical transformer
D. grass

electrocution causes harm to an organism

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Oxygen
B. Juice
C. Wood
D. Lightning

Answer: B


If bacon is left too long on a hot stove top

Choices:
A. it will be cooked perfectly
B. it will be bacteria laden
C. it will become blackened
D. it will be left raw

if too much heat is transferred to an object then that object may burn

Answer: C


the dashboard reading in a jaguar would likely be set to which of these?

Choices:
A. set to calories
B. set to volume
C. set to kilometers
D. set to width

kilometers km are a unit used for measuring distance generally used for values between 1 and 50000000

Answer: C


Choices:
A. they could harm living things
B. they are very safe
C. they cause nothing serious
D. none of these

explosions can cause harm to an organism

Answer: A


The lowest temperature on the trip was at

Choices:
A. the mountain pass
B. the plain
C. the large hill
D. the canyon

as altitude increases , the temperature of the air will decrease

Answer: A


What is the benefit to using a frosted window film over a non treated windows?

Choices:
A. they are easier to make
B. they let in less light
C. they are cheaper to produce
D. they are much stronger

no light shines through an opaque object

Answer: B


Choices:
A. copious amounts of seltzer
B. scant amounts of sodium chloride
C. scant amounts of carbonation
D. copious amounts of the combination of Na and Cl

the ocean contains large amounts of salt water

Answer: D


A cheetah that runs all day will find it has lost a lot of

Choices:
A. blood
B. water
C. prey
D. spots

as the activity of an animal increases , the amount of water in an animal 's body in that environment will decrease

Answer: B


Beak shape can influence a bird's ability

Choices:
A. to give birth to live young
B. to mate with it's partner
C. to fly to warmer climates
D. to chew up certain worms

birds with beaks of different shapes eat different foods

Answer: D


Some blind people have demonstrated bat-like skills by:

Choices:
A. sensing shapes by light and shadows
B. having a unusually strong sense of smell
C. sensing nearby objects by temperature change
D. using sound to 'see'

Answer: D


December 21st through March 20 is a three month period which is an example of what?

Choices:
A. A session
B. A Match
C. A Season
D. Autumn

a new season occurs once per three months

Answer: C


Choices:
A. life sustaining elements
B. essentials for photosynthesis
C. water and hydrogen
D. storage for roots

a seed is used for storing food for a new plant

Answer: A


What is a more comfortable color to have for your automobile upholstery if living in a desert?

Choices:
A. ecru
B. red
C. black
D. navy

as lightness in color of an object increases , the ability of that object to reflect light will increase

Answer: A


The salamander could eat a large amounts of what?

Choices:
A. fettuccine if left around
B. waxy leaves from certain plants
C. dead carcass meat from livestock
D. six legged winged organisms

Answer: D


Choices:
A. a radio recording
B. an emotion
C. a written message
D. an abstract idea

seeing is used for sensing visual things

Answer: C


When looking for good soil for plants, typically what is optimal?

Choices:
A. malleable and nutritious
B. dry and sandy
C. grainy and bitter
D. compact and hard

the looseness of soil has a positive impact on a plant 's roots' growth in that soil

Answer: A


Choices:
A. gold
B. houses
C. feeders
D. Carbon Dioxide

Answer: C


Choices:
A. looking for pretty leaves to collect
B. stockpiling rocks for fighting in the winter
C. stockpiling pecans for the frigid months
D. collecting twigs to keep warm

squirrels gather nuts in the autumn to eat during the winter

Answer: C


Choices:
A. A fire
B. A tornado
C. Rainfall
D. Cereal

Answer: C


Crop rotation has a positive impact on what?

Choices:
A. government mentality
B. dirt quality
C. town economies
D. crop watering

crop rotation has a positive impact on soil quality

Answer: B


the best method for detecting texture is

Choices:
A. rubbing it
B. seeing it
C. hearing it
D. tasting it

Answer: A


Choices:
A. fast
B. large
C. hairless
D. slow

Answer: C


Choices:
A. sunlight
B. falling water molecules
C. blooming flowers
D. drought conditions

grey clouds are a source of precipitation

Answer: B


Choices:
A. ant
B. snake
C. elephant
D. giraffe

Answer: B


Choices:
A. enable plants to continue flourishing
B. play an unimportant role in the reproduction process
C. are useless to plants
D. are considered unwanted pests

pollination requires pollinating animals

Answer: A


A farmer harvests seeds from some plants, such as tomatoes, in order to plant them later on. These seeds, once planted

Choices:
A. have their own dirt
B. have their own sunlight
C. have a lot of sand
D. contain their necessary nutrition

Answer: D


What type of characteristics are people not born with?

Choices:
A. genetics
B. skills
C. physical attributes
D. height

Answer: B


Choices:
A. steam
B. heat
C. water
D. electricity

a windmill converts wind energy into electricity

Answer: D


One of the negative consequences of offshore oil platforms is

Choices:
A. evaporation of the surrounding water
B. discharge of liquid petroleum in the surrounding sea
C. improvement in the conditions of sea life
D. increase in the birthrate of sea birds

offshore oil platforms might cause oil to leak into the water

Answer: B


The unit of measure derived from French word millilitre is a unit used for measuring volume generally used for values between 1 and

Choices:
A. 1000
B. 250
C. 5000
D. 300

milliliters mL is a unit used for measuring volume generally used for values between 1 and 1000

Answer: A


A man's child runs through the yard in the sprinklers, getting mud all over their feet. The child then runs around on the porch, tracking mud everywhere. While the mud is still wet, the man decides to clean off the porch by

Choices:
A. getting a new child
B. yelling at the mud
C. asking the child to stop
D. turning on the hose

pouring water onto soil causes that soil to wash away

Answer: D


Choices:
A. only happen in California
B. cause solar and lunar eclipses
C. will break your vases
D. make bridges much safer

an earthquake causes the ground to shake

Answer: C


Choices:
A. how rough the footing will be
B. how bad the weather will be
C. how stable the ground will be
D. how shaky the horse will be

a seismograph is a kind of tool for measuring the size of an earthquake

Answer: C


Light from further away may appear to be less bright than other, closer sources, such as in which instance?

Choices:
A. the sun is always bright
B. the moon is brighter than stars
C. the moon is brighter than a floodlight
D. the sun is darker than the moon

as distance from a source of light increases , that source of light will appear dimmer

Answer: B


A plant needs a specific climate to grow and

Choices:
A. wither
B. persist
C. die
D. decay

a plant requires a specific climate to grow and survive

Answer: B


Choices:
A. music to be loud
B. music to be appealing
C. reverberations to strike the eardrum
D. concerts to sell out

musical instruments make sound when they are played

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Mt. McKinley
B. Lake Pontchartrain
C. The great lakes
D. Niagara Falls

Answer: A


Humans, cats, dogs, and elephants are known as mammals because their kids are born alive. Non-mammalian babies are born

Choices:
A. old
B. dead
C. in an egg
D. big

Answer: C


Choices:
A. basements to flood due to weather
B. small birds to kill large birds
C. waterfalls to flow backwards
D. stones to weather down to pebbles

Answer: D


Choices:
A. include mice being able to navigate a maze
B. include learning to sit on command
C. include dolphins doing tricks for their trainers
D. include spots on a ladybug

the colors of the parts of an organism are inherited characteristics

Answer: D


How could we determine approximately how far a bird is from the ground?

Choices:
A. Measure the altitude of the bird using a reference point, such as a tall building.
B. Identify the species of bird
C. Ask the bird how high it was when it returns back to earth
D. Measure the bird's mass

Answer: A


Choices:
A. accidentally dropped into volcanoes
B. confined to enclosures to be viewed by the public
C. found eating corn in the middle of North America
D. made into delicious rare steaks

Answer: B


Choices:
A. reservoir
B. meat
C. street
D. tree

Answer: A


A toaster converts electrical energy into heat energy for toasting much like

Choices:
A. a campfire toasts bread
B. a microwave heats soup
C. a fire burns paper
D. a small oven works

a toaster converts electrical energy into heat energy for toasting

Answer: D


An octopus, when in danger and unable to swim to safety, may find itself

Choices:
A. mimicking other things
B. melting into sand
C. creating new homes
D. mocking other fish

An example of camouflage is when something changes color in order to have the same color as its environment

Answer: A


What does someone do when creating music?

Choices:
A. hit a toy baseball with a bat
B. shake a baby rattle with your hand
C. bang the wall with your fist
D. pluck the strings of a fingerboard with your fingers

An example of playing a musical instrument is strumming a guitar string

Answer: D


The pull the human planet space rock orbiter has on certain bodies of dihydrogen monooxide results in?

Choices:
A. telescope views
B. water level fluctuations
C. animal
D. plant harvesting

the gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth 's oceans causes the tides

Answer: B


Since density = mass / volume, denser liquids such as water sink more than

Choices:
A. baby oil
B. corn syrup or
C. milk
D. honey

denser liquids settle below liquids that are less dense

Answer: A


Choices:
A. a cabbage cell
B. a bee cell
C. a bear cell
D. a cat cell

Answer: A


The force exerted on an object and distance traveled have what kind of relationship?

Choices:
A. reverse
B. inverse
C. equal
D. direct

as force exerted on an object increases , distance travelled will increase

Answer: D


Choices:
A. photosynthesize
B. release waste
C. perform meiosis
D. release energy

Answer: B


The viewing oriented sensor of a prairie creature are for what?

Choices:
A. reproductive purposes
B. viewing sounds
C. sensing views
D. sensing tastes

eyes are used for seeing by animals by sensing light

Answer: C


A dog is going to have to corral sheep for the afternoon, so it needs to prepare its body for the enormous workload ahead of it. The dog is

Choices:
A. breaks for birds on the road
B. given a large breakfast
C. eats a few corn cobs
D. given two apples to watch

eating food is used to get nutrients by living things

Answer: B


A woman sells bracelets that she makes. The bracelets gain popularity, and the woman makes incredibly large amounts of money from the sales. After a while, very few people are still buying the bracelets, so

Choices:
A. the woman makes more money
B. the woman makes the same amount of money
C. the woman spends more money
D. the woman makes less money

as the sale of a product decreases , the amount of money made by the person selling that product will decrease

Answer: D


Choices:
A. dry, grass covered, and humid
B. lush, green, and tropical
C. arid, parched, and sun-baked
D. dry, damp, and lush

Answer: C


Seasons are caused by what rotating on its axis?

Choices:
A. Our Planet
B. The Atmosphere
C. The Equator
D. The Sun

the Earth being tilted on its axis causes seasons

Answer: A


Which is best an letting electricity pass through?

Choices:
A. tile flooring
B. human flesh
C. hockey stick
D. a steak knife

Answer: D


Asteroids crashing on planets can leave behind

Choices:
A. large, bowl-shaped cavities in the ground
B. aliens and foreign foods
C. small dents in the planet's core
D. lakes filled with salty water

usually craters on planets are formed by asteroids impacting that planet or moon 's surface

Answer: A


What is the formula of the substance which best helps plants grow

Choices:
A. NH4
B. C4H4
C. CO2
D. H2O

Answer: D


You can experience a change of pressure when

Choices:
A. Yelling really loud
B. Soaring the skies
C. Going walking
D. riding a bike

as depth increases , pressure will increase

Answer: B


A small creek absorbing heat energy can result in

Choices:
A. the creek water getting colder
B. a parched creek bed
C. tributaries branching off from the creek
D. a runoff of extra water

An example of evaporation is a body of water drying up by absorbing heat energy

Answer: B


Summertime  happens during June in all but which location?

Choices:
A. Australia
B. in Canada
C. United States
D. Europe

June is during the summer in the northern hemisphere

Answer: A


It takes more water to fill a bathtub than a

Choices:
A. lake
B. pool
C. stomach
D. holding tank

the volume of an object can be used to describe the size of that object

Answer: C


The eighth month of the year is winter in

Choices:
A. Brazil
B. Indiana
C. London
D. Canada

August is during the winter in the southern hemisphere

Answer: A


Choices:
A. dogs
B. a tan
C. a ball
D. bees

a beak is used for catching prey by some birds

Answer: D


transplanting seedling oaks has a positive impact on

Choices:
A. fuel costs
B. the economy
C. housing value
D. the environment

planting trees has a positive impact on an ecosystem

Answer: D


Choices:
A. humans throwing a spear through an animal
B. humans chewing on boiled animal muscles
C. humans gathering animals in a gate
D. humans plucking fruit from a tree

hunting means humans kill animals in the wild

Answer: A


Which of these has shape that changes depending on the container which it resides within?

Choices:
A. paper
B. wood
C. stone
D. orange juice

Matter in the liquid phase has variable shape

Answer: D


What would be the flavor if you ate the item that fell and is thought to have hit Sir Issac Newton's head

Choices:
A. Sweet
B. Salty
C. bitter
D. sour

Answer: A


Earth's four layers are comprised mainly of

Choices:
A. stone
B. bacteria
C. water
D. air

Answer: A


if coffee sits in the fridge and loses its liquid form, what is that point known as?

Choices:
A. the freezing point
B. the prime point
C. the boiling point
D. the melting point

freezing point means temperature at which a liquid freezes

Answer: A


Choices:
A. children
B. birds
C. fish
D. insects

Answer: A


If a battery in an electromagnet is active, then what will happen to a nail in that electromagnet?

Choices:
A. it loses its magnetization
B. it loses its charge
C. it may become magnetized
D. it gains a charge

if battery in an electromagnet is active then the nail in the electromagnet will become magnetic

Answer: C


Which of these is a factor in the shape of a fern's seed?

Choices:
A. luck
B. humans
C. gold
D. inheritance

the type of seed of a plant is an inherited characteristic

Answer: D


Choices:
A. An Elephant
B. A school notebook
C. A boat
D. A lake

Answer: B


if the population in a habitat is on a steady decline, what condition is the habitat?

Choices:
A. it is a place to emigrate from
B. it is an ideal habitat
C. it is an unsustainable habitat
D. it is a thriving abode

if a habitat is destroyed then that habitat can not support animals

Answer: C


A teacher wants to show how to combine two substances together. The two things that he can use in order to mix them completely are

Choices:
A. water and soda
B. water and oil
C. sand and rocks
D. salt and bark

An example of combining two substances is pouring one substance into the other substance

Answer: A


Medicine is used to cure but can cause people to have allergic reactions such as

Choices:
A. spider bites
B. vomiting
C. placebo effect
D. dance fever

medicine can cause people to have bad reactions

Answer: B


Choices:
A. damage to local foliage
B. rainbows across the sky
C. growth of local flora
D. firefighters getting the night off

Answer: A


When would a nocturnal predator most likely hunt?

Choices:
A. 5 p.m.
B. 12 p.m.
C. 3 a.m.
D. 10 a.m.

nocturnal predators hunt during the night

Answer: C


Choices:
A. inside a disc golf driver
B. inside of a brass pipe
C. a mile up in the sky
D. inside a leather baseball

Answer: C


Choices:
A. carbon dioxide
B. light
C. oxygen
D. water

chlorophyll is used for absorbing light energy by plants

Answer: B


If a new species of predator joins a community

Choices:
A. the new species will become herbivores
B. prey will experience an increase in population
C. prey will experience a drop in population
D. the old species will die out

if a new predator begins eating prey then the population of that prey will decrease

Answer: C


Why would a perennial plant with an elongated stem a frequently used for lumber fall to the ground?

Choices:
A. It's dead
B. For water
C. For food
D. For sun

Answer: A


I'm an animal with a white fur and a large fluffy tail that lives in arctic regions; what am I?

Choices:
A. weasel
B. snow fox
C. wolf
D. polar bear

arctic animals live in an arctic environment

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a vitamin that prevents blood loss
B. a vitamin that treats amino acid deficiency
C. a group of fat-soluble secosteroids
D. a vitamin that helps treat liver problems

Answer: C


Atomic 26 is drawn to a device, it could be

Choices:
A. magnetized
B. Na
C. compass
D. K

Answer: A


Choices:
A. tadpoles change to different animals
B. tadpoles are really just fish
C. they are young frogs still growing
D. none of these

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Chickpeas
B. Chocolate
C. Steak
D. Poultry

Answer: A


Choices:
A. Window
B. Rubik's Cube
C. Ship Anchor
D. Boulder

Answer: C


Choices:
A. from roots to leaves of a daffodil
B. from a rose's leaves to the atmosphere
C. from a daisy's leaves into it's underground support system
D. from the sun to a sunflower's buds

sugars are transported from the leaves to the roots of a plant

Answer: C


Choices:
A. only happens in the summer
B. is like nature's disappearing water trick
C. is caused by snow
D. involves the disappearance of sunlight

if a liquid disappears then that liquid probably evaporated

Answer: B


In order for crops to grow food safely, pesticides are used on them. When it floods, this causes t he what to be poisonous?

Choices:
A. air
B. Corn
C. Runoff
D. farmers

runoff contains pesticides from cropland

Answer: C


The boy was able to warm the fireplace without a lighter thanks to what?

Choices:
A. friction
B. metal
C. wishing
D. magic

friction occurs when two object 's surfaces move against each other

Answer: A


Choices:
A. the Sahara
B. Antarctica
C. the Appalachian mountains
D. Death Valley

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Atlantic menhaden
B. Swedish fish
C. gummy fish
D. laminariales

Answer: A


A woman notices that she is depressed every autumn, and wonders why. A friend suggests to her that perhaps certain changes that take place as seasons move from warm to cold may be having an effect on her. When pressed for an example of these changes, the friend cites

Choices:
A. flowers blooming
B. grass turning brown
C. trees growing
D. blossoms blooming

An example of a seasonal change is plants dying in the winter

Answer: B


is it normal for an adult animal to lay eggs?

Choices:
A. it has never happened
B. yes it is standard
C. it is abnormal and weird
D. all of these

Answer: B


Choices:
A. add more fat to their diet
B. cut back their caloric intake
C. let them sleep more
D. increase their caloric intake

as the amount of food an animal eats increases , the weight of that animal will increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. to detect when a traffic light changes
B. detect sour flavors in candy
C. hear music at concerts
D. detect acrid odors in the air

seeing is used for sensing visual things

Answer: A


Choices:
A. become fossils over night
B. may end up reanimated over time
C. develop characteristics for survival
D. may end up fueling a car

fossils are formed when layers of sediment cover the remains of organisms over time

Answer: D


The winter solstice is on December 21st in the

Choices:
A. counties
B. north of equator
C. states
D. southern hemisphere

the winter solstice is on December 21st in the northern hemisphere

Answer: B


A lake environment is a good setup for what to happen to organic remains?

Choices:
A. bleaching
B. burning
C. fossilization
D. drying

Answer: C


were there fossil fuels in the ground when humans evolved?

Choices:
A. this was only created by humans
B. humans predate fossil fuel formation
C. significant supplies accumulated prior
D. none of these

fossil fuels forming occurs over a period of 300000000 years which is considered a very long time to a human

Answer: C


The Grand Canyon is massive, with large, high peaks and very deep lows, which was formed when

Choices:
A. some water is around it
B. water rained on it
C. natural waters weathered it
D. a pool was opened

the Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River flowing over long periods of time

Answer: C


What type of useful product can be made from the moving winds?

Choices:
A. wood
B. bananas
C. electricity
D. metal

Answer: C


Choices:
A. metal
B. water
C. rivers
D. stone

most canyons are formed by flowing rivers through erosion over long periods of time

Answer: D


which of these people would have the worst air quality at their residence?

Choices:
A. a man who lives next to a landfill
B. a man who lives in a city with the best air quality
C. none of these
D. a man who lives in a great suburb

Answer: A


Choices:
A. to rewind 5 minutes
B. to tell what will happen 5 minutes from now
C. to voice the time
D. to measure minutes and hours

Answer: D


As a drought worsens the level at an aquifer will

Choices:
A. stay the same
B. fluctuate wildly
C. decrease
D. increase

drought means available water decreases in an environment

Answer: C


Wind frequently helps transport from one place to another

Choices:
A. marble statues
B. molten magma
C. subterranean termites
D. exposed topsoil

wind carries dirt from one place to another place

Answer: D


When a kid slams on the brakes on their bike what is caused?

Choices:
A. bike helmet
B. avoiding accidents
C. friction
D. gearing

Answer: C


Choices:
A. crystals
B. feathers
C. cell walls
D. craters

Answer: C


Choices:
A. leads to longer drought of resources
B. leads to longer availability of resources
C. leads to more consumption
D. leads to short supply of resources

as the use of a resource decreases , the length of time that resource will be available increases

Answer: B


Choices:
A. squirrel
B. woodpecker
C. monkey
D. lion

Answer: D


Choices:
A. a change in the direction of a stream
B. a change in ocean temperatures
C. an increase in rainy weather
D. an increase in plants and animals

Answer: A


Choices:
A. it's tilted towards Jupiter
B. it's angled towards the moon
C. it's angled towards the largest star in the solar system
D. it spins counter clockwise on Earth's axis

summer is when a hemisphere is tilted towards the sun

Answer: C


What date is the amount of daylight minimized

Choices:
A. Jul 4th
B. Feb 29th
C. May 3rd
D. Sep 1st

the amount of daylight is least in the winter

Answer: B


Which term is involved with protection by skin?

Choices:
A. Eucerin pH5 range
B. Sagittal plane
C. pyogenic vibrio
D. popliteus

skin is used for protecting the body from harmful substances

Answer: A


The reason Earth is so sturdy is because

Choices:
A. It is made from rock
B. It eats three meals a day
C. It has a loving family
D. It is made from metal

Answer: A


Choices:
A. produces fruit
B. grows faster
C. fails to grow
D. gets greener

Answer: C


A boy wants to use his Walkman so that he can listen to some music. When he tries to turn it on, it us unable to, and the boy realizes that he will need

Choices:
A. heat
B. metal
C. lithium-ion
D. plastic

electric devices require electrical energy to function

Answer: C


Nuclear activity is the cause of what celestial occurrence?

Choices:
A. axial planetary rotation
B. comets
C. planetary formation
D. the sun's rays

a star is a source of light through nuclear reactions

Answer: D


Choices:
A. River
B. Sea
C. Ocean
D. Rain

Answer: D


A rabbit has a litter of bunnies! Most of the babies are white, just like the mother rabbit, but one baby has brown spots, like the father rabbit. The father rabbit

Choices:
A. spread out some fur
B. has black on his ears
C. passed down inherited characteristics
D. is the same size as the mother

inheriting is when a inherited characteristic is copied from parent to offspring by DNA

Answer: C


Photosynthesis means plants are unable to

Choices:
A. convert sunlight to sand
B. provide food sources for others
C. be producers in an ecosystem
D. make their own food

photosynthesis means producers convert from carbon dioxide, water, and solar energy into food for themselves

Answer: A


Through DNA, a rabbit will have long ears if

Choices:
A. rabbits are born with ears
B. there was a lot of food
C. genetic contributors had long ears
D. parents were also rabbits

offspring receive genes from their parents through DNA

Answer: C


There are various creatures that live in forests, such as

Choices:
A. giant fish
B. enormous crabs
C. whitetails
D. desert jackals

Answer: C


Choices:
A. water splashing
B. running fast
C. long hands
D. pigment squirting

ink is used for hiding from predators by octopuses

Answer: D


Choices:
A. induces organisms to use more of their resources
B. causes an increase in use of resources
C. causes an uptick in birthrate
D. induces organisms to be more economical with resources

when available resources decrease in an environment , organisms have to conserve those resources

Answer: D


The sidewalk next to a house having a crack in it and having vegetation growing from it is considered?

Choices:
A. insects
B. weathering
C. lava
D. erosion

weathering means breaking down surface materials from larger whole into smaller pieces by weather

Answer: B


If you wanted to make a necklace, how long would you have to wait for the materials to appear inside the Earth?

Choices:
A. millions of years
B. 1 day
C. 10 days
D. 100 days

all minerals are formed by natural geological processes

Answer: A


Choices:
A. change the moon into cheese
B. alter the way the moon's facade looks
C. change moon lakes into vapor
D. cause lunar eclipse every day

the phases of the Moon change the appearance of the Moon

Answer: B


If hot water were poured on an arm, what would happen to internal organs?

Choices:
A. they would be scalded
B. organs would remain uneffected
C. they would begin to decay
D. they would experience pain

Answer: B


Choices:
A. eat organic chicken
B. eat eggs
C. eat beef
D. eat alfalfa hay

Answer: D


Choices:
A. tropical plants
B. tons of sun
C. massive rain totals
D. icy precipitation

a desert environment usually has a lot of sunlight

Answer: B


a large cluster of humans, dogs, apple trees, atmosphere and more can be called

Choices:
A. army of ants
B. a community
C. a toy store
D. a shopping mall

an ecosystem contains large numbers of living organisms in a particular place

Answer: B


A person is considering various organs, and is looking at which ones will be most muscular. A contender for most muscular is

Choices:
A. the lungs
B. the kidney
C. the heart
D. the liver

Answer: C


Which pair don't reproduce the same way?

Choices:
A. rabbit and hare
B. mule and hinny
C. cat and catfish
D. caterpillar and butterfly

different organisms reproduce differently

Answer: C


Choices:
A. toad
B. snake
C. turtle
D. skunk

Answer: D


A male bird spots a female of his species and begins a fancy dance, flashing his bright feathers around in the air, showing off. This male is attempting to procure

Choices:
A. a manager
B. an agent
C. a meal
D. a reproductive companion

coloration is used to find a mate by some animals

Answer: D


Vast quantities of metal can be obtained from

Choices:
A. a quarry
B. concerts
C. forests
D. salt

rocks often contain large amounts of metal

Answer: A


Roasting a turkey requires adding what type of energy

Choices:
A. Heat
B. Kinetic
C. Magnetic
D. Chemical

cooking food requires adding heat energy

Answer: A


Choices:
A. liberally use water for everything
B. allow plants to flourish
C. require people to move
D. institute rules about water usage

conserving water can be used for survival in a dry environment

Answer: D


Phloem moves things around a plant similar to how

Choices:
A. blood moves in a body
B. leaves move in the wind
C. water moves in a system
D. cars move on a street

phloem transports materials through the plant

Answer: A


Where would a polar bear be most comfortable?

Choices:
A. Arizona
B. Georgia
C. Florida
D. Nebraska

Answer: D


When a plane is in the sky and is several miles away, the light seen is barely visible, but when it is drawing near

Choices:
A. light is far away
B. light is more easily seen
C. light is more distant
D. light is further away

as a source of light becomes closer , that source will appear brighter

Answer: B


Members of rock bands often perform with

Choices:
A. flutes
B. sandals
C. earplugs
D. gloves

musical instruments make sound when they are played

Answer: C


Muscles move bones to produce movement like when

Choices:
A. arms are resting
B. hair is growing
C. smiles are invisible
D. toes are wiggled

Answer: D


How is electricity produced from the ocean?

Choices:
A. decaying organic material from sealife
B. energy is accessed underwater from tides
C. drills to access oil supplies
D. chemical reactions produced from the salt in the water

tidal energy can be used to produce electricity

Answer: B


Choices:
A. invertebrates
B. insects
C. mammals
D. fish

Answer: B


Choices:
A. provide nice scents
B. be successfully fertilized
C. grow very tall
D. look pretty

Answer: B


Which of these would create the most sound if struck with a metal spoon?

Choices:
A. the plastic water bottle
B. the backside of a person
C. the hair on a doll
D. the chassis of a car

the type of material through which sound passes changes the speed at which sound travels

Answer: D


During landslides there is often a lot of

Choices:
A. air
B. mud
C. snow
D. wind

Answer: B


An example of a chemical reaction would be

Choices:
A. A rusty fence
B. Sleeping
C. Drinking water
D. Rain

combining two substances chemically causes chemical reactions

Answer: A


The size of an object and the ability to see it more easily have what kind of relationship?

Choices:
A. equal
B. inverse
C. direct
D. reverse

as the size of an object appears larger , that object will be seen more easily

Answer: C


Choices:
A. parasites, soybeans and flaxseeds
B. sea turtles, sharks and coral reefs
C. spineless marine organisms, cartilaginous and gelatinous organisms
D. sea vegetables like kelp, Irish moss and Arame

Answer: C


Choices:
A. waterfalls
B. blizzards
C. earthquakes
D. hot springs

evaporation is when water is drawn back up into the air in the water cycle

Answer: B


Choices:
A. horseshoe
B. tire
C. cotton shirt
D. maple branch

Answer: A


What kind of substance will cool when it touches a cold object?

Choices:
A. warm
B. frozen
C. chilly
D. cold

if a hot substance is touches a cold object then that substance will likely cool

Answer: A


Choices:
A. may cause the object to grow in size
B. may cause the object to fall
C. may cause pieces to flake off the object
D. may cause the object to snap in half

scraping an object may cause small particles to break off of that object

Answer: C


A pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole by

Choices:
A. moving a rope sideways
B. putting something in the air
C. moving things with wheels
D. yanking string up a wheel

a pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole

Answer: D


Choices:
A. emus
B. dogs
C. squirrels
D. giraffes

Answer: A


Dunes can be made out of the same thing as

Choices:
A. clothes
B. food
C. forests
D. castles

Answer: D


Choices:
A. squinting in bright light
B. inhaling and exhaling during sleep
C. blinking and gulping air
D. nailing up a picture frame

Answer: D


Choices:
A. wood
B. rubber
C. water
D. metal

Answer: B


Bill planted rapeseed in his field one year and soybeans the next in order to

Choices:
A. get bigger yields
B. make things boring
C. keep things random
D. get smaller yields

crop rotation is when different crops are planted on a field in different years

Answer: A


What is the primary reason my duck feather filled jacket works well against the snow

Choices:
A. feathers slows heat transfer
B. the natural duck wax
C. a synthetic thick liner
D. small flexible solar panels

a thermal insulator slows the transfer of heat

Answer: A


Turbines churning seawater can be used to produce what?

Choices:
A. a charge for appliances
B. large quantities of soup
C. large schools of fish
D. creating some sharp cheese

Answer: A


What will increase when a substance absorbs solar energy?

Choices:
A. weight
B. height
C. hotness
D. nutrition

if a substance absorbs solar energy then that substance will increase in temperature

Answer: C


Choices:
A. planets
B. thoughts
C. automobile
D. music

Answer: D


A company makes notebooks for college courses, so their main material is

Choices:
A. chips
B. water
C. grass
D. trees

creating paper requires cutting down trees

Answer: D


Rain is usually guaranteed when all are present but

Choices:
A. cirrus clouds
B. cumulus clouds
C. hail stones
D. direct sunshine

if weather is stormy then there is a greater chance of rain

Answer: D


Choices:
A. Walking
B. Landfills
C. Water
D. Chips

Answer: B


Choices:
A. wood
B. plastic
C. metal
D. glass

Answer: C


Putting one kind of soda into the same cup as another kind of soda is doing what to the substances?

Choices:
A. combining
B. drinking
C. Subtracting
D. throwing

An example of combining two substances is pouring one substance into the other substance

Answer: A


A moth leaving it's cocoon is the final step in a

Choices:
A. life cycle
B. transformation
C. recycling process
D. chemical reaction

Answer: B


Which of these combinations would be desired if someone wanted to make a cutting implement that lasts a long time?

Choices:
A. ice and snow
B. sticks and stones
C. snow and water
D. iron and carbon

Answer: D


Which of the following is powered the same way an electric car is?

Choices:
A. a bicycle
B. a motorcycle
C. a propane grill
D. a blender

an electric car contains an electric motor

Answer: D


Choices:
A. reprocessable
B. plastic
C. liquid
D. absorbent

Answer: A


Choices:
A. wear a Christmas sweater
B. Drink a hot chocolate
C. Go for a run
D. sit under a lamp

as temperature in the environment increases , the body temperature of a reptile in that environment will increase

Answer: D


if you put wine from a jug into a thin bottle, how come it conforms?

Choices:
A. it exhibits absolute rigidity
B. it is a solid mass
C. all of these
D. it is a variable substance

Matter in the liquid phase has variable shape

Answer: D


Choices:
A. ice
B. dirt
C. water
D. concrete

Answer: B


when worms return nutrients from dead organisms to the soil by eating them it is known as

Choices:
A. regurgitation
B. decomposition
C. recycling
D. burial

decomposition is when a decomposer recycles nutrients from dead organisms to the soil by eating those dead organisms

Answer: B


The aluminum cans were much hotter than the

Choices:
A. gold jewelry
B. wooden fence
C. brass doorknob
D. steel pole

Answer: B


Which of the following is not an input in photosynthesis?

Choices:
A. sunlight
B. oxygen
C. water
D. carbon dioxide

photosynthesis makes energy for the plant by converting carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into carbohydrates

Answer: B


which of these are you most likely to find in a desert?

Choices:
A. a hammer head shark
B. a big tilapia fish
C. a prickly horned male lizard
D. none of these

Answer: C


If your dog sits in an oxygen deficient chamber, what happens?

Choices:
A. it will be fine
B. it will be happy
C. it will be comfortable
D. It will pass out

an animal requires oxygen for to breathe

Answer: D


Which of the following can be used to turn on an electrical device?

Choices:
A. solar-rechargeable battery
B. a wedge
C. a magnet
D. pressure gauge

an electrical device requires electricity to turn on

Answer: A


Which of the following contains large amounts of salt water?

Choices:
A. The Amazon
B. The Nile
C. The Indian
D. The Mississippi

the ocean contains large amounts of salt water

Answer: C


The nimbleness of this animal is a key adaption that allows it to escape attacks from predators:

Choices:
A. the butterfly
B. the sloth
C. the praying mantis
D. the antelope

some animals move quickly to escape predators

Answer: D


A person speaks English as her first language because

Choices:
A. media is mainly in English
B. school is in English
C. she was genetically predisposed
D. she watched her parents speak

animals learn some behaviors from watching their parents

Answer: D


what are eaten by honey producing insects?

Choices:
A. they consume plants
B. they eat cows
C. plant reproduction parts
D. they eat flowers

Answer: C


Choices:
A. our celestial fireball
B. solar flares
C. gamma rays
D. big bang

the Sun is the star that is closest to Earth

Answer: A


Choices:
A. sand is always moving
B. sandstorms create ripples in sand
C. sand is easy to move through
D. beaches often have waves in the sand

wind carries sand from one place to another place

Answer: B


Choices:
A. an organism that releases carbon dioxide
B. an organism that absorbs water through it's branches
C. an organism that absorbs oxygen
D. an organism that absorbs water through it's roots

Answer: D


In which location would a groundhog hide from a wolf?

Choices:
A. beside a tree
B. in the grass
C. on a stump
D. under the ground

living underground can be used for hiding from predators

Answer: D


Choices:
A. leads to more habitats for animals
B. decreases the chance of erosion
C. increases the number of trees in the forest
D. leads to less habitats for animals

cutting down trees in a forest causes the number of trees to decrease in that forest

Answer: D


I chipped away at a toy doll and the surface became really rough, when I rub it against a piece of wood that will create an increase in

Choices:
A. animals
B. resistance
C. water
D. sunshine

as the roughness of something increases , the friction of that something will increase when its surface moves against another surface

Answer: B


Choices:
A. because it's overpopulated with polar bears
B. because it's covered in white lilies
C. because it's blanketed in crystalline ice water
D. because it's gets so little sunlight

the arctic environment is white in color from being covered in snow

Answer: C


What would help to ensure that your dog remains free from hypothermia in January in Alaska?

Choices:
A. Lots of meat
B. Lots of love
C. Vitamin supplements
D. An insulated room

Answer: D


The majority of a lizard's diet consists of

Choices:
A. fleas
B. crawlies
C. gummy worms
D. berries

Answer: B


Choices:
A. nutrient making process
B. the breathing
C. the respiration
D. the digestion

Answer: A


Plants are unable to grow if they have zero access to

Choices:
A. a nice cool breeze
B. fresh soil with manure
C. a regular source of saltwater
D. needs required for creating chlorophyll

Answer: D


Which characteristic did a person inherit?

Choices:
A. length of hair
B. number of friends
C. number of nails
D. length of shirt

the number of body parts of an organism is an inherited characteristic

Answer: C


Selective deforestation has a negative impact on

Choices:
A. rain clouds and ozone layer
B. lakes, ponds and shellfish
C. greenhouse gases and algae
D. living organisms in ecosystem

cutting down trees has a negative impact on an organisms living in an ecosystem

Answer: D


Choices:
A. in a tree
B. under a mountain
C. in the air
D. in the water

coal mine is a source of coal under the ground

Answer: B


What can cause people to crash their car?

Choices:
A. Seeing a solar eclipse
B. Using their turn signals
C. Driving the speed limit
D. Keeping their eyes on the road

a decrease in visibility while driving can cause people to crash their car

Answer: A


Choices:
A. frigid waters
B. tepid seas
C. glacial environments
D. jungle forests

Answer: B


A Punnett square is used to identify the percent chance of a trait being passed down from a parent to its offspring, so

Choices:
A. certain things may be featured
B. certain features may be predicted
C. certain traits may be given
D. certain features may be guaranteed

a Punnett square is used to identify the percent chance of a trait being passed down from a parent to its offspring

Answer: B


A deer is eating in a field, and wants more food. Regardless of how hard the deer tries, the deer is unable to produce

Choices:
A. longer antlers
B. food for itself
C. baby deer
D. urine

Answer: B


Building new areas to dispose of refuse may lead to

Choices:
A. community concerns over environmental impact
B. better air and soil quality
C. higher value on land parcels
D. improvement in water supply

landfills have a negative impact on the communities

Answer: A


Choices:
A. causes puddles to become dried out mud
B. causes fields of crops to grow faster
C. causes flowers to bloom abundantly
D. fills up irrigation ponds

evaporation causes amount of water to decrease

Answer: A


A field begins to bloom and blossom and plants need to be pollinated. In order to spread seeds, plants will most rely on

Choices:
A. pythons
B. salmon
C. robins
D. craters

Answer: C


Choices:
A. airplane
B. car
C. mammal
D. boat

Answer: C


All of the following are examples of evaporation apart from

Choices:
A. Warm breath fogging up a mirror
B. Morning dew drying on the grass
C. The water level in a glass decreasing
D. Sweat drying on skin

Answer: A


Choices:
A. water
B. colors
C. the sun
D. planets

the Moon completes a lunar cycle over a period of 29 days

Answer: A


Choices:
A. is nutritionally self sustaining
B. will die faster than other organisms
C. will need help sustaining strength
D. is reliant on other organisms for assistance

if an organism makes food for itself then that organism does not need to eat other organisms

Answer: A


What does the respiratory system transfer to the circulatory system?

Choices:
A. food
B. water
C. nutrients
D. O

the respiratory system transfers oxygen to the circulatory system

Answer: D


Choices:
A. burn out
B. charge itself
C. loop endlessly
D. resist flow

Answer: C


A Punnett square can be used to calculate the chance of a trait being passed to someone's

Choices:
A. mother
B. grandfather
C. daughter
D. father

Answer: C


They looked where the log decayed to garden as it would leave the earth

Choices:
A. richer
B. dryer
C. sandy
D. harder

decomposition increases the amount of nutrients in the soil

Answer: A


what kind of temperature causes fur shedding?

Choices:
A. in freezing cold
B. a high temperature
C. in any temperature
D. a low temperature

Answer: B


Choices:
A. wet items
B. cold items
C. none of these
D. combusted items

Answer: D


What is an example of clear weather meaning sunny weather?

Choices:
A. more stars are visible on clear nights
B. cloud cover protects from sunburn
C. clear days will be warmer
D. fewer clouds allow for more sunlight

Answer: D


The special tissues in plants that transport minerals throughout the plant are similar to

Choices:
A. a wick
B. a funnel
C. a knife
D. a whisk

special tissues in plants transport minerals throughout the plant

Answer: A


a compass is a kind of tool for determining direction by pointing

Choices:
A. to western Canada shoreline
B. to the lower pole
C. to the upper pole
D. directly to the equator

a compass is a kind of tool for determining direction by pointing north

Answer: C


Choices:
A. iron saw
B. aluminium saw
C. plastic saw
D. wooden saw

as the time a tool lasts increases , the number of tools discarded will decrease

Answer: A


although there are many stars visible in the night sky, which is most visible in the day?

Choices:
A. the single moon close to us
B. the orion star cluster
C. the sun that shines all day
D. all of these

the Sun is the star that is closest to Earth

Answer: C


The moon is known for having what feature?

Choices:
A. frozen streams of water
B. large bowl shaped cavities
C. caves formed by solar winds
D. groups of large trees

the moon 's surface contains many craters

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a bug's treasure
B. a cow's treasure
C. a plant's treasure
D. everyone's trash

In the cellular respiration process carbon dioxide is a waste product

Answer: C


Which of the following human activities can lead to a change in the local ecosystem?

Choices:
A. swimming in a lake
B. building a new subdivision
C. dancing in a field
D. going for a hike

humans building homes in an ecosystem causes that environment to change

Answer: B


Choices:
A. using heat to produce motion
B. using calories to produce motion
C. using wings to produce heat
D. using calories to produce energy

moving changes stored energy into motion and heat

Answer: B


The leading cause of soil and rock erosion is

Choices:
A. H2O
B. CO2
C. NaCl
D. Fe

water causes the most soil and rock erosion

Answer: A


Which of these foods might have a negative impact on humans?

Choices:
A. Organic corn
B. Conventional corn
C. Organic potato
D. Organic Apples

eating food that contains pesticides can have a negative impact on humans

Answer: B


Choices:
A. to test heat
B. for wind speed
C. it measures distance
D. it shows direction

Answer: D


Choices:
A. flowers
B. a hive
C. a stream
D. a nest

Answer: B


what is the closest source of plasma to our planet?

Choices:
A. all of these
B. the cloud in the sky
C. the nearest star sulfur burning heavenly body
D. the bare moon surface

plasma is formed by electrons separating from atoms in stars

Answer: C


A sailor needs to navigate to the shore, and does this by

Choices:
A. closing the sails quickly
B. setting out to sea
C. making an adjustment to the rudder
D. taking the afternoon off

An example of navigation is directing a boat

Answer: C


Choices:
A. chicken
B. pig
C. butterfly
D. duck

Answer: B


In order to catch a rabbit, a predator must be

Choices:
A. big
B. quick
C. slow
D. small

if an organism 's prey moves quickly then that organism may need to move quickly to catch its prey

Answer: B


If a bird is a carnivore, then it is likely a(n)

Choices:
A. prey
B. predator
C. herbivore
D. canary

Answer: B


Choices:
A. the Sahara
B. the mountains
C. the ocean
D. the sewers

warm-weather organisms live in warm climates

Answer: A


When approaching an elephant from a great distance,

Choices:
A. it stays large
B. it grows larger
C. it gets bigger
D. it looks bigger

as distance from an object decreases , that object will appear larger

Answer: D


Choices:
A. light waves
B. eating wheat
C. photosynthesis
D. marching

Answer: B


A saguaro has adaptations for an environment with

Choices:
A. lots of snow
B. many people
C. less water
D. more water

changes in an environment cause plants to adapt to survive

Answer: C


There are less hummingbirds by this house than before because of

Choices:
A. a feeder at this house
B. the birds no longer like feeders
C. the size of the feeder
D. a feeder at another house

Answer: D


Choices:
A. water lilies
B. guppies
C. sea life
D. fresh water

Answer: C


Choices:
A. sitting on the table
B. attached to the wall
C. attached to an extension cord
D. attached to a battery pack

electricity can not flow through an open circuit

Answer: A


In the hottest months in the hottest desert, creatures such as birds may find water to drink

Choices:
A. in sticks
B. in pebbles
C. in sand
D. in spiked plants

Answer: D


Choices:
A. look fancy
B. random
C. blend in
D. stand out

camouflage is used for hiding by animals against predators

Answer: C


Choices:
A. discourages pests from landing on leaves
B. allows plants to move carbon dioxide from root to stems
C. carries seedlings from roots to leaves
D. allows plants to move rain thru their systems

xylem carries water from the roots of a plant to the leaves of a plant

Answer: D


Choices:
A. ramen
B. salad
C. ice cream
D. sushi

Answer: A


Choices:
A. contaminates may be destroyed
B. bacterial can grow more rapidly
C. viruses may be picked up
D. the thing loses energy

adding heat to something kills viruses in that something

Answer: A


Choices:
A. a part of the nervous system
B. an organ that filters toxins
C. a self-healing protector from germs
D. something protected by the skeletal system

the skeletal system protects internal organs

Answer: D


Choices:
A. an animal herded by sheep dogs
B. the animal with a starring role in Bambi
C. animals known for their memory
D. the fastest mammal with four legs

Answer: D


Choices:
A. a snake
B. a cardinal
C. a spider
D. a scorpion

Answer: B


A flashlight will need this in order to radiate photons:

Choices:
A. radiation
B. acoustic energy
C. vibrations
D. electron flow

a flashlight requires a source of electricity to produce light

Answer: D


to find out how fast you are going you first need to know

Choices:
A. where you're going
B. distance traveled
C. distance to travel
D. home location

calculating speed requires knowing distance travelled

Answer: B


A small lamb, two days old, is walking with its mother. The mother feels ill, so refuses food, which dries up her milk production. The lack of lactation causes the lamb to

Choices:
A. weaken
B. strengthen
C. coexist
D. thrive

the decrease of something required by an organism has a negative impact on that organism 's survival

Answer: A


When trying to find fresh clams for dinner, a hungry person would don

Choices:
A. a dinner jacket
B. a diving suit
C. a warm coat
D. a dress suit

Answer: B


Choices:
A. B and D
B. Double Fur Coats
C. Cold blooded
D. Compact ears

Answer: A


Choices:
A. floods
B. wind
C. chill
D. rain

Answer: C


What are the feet of Dendrocygna autumnalis designed for?

Choices:
A. catching prey
B. aquatic speed
C. flying
D. walking

webbed feet are used for moving faster through water by aquatic animals

Answer: B


What is an example of fire giving off light?

Choices:
A. an oven is preheated and the pilot light is lit
B. a match is lit to light a cigarette
C. a lit candle in a window signalling to someone
D. a fire that was put out to send smoke signals

Answer: C


Choices:
A. directing oxygen from lungs to other organs
B. pushing air through lungs
C. moving air in a room
D. making air quality better

the respiratory system transfers oxygen to the circulatory system

Answer: A


Choices:
A. in the ocean
B. in human homes
C. in landfills
D. in polar areas

an animal can survive in an environment with little food by storing fat

Answer: D


A stick bug uses what to protect itself from predators?

Choices:
A. poison
B. its appearance
C. speed
D. hearing

camouflage is a kind of protection against predators

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a simple alcohol
B. water
C. glass
D. milk

Answer: A


The inside of the Thanksgiving turkey is white instead of pink because of

Choices:
A. heat energy
B. light energy
C. color energy
D. color transfusion

cooking food requires adding heat energy

Answer: A


Choices:
A. reproduction ?
B. pet store sale
C. a begging child
D. evolution

Answer: A


Choices:
A. hamburger
B. moles
C. alfalfa
D. cow

Answer: C


Which of these energy sources generates the least amount of pollution?

Choices:
A. coal
B. windmill
C. lithium batteries
D. gasoline

a windmill converts wind energy into electricity

Answer: B


Choices:
A. trees
B. mountains
C. lakes
D. turf

Answer: D


Choices:
A. mate
B. feed
C. hide
D. play

ink is used for hiding from predators by octopuses

Answer: C


Choices:
A. reverberate when touched together
B. vibrate when next to each other
C. shake around when near
D. put each other down

tapping two objects together causes the particles in those objects to vibrate

Answer: A


Snow is more likely to fall two months before

Choices:
A. June
B. March
C. September
D. December

snow falls during the winter in some environments

Answer: B


If I want to avoid being dinner for some type of frog what should I reincarnate as?

Choices:
A. Scorpion
B. House Fly
C. Cricket
D. Moth

Answer: A


Choices:
A. January
B. July
C. May
D. September

usually plants die or become dormant during the winter

Answer: A


Choices:
A. decreases the distance it will travel
B. the further it will roll across the floor
C. the quicker the child will want to play with another toy
D. determines how long the child with play with it

as force exerted on an object increases , distance travelled will increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. come from old age
B. come from expired life
C. take two years to create
D. are created in a year

fossil fuels are formed by dead organisms over time

Answer: B


A star, burning far, far away, has enormous pressure and temperature. This allows for

Choices:
A. a room to have overhead lights
B. night on Earth to be dimly lit
C. plastic stars to decorate a ceiling
D. a person to be the star of a show

a star is a source of light through nuclear reactions

Answer: B


Choices:
A. soil
B. fish
C. rocks
D. weather

Answer: D


Choices:
A. happens for some species
B. happens for only land dwelling mammals
C. occurs for only sea creatures
D. commonality among all animals

Answer: D


In order for your computer to operate, it must have an electrical path that is what?

Choices:
A. magical
B. closed
C. broken
D. open

Answer: B


Choices:
A. frosty environments
B. tepid environments
C. warm environments
D. tropical environments

Answer: A


What would be more likely to attract a magnet?

Choices:
A. a plastic zipper
B. flowing water
C. a car engine
D. A wooden desk

Answer: C


Choices:
A. it eats all plants
B. it will eat dogs
C. it only eats burgers
D. it chomps on insects

Answer: D


What is an example of the digestive system digesting food for the body?

Choices:
A. a man eating nachos then getting food poisoning
B. a baby drinking formula then needing a diaper change
C. a cat eating food then throwing it up
D. a horse licking a salt lick

the digestive system digests food for the body

Answer: B


Choices:
A. white blood cells
B. vitamins
C. rotavirus
D. nasal decongestants

illness has a negative impact on an organism 's health

Answer: C


Someone wants their electromagnets to work, but is having difficulty powering them. In order to make them work, they need to

Choices:
A. run wire through currants
B. run a continuous current
C. run around the wire
D. currently run wire through

electromagnets can be powered by electricity

Answer: B


if a place has experienced flooding, what could be responsible?

Choices:
A. all of these
B. there has been excess condensed water vapor
C. the water lacks oxygen
D. the local deities are angry

Answer: B


Choices:
A. farming
B. egg depositing
C. flying
D. walking

An example of reproduction is laying eggs

Answer: B


A place that is snowy has a large amount of

Choices:
A. wind
B. storms
C. frozen water
D. rain

Answer: C


Choices:
A. a small potted plant in a house
B. a green and lush tree and plant packed area
C. a briny and warm body of water
D. a area surrounded by spider webs

Answer: B


Choices:
A. attractive to various objects that contain iron
B. pleasant with a magnetic personality
C. made up of iron and pieces of magnets
D. hard as a magnetizing rod

Answer: A


if a bat delivers a live offspring, what does this tell us?

Choices:
A. it is a mammal
B. calling it a bird is wrong
C. all of these
D. it is capable of reproducing

Answer: C


If you find something smooth and hard on the ground, it is probably made of what?

Choices:
A. minerals
B. mist
C. clouds
D. water

Answer: A


as you get closer to something it begins to

Choices:
A. shrinks down to nothing
B. grow in size visually
C. show a large shadow
D. rotate in a clockwise direction

as distance from an object decreases , that object will appear larger

Answer: B


Choices:
A. ponds may dry out
B. flowers will wilt and wither
C. creek beds may be spilling over
D. drinking water will be in short supply

storms cause bodies of water to increase amount of water they contain

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Gold
B. Car
C. Diamonds
D. Pine Needles

Answer: D


Choices:
A. a tadpole losing its tail as it grows
B. an angler fish using its Esca to lure another fish
C. an octopus mimicking the color and texture of a rocky outcrop
D. a great white shark breaching the water's surface

camouflage is used for hiding by animals from predators

Answer: C


Which best demonstrates the concept of force causing an increase in speed?

Choices:
A. skating on a rough surface
B. a full bag swung in circles
C. a computer powering on
D. a baker stirring batter

force causes the speed of an object to increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. clumps of flaming gas
B. tidal waves washing over beaches
C. aircraft falling towards collision
D. party balloons tied to houses

the stars in the night sky are very far away from the Earth

Answer: A


Which would you likely find inside a beach ball?

Choices:
A. cheese
B. steam
C. water
D. air

Answer: D


Two fridge decorations when touched back to back

Choices:
A. shove each other away
B. are attracted to each other
C. have very little reaction
D. are reflective when together

magnetism can cause objects to repel each other

Answer: A


Choices:
A. birds
B. cattails
C. people
D. fish

runoff is when cropland water enters bodies of water

Answer: C


Choices:
A. sweltering
B. arctic like
C. lush
D. frigid

a desert environment is usually hot in temperature

Answer: A


Are deserts characterized by high sunshine?

Choices:
A. they get low sunlight
B. deserts get surplus sun
C. deserts get little sun
D. deserts are always cloudy

a desert environment usually has a lot of sunlight

Answer: B


Water conservation could be a survival tactic in

Choices:
A. The Appalachian Mountains
B. New York City
C. The Amazon
D. The Gobi Desert

conserving water can be used for survival in a dry environment

Answer: D


Objects used to hold sheets of paper together are often

Choices:
A. large
B. wooden
C. ferromagnetic
D. electronic

a paper clip is often made of ferromagnetic metals

Answer: C


In order for plants and animals to grow, they need to consume food and water for

Choices:
A. energy
B. fun
C. taste
D. soil

Answer: A


A bear cub learns to stay away from unknown bears because

Choices:
A. they are much bigger than the cub
B. the other bears look like its mother
C. their mother teaches them to keep their distance
D. the unknown bears look harmless

animals learn some behaviors from watching their parents

Answer: C


a person driving to work in which of these is most likely to lose control?

Choices:
A. a dry cobblestone road
B. a sleet covered highway
C. a dry paved road
D. a dry gravel road

Answer: B


The only creature with offspring that is hatched, of these, is the

Choices:
A. squirrel
B. swallow
C. mink
D. bat

Answer: B


Choices:
A. helium
B. krypton
C. silicon
D. neon

a plateau is formed by a buildup of cooled lava

Answer: C


When a city tears down a park in a city, the park

Choices:
A. is removed
B. is renewed
C. is retrieved
D. is restored

if a habitat is removed then that habitat is destroyed

Answer: A


Choices:
A. are useless shells that need to be discarded
B. store extra bits of chlorophyll
C. need to be mashed to grow
D. aid in feeding what grows from them

a seed is used for storing food for a new plant

Answer: D


If a grizzly bear eats a salmon, what is the grizzly bear demonstrating?

Choices:
A. consumption
B. cinematography
C. direction
D. production

In the food chain process an animal has the role of consumer which eats producers for food

Answer: A


Choices:
A. Bees
B. Snow
C. More Oxygen
D. Dust

Answer: A


Kinetic energy can be found in objects that move, such as

Choices:
A. flower pots on a wagon
B. cars that are in a lot
C. kids that are sleeping soundly
D. skateboards that are ridden all day

motion is a source of kinetic energy in an object

Answer: D


which of these is the quickest to go visiting from our world?

Choices:
A. none of these
B. a trip to mars
C. a trip to the moon
D. a trip to the northern star

the moon is the celestial object that is closest to the Earth

Answer: C


Choices:
A. bush
B. street
C. house
D. city

Answer: A


If I want to go running at night, what can I use as a reflector?

Choices:
A. A black shirt
B. Kitchen foil
C. Sunglasses
D. A megaphone

a reflector is used to reflect light especially on vehicles

Answer: B


the closest star to our planet delivers solar energy to the planet

Choices:
A. maybe
B. all of these
C. this is sure
D. this is uncertain

if something is in the sunlight then that something will absorb solar energy

Answer: C


Coal-fire power stations heat coal to incredible temps in order to

Choices:
A. produce energy
B. use heat energy
C. burn energy
D. fuel the world

coal is used to produce electricity by burning in coal-fire power stations

Answer: A


Creatures sometimes have barbs on their backs that they use to sting, all of these do, outside of the

Choices:
A. wasp
B. bee
C. scorpion
D. butterfly

Answer: D


Choices:
A. fossil fuel
B. turbine produced electricity
C. copper
D. coal lumps

renewable resources can be used over again

Answer: B


In a hypothetical world, black bears decrease in numbers until there are zero black bears left on this world. The black bear species

Choices:
A. would cease existing
B. would be troubled
C. would be thriving
D. would be endangered

if a population decreases to zero then that organism is extinct

Answer: A


Choices:
A. light
B. substance
C. electricity
D. sound

Answer: B


Global warming is lowering the world's amount of

Choices:
A. hurricanes
B. ocean levels
C. carbon dioxide
D. ice

water is in the solid state , called ice , for temperatures between 0 and 0 F

Answer: D


Choices:
A. distance
B. shape
C. size
D. temperature

echolocation is when some animals detect objects by hearing echoes by emitting sound

Answer: D


Choices:
A. wood
B. glass
C. boulders
D. sand

break down means change from a whole into pieces

Answer: D


Which beverage would dissolve solids the best?

Choices:
A. A glass of ice-cold water
B. A boiling hot mug of tea
C. A cup of warm milk
D. A room temperature glass of water

as temperature increases , the ability of that liquid to dissolve solids will increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. poodle
B. hummingbird
C. crocodile
D. trout

live birth means developing inside the mother instead of an egg

Answer: A


Choices:
A. majic
B. hexagons
C. octogons
D. water

a quartz is made of six-sided transparent crystals

Answer: B


cellular respiration is when energy is produced in a cell by consumption of

Choices:
A. water
B. nutrients
C. mitochondria
D. gas

cellular respiration is when cells break down food to produce energy

Answer: B


Did pasteurization get invented by Thomas Edison?

Choices:
A. negative
B. positive
C. all of these
D. maybe it was

Answer: A


A glass of water can undergo a chemical change by adding

Choices:
A. a cup of salt
B. a cup of dirt
C. a cup of water
D. a cup of ice

if an object undergoes chemical change then that object will have new chemical properties

Answer: A


Water levels may decrease on cloudless days because

Choices:
A. water is warmer than the air
B. air is warmer than water
C. moisture is pulled upwards
D. moisture always tries to rise

the sun causes water to evaporate more quickly by adding heat

Answer: C


Choices:
A. rip off a corner portion
B. lay it flat on a table
C. color the edges of it
D. add a piece of tape to it

tearing an object changes that object 's shape

Answer: A


Steve was driving on the highway when he rear-ended another car because he didn't see it until he was just a foot away. This could have happened because of

Choices:
A. reports of tornadoes in the area
B. a dog running across the highway behind Steve's car
C. a sudden fog moving into the area
D. ice forming on the road

a decrease in visibility while driving can cause people to crash their car

Answer: C


Choices:
A. clothes types
B. school grades
C. elbow size
D. language and dialect

DNA is a vehicle for passing inherited characteristics from parent to offspring

Answer: C


A beach ball goes from flat to round once you put what inside of it?

Choices:
A. food
B. sunlight
C. gas
D. salt

Answer: C


In general, how many times per month is there a full moon?

Choices:
A. twice
B. three times
C. once
D. four times

each of the moon 's phases usually occurs once per month

Answer: C


What kind of object does light bounce off of?

Choices:
A. tadpole
B. any object
C. item that reflects
D. black hole

when light hits a reflective object , that light bounces off that object

Answer: C


The amount of brush in a park has been decreasing. What could be a cause?

Choices:
A. the season has been quite dry
B. There has been a lot of rain
C. snakes shelter under the brush
D. People have been walking by the brush on the trails

as available water decreases , the population of plants will decrease

Answer: A


if a pot on the stove is described as hot, what does this mean?

Choices:
A. the body of the pot is of high temperature
B. the body of the pot is cold
C. all of these
D. the body of the pot is wet

if an object is hot then the surfaces of that object are hot

Answer: A


What animal is more difficult for predators to see in water?

Choices:
A. a fish
B. a duck
C. an octopus
D. a crab

octopuses releasing ink into the water causes predators to have difficulty seeing the octopus

Answer: C


Choices:
A. electrical energy
B. chemical energy
C. mechanical energy
D. heat energy

a simple machine requires mechanical energy to function

Answer: C


Choices:
A. concrete configuration
B. ambiguous form
C. shapeless form
D. radioactive glow

Matter in the solid phase has definite shape

Answer: A


A school trip is going to study the coral reef for a class. They want to see how strong coral is, and what species of life live in and around it. Therefore, the class

Choices:
A. takes a trip to the desert
B. climbs a tall mountain
C. travels to the seaside
D. visits a remote jungle

Answer: C


When ice buildup is on a sidewalk, the ice may be reduced by

Choices:
A. adding salt
B. adding litter
C. adding sand
D. adding water

adding salt to a solid decreases the freezing point of that solid

Answer: A


The appropriate place to put this item is the recycling bin

Choices:
A. used motor oil
B. used soda can
C. used Styrofoam plates
D. left over medicine

Answer: B


How many times would someone change the page of a calendar in a year?

Choices:
A. 13
B. 12
C. 15
D. 14

Answer: B


Choices:
A. is heavy
B. is large
C. is turned off
D. is small

Answer: C


Which musical instrument is the same type as a guitar?

Choices:
A. flute
B. cello
C. drum
D. trumpet

An example of playing a musical instrument is strumming a guitar string

Answer: B


Choices:
A. kilowatts
B. kilobytes
C. kilograms
D. kilometers

a balance is used for measuring mass of an object

Answer: C


Which of these is a place where a human might live?

Choices:
A. igloo
B. cloud
C. Mars
D. the Moon

Answer: A


Camouflage is when an organism does what?

Choices:
A. reconfigure appearance to blend in
B. hides its young to avoid prey
C. changes its shape to appear larger
D. buries itself to disappear momentarily

An example of camouflage is when an organism looks like its environment

Answer: A


Which of these is required for a plant to enjoy the product of a rain storm?

Choices:
A. xylem
B. luck
C. magic
D. dirt

xylem transports materials through the plant

Answer: A


How does a microscope make small things appear?

Choices:
A. humongous
B. transparent
C. discolored
D. distorted

microscope is used to see small things by making them appear bigger

Answer: A


Choices:
A. when a pot of water is placed on an off stove burner
B. when placing water in a freezer
C. when boiling eggs on a stove top
D. when placed in a room temperature setting

evaporation means change from a liquid into a gas by adding heat energy

Answer: C


An incandescent bulb's filament produces similar light as an LED bulb, but more

Choices:
A. white light
B. conversion
C. heat
D. sound

an incandescent light bulb converts electricity into light by sending electricity through a filament

Answer: C


A boy at school is waiting desperately for the school day to be over so that he can go home and play video games. He watches the time count down on the clock at the head of the class, counting the

Choices:
A. seconds
B. days
C. weeks
D. years

Answer: A


Camouflage can be used by animals for hunting

Choices:
A. water
B. trees
C. air
D. meals

camouflage can be used for hunting for prey

Answer: D


Carbohydrates are made of sugar, which means that a diabetic would need to exhibit care in consuming

Choices:
A. broccoli
B. meat
C. celery
D. toast

Answer: D


Choices:
A. keep cold drinks cool
B. dry out clothes after coming in from the rain
C. hydrate your face and hands
D. make a damp rag damper

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a tropical environment
B. a frigid environment
C. a tepid environment
D. a warm environment

a polar bear requires a cold environment

Answer: B


A measurement of time that is less than a minute is a

Choices:
A. day
B. minute
C. hour
D. second

Answer: D


What will be more available in an area when rainfall increases?

Choices:
A. fire
B. air
C. dirt
D. H2O

as the amount of rainfall increases in an area , the amount of available water in that area will increase

Answer: D


When does the first quarter phase of the moon occur?

Choices:
A. when you cannot see the moon in the sky at night
B. after the first phase of the lunar month
C. after a blue moon
D. during the full moon

the first quarter phase of the moon occurs after the new moon

Answer: B


Choices:
A. shrink
B. change color
C. grow
D. freeze

Answer: A


If a person loses his job and is low on money, he will have to start cutting back on how much food he consumes or he'd run out, otherwise known as

Choices:
A. destroying
B. conserving
C. losing
D. squandering

when available resources decrease in an environment , organisms have to conserve those resources

Answer: B


The skeletal system protects which of these?

Choices:
A. liver
B. eyelashes
C. finger nails
D. blood vessels

the skeletal system protects internal organs

Answer: A


What has more gravity force than Earth but less than the sun?

Choices:
A. Jupiter
B. the moon
C. a space station
D. a comet

as mass of a celestial body increases , the force of gravity on that planet will increase

Answer: A


The dam was put under much more stress after the

Choices:
A. party
B. huge rain storm
C. drought
D. breakup.

as the amount of water in a body of water increases , the water levels will increase

Answer: B


If photosynthesis was a recipe it would require these ingredients

Choices:
A. CO2, water, and argon
B. sunlight, oxygen, and fertilizer
C. CO2, H20, and cloudy skies
D. CO2, H20, and sun rays

photosynthesis means green plants convert from carbon dioxide, water, and solar energy into oxygen for themselves

Answer: D


Choices:
A. foreign
B. atomic 26
C. nickel
D. atomic 12

Answer: B


Choices:
A. doubled
B. changed
C. a smaller circle
D. a square

tearing an object changes that object 's shape

Answer: B


Choices:
A. leaves to remain on branches
B. trees to stand perfectly still
C. dunes at the beach to be depleted
D. still waters on the ocean

Answer: C


Choices:
A. fish swim more
B. homes are built
C. land is taller
D. beaches shrink

as the level of water rises , the amount of available land will decrease

Answer: D


An increase in an object's temperature occurs when

Choices:
A. an orange is placed in a refrigerator
B. a steak is removed from the freezer to defrost
C. a glass of water is moved from counter top to dinner table
D. an ice tray is placed in a freezer

moving an object from a cool place to a warm place causes the object 's temperature to increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. is ancient
B. is a frog
C. makes deep noises
D. is a smartphone

musical instruments make sound when they are played

Answer: C


Choices:
A. inedible
B. cold
C. dead
D. green

if a living thing dies then that living thing is dead

Answer: C


Choices:
A. on a sunny day
B. during a rain storm
C. when it is snowing
D. during the night time

panting is when an animal hangs its tongue out of its mouth to adjust to hot temperatures

Answer: A


Choices:
A. eat foliage and vegetables exclusively
B. are the bottom of the food chain
C. require prey to survive
D. require carbon dioxide to survive

Answer: C


Choices:
A. the light in the hall
B. a light in the room
C. a star outside the window
D. a streetlight outside the window

as distance from a source of light increases , that source of light will appear dimmer

Answer: C


Choices:
A. love
B. heat
C. earth
D. sand

Answer: C


loose soil can be caused by one of these

Choices:
A. a koala sitting on a tree
B. none of these
C. a worm burrowing through the earth
D. a bird flying through the air

Answer: C


Choices:
A. dogs rolling over on command
B. frogs returning to the ponds were they hatched to lay eggs
C. birds mimicking human speech
D. seals clapping for treats from trainers

Answer: B


Choices:
A. seeds
B. stem
C. flowers
D. leaves

reproduction is a stage in the life cycle process

Answer: A


Choices:
A. lakes that are frozen over
B. things you give a loved one in a bouquet
C. various types of animals
D. a person that is healthy

Answer: B


which of these would be most ideal for plant root growth?

Choices:
A. a sticky clay soil
B. soil with worms burrowing around
C. an arid soil with little looseness
D. all of these

the looseness of soil has a positive impact on a plant 's roots' growth in that soil

Answer: B


Choices:
A. I am the water
B. I am a tree
C. I am an Ant
D. I am the Air

feeling is when an living thing senses through touch

Answer: C


Choices:
A. snakes slithering out of eggs
B. a calf emerging from a mother giraffe
C. owlets pecking out of their encasement
D. sea turtles emerging from their shells

live birth means developing inside the mother instead of an egg

Answer: B


Choices:
A. fresh briny sea water
B. an unheated stove top
C. salt and cayenne pepper
D. turning on a stove top

cooking food requires adding heat energy

Answer: D


Choices:
A. the moon
B. outer space
C. another planet
D. an energy source

Answer: D


Choices:
A. empty space
B. ocean
C. terrestrial body
D. air pocket

Answer: C


Will happen to the number of islands if the planet's temperature rises?

Choices:
A. they will increase
B. nothing will happen
C. they will shrink
D. they will double

Answer: C


There is a heightened threat of landslide in

Choices:
A. the desert
B. The Andes
C. the ocean
D. Indiana

Answer: B


An example of water being an electrical conductor would be what?

Choices:
A. lightening hitting water and organisms inside dying
B. standing in a puddle and avoiding being struck by lightening
C. standing in a field and getting struck by lightening
D. grabbing a fence and being shocked

Answer: A


What would Occur once between January 1st and December 31st

Choices:
A. The moons orbit around the year
B. One rotation on mercury
C. The distance between earth and Jupiter when traveling at light speed
D. A Solar Year on earth

a complete revolution of the Earth around the sun takes one solar year

Answer: D


Burning something that reproduces usually will:

Choices:
A. impair its well being in some way
B. weed out weaker members of the species
C. speed up its biological functions
D. increase its population growth

burning a living thing usually causes harm to that living thing

Answer: A


Choices:
A. throw them at other chipmunks
B. leave them where they're found
C. use them to build shelter
D. transfer them to the stomach

Answer: D


A pot of pasta is boiling on the stove, and the lid on top of the pot is shaking as the water boils more rapidly. A person goes to the stove and removes the pot, releasing steam into the air above, and so the steam is

Choices:
A. cold air
B. water vapor
C. very dry
D. boiling water

water is in the gas state , called water vapor , for temperatures between 100 and 100000000000 F

Answer: B


A plant that gets extra minerals such as zinc are probably

Choices:
A. planted in zinc pills
B. plated in the sea
C. placed in good soil
D. made out of soil

plants absorb nutrients from soil into themselves through their roots

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Tile Floor
B. Cars
C. A 6'' Man
D. A Picture Book

Answer: C


if a student wants an orange, he would have to get it from which of these?

Choices:
A. from a live cow
B. from a live plant
C. from a volcano cave
D. from a wild dog

Answer: B


What could have covered an organism in order to create a trilobite?

Choices:
A. Grass
B. Water
C. Snow
D. Sand

fossils are formed when layers of sediment cover the remains of organisms over time

Answer: D


Choices:
A. 1 pm
B. 5 am
C. 9 am
D. 6 pm

cool temperatures cause animals to shiver

Answer: B


Photosynthesis does what by converting carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into carbohydrates?

Choices:
A. nourishes small protein bits that need to eat with tiny shakes
B. providing nourishment which enables some growth to vegetation
C. mixes carbs into soluble plant matter
D. makes good vegetable protein

photosynthesis makes food for the plant by converting carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into carbohydrates

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a thicket
B. atop palm trees
C. a sewer system
D. a deserted island

Answer: A


A shark will be unable to survive on eating algae and moss, because

Choices:
A. it is a predator
B. it is a vegetarian
C. it is a freshwater fish
D. it is a producer

if an animal eats another animal then that animal is a carnivore or omnivore or predator

Answer: A


A meadow vole just gave birth, and needs to feed herself so that she can produce milk for her babies. She searches for food in a field, and happily munches down on some

Choices:
A. oil
B. deer
C. bugs
D. recycled plastic fruit

Answer: C


Choices:
A. a volcano erupting in 1782
B. a river named after the 20th state to join the union flowing over time
C. a river named after the 38th state to join the union flowing over time
D. the Great Lakes drying up

the Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River flowing over long periods of time

Answer: C


A woman, with a pale complexion, wants to spend the bright, sunny day at the beach. She makes sure that she stops at the store to pick up some sunblock before she begins to enjoy her day filled with sand and surf. She applies the sunblock carefully and thoroughly, because she knows that

Choices:
A. UV rays are harmful
B. sunlight will be fun
C. the sun is close
D. the sun is in space

Answer: A


A person is heating water in order to cook pasta. He spills the pot of water on his leg and finds that the water

Choices:
A. scalds
B. cools
C. toasts
D. freezes

if liquid is boiling then that liquid is hot

Answer: A


Choices:
A. the water is warm
B. the water is on the stove
C. water is bubbling from applied warmth
D. the pasta is very fresh

boiling is when liquids are heated above their boiling point

Answer: C


Choices:
A. has no impact on a population
B. leads to more sick people
C. leads to less sick people
D. leads to an uptick in emergency room visits

decreasing something negative has a positive impact on a thing

Answer: C


When soil is viewed in a scientific way, what is seen and viewed is actually

Choices:
A. insects like big beetles
B. tiny lifeforms in dirt
C. small mammals living there
D. a lot of tiny pebbles

studying a soil sample means studying the microorganisms in that soil

Answer: B


Some animals use a liquid coming from their skin to adjust to

Choices:
A. cold
B. water
C. heat
D. humidity

sweat is used for adjusting to hot temperatures by some animals

Answer: C