Choices:
A. once in a decade
B. 4 times a year
C. 7 times a week
D. 1 time a month

Answer: C


A shuttle quest to Earth's light source would take lots of

Choices:
A. muscle and time
B. navigation and speed
C. speed and light
D. fuel and time

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

Answer: D


Choices:
A. moonlight
B. undergo natural development
C. starlight
D. dairy

Answer: B


A pond is in the middle of a back yard. There are heavy rains and the pond swells and floods. The pond now  _______ of the yard.

Choices:
A. takes up very little
B. takes up almost zero
C. takes up a smaller minority
D. takes up a greater portion

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

Answer: D


A creature that sometimes attaches to sharks is

Choices:
A. another shark
B. a ray-finned fish
C. a jellyfish
D. a turtle

remora fish eat food by attaching themselves to sharks and eating the food left behind

Answer: B


Choices:
A. all colors in the spectrum
B. only the color white
C. a combination of colors
D. an exact matching color

if an object is blue then that object reflects only blue light

Answer: D


Above a stove, where a pot of water boils, is a hood. The steam from the pot rises to the hood and

Choices:
A. gathers up
B. burns up dry
C. freezes solid
D. makes zero sense

beads of water are formed by water vapor condensing

Answer: A


Choices:
A. studying
B. yoga
C. growth
D. patience

Answer: C


Choices:
A. Going running on a treadmill
B. Swimming lap in a pool
C. Riding a bike outside
D. pulling water from a well

a pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole

Answer: D


A large body of salty water drying up is responsible for the creation of the

Choices:
A. salt flats
B. salt water taffy
C. Rocky mountains
D. ocean winds

An example of a change in the Earth is an ocean becoming a wooded area

Answer: A


A squirrel eats all of the acorns in a tree. The tree is empty, and the squirrel is still hungry, so

Choices:
A. the squirrel studies
B. the squirrel leaves
C. the squirrel breeds
D. the squirrel flies

as the supply of food in an environment decreases , the population of animals in that environment will decrease

Answer: B


Choices:
A. using solar energy
B. walking outside
C. riding a bike
D. using antibacterial soap

Answer: D


Choices:
A. enlargening
B. warming
C. heightening
D. shrinking

erosion causes a river to become deeper and wider

Answer: A


Which activity involves exerting force on an object with a foot?

Choices:
A. basketball
B. kickball
C. softball
D. volleyball

if an object is kicked then force is exerted on that object

Answer: B


A person wants to play with a beach ball at the beach so they fill it with

Choices:
A. water
B. paper
C. gas
D. food

Answer: C


Choices:
A. buildings
B. rock particles
C. trees
D. cement

Answer: B


Choices:
A. high tide
B. 4 million seconds
C. solar cycle
D. week

Answer: C


Choices:
A. growing it in transplanting it
B. having molten rock cool above sea level
C. creating a dam around a body of water
D. cooling burned plants with water

new land can be formed by volcanoes erupting by lava cooling

Answer: B


If it's been twelve weeks since you put on shorts, and you notice today the hours of light and dark are just about equal, how long will it be until Winter?

Choices:
A. just over a year
B. around thirteen weeks or so
C. when G.R.R. Martin says it's here
D. when the groundhog sees its shadow

a new season occurs once per three months

Answer: B


If an organism is a living thing, it will always

Choices:
A. cry
B. respirate
C. do magic
D. walk a rope

Answer: B


Which place are we likely to find algae?

Choices:
A. white clouds in the sky
B. a small hidden puddle
C. an old tall building
D. a field of grass

Answer: B


Choices:
A. you cut off your finger nails
B. you eat pepperoni pizza
C. you brush your teeth
D. you blow your nose

if a habitat is removed then that habitat is destroyed

Answer: A


A large turbine in a field can produce electricity to power devices when

Choices:
A. a breeze is floating
B. a child is crying
C. a dog is barking
D. clouds are very thin

Answer: A


Choices:
A. paper
B. gales
C. wood
D. money

Answer: B


All the water vanishes from a small depression basked in sunlight on a paved road because of

Choices:
A. freezing
B. evaporation
C. condensation
D. precipitation

a phase change is when matter changes from one state into another state

Answer: B


audible vibrations can travel freely through

Choices:
A. a brick
B. nitrogen and oxygen
C. the ground
D. a mountain

Answer: B


Choices:
A. starve
B. eat more
C. go out
D. diet

Answer: B


If weather is stormy there is a greater chance of what?

Choices:
A. drought
B. waterfalls
C. sky water
D. fire

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

Answer: C


Which recyclable body part is largely comprised of muscle

Choices:
A. the ticker
B. the spleen
C. the kidney
D. the liver

Answer: A


Choices:
A. noxious foods for illness
B. energetic mutation of limbs
C. a source of happiness
D. a source of nutriment

living things all require energy for survival

Answer: D


What's a good way to heat up inside after ice skating on a frozen lake?

Choices:
A. Put on a swimming suit
B. set fire to some snow
C. run a cool bath
D. set fire to some natural gas

natural gas is a source of heat by burning

Answer: D


Choices:
A. commodity
B. lubricant
C. revenue
D. treasure

Answer: A


What kind of substance will get less warm when it touches a cold object?

Choices:
A. a dream
B. ideas
C. cold
D. fresh baked poptart

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

Answer: D


A person wants their yard to be a wonderful ecosystem for local wildlife. They consider doing a few things in order to facilitate this, but ultimately decide that the best way to make a great impact is to

Choices:
A. make some more money
B. plant a wet rope
C. plant a blue spruce
D. sing to their flowers

planting trees has a positive impact on an ecosystem

Answer: C


A person wants to take their dog to the park as long as there is a lack of precipitation that day. After checking the weather channel, plans are canceled when it is announced that it will

Choices:
A. be sunny
B. sprinkle
C. be humid
D. be windy

precipitation is when water falls from the sky

Answer: B


Invisible forces work to keep the moon near the

Choices:
A. sun
B. uranus
C. mars
D. our home planet

Answer: D


Choices:
A. plants
B. loans
C. loam
D. water

Answer: C


Choices:
A. electrify
B. warm up
C. deliquesce
D. smell

water vapor cooling causes that water vapor to condense

Answer: C


Choices:
A. hearing loss
B. sleep
C. intensity of cough
D. hunger

smoking causes direct damage to the lungs

Answer: C


As it travels further into a land mass, what looses power?

Choices:
A. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with high winds
B. ideas in print media
C. a large jet engine
D. a gas guzzling automobile

when a hurricane moves over land , that hurricane will decrease in strength

Answer: A


A person is going to explore in the ocean and sees that when they get down to a darker part,

Choices:
A. there is more sunlight
B. there is more weight on them
C. there is more salt
D. there is more booze

as depth increases , pressure will increase

Answer: B


What goes to a place that has a negative impact on the environment?

Choices:
A. garbage trucks
B. trains
C. mail trucks
D. motorcycles

landfills have a negative impact on the environment

Answer: A


A person turns a flashlight on and points it at a cut stone, which results in

Choices:
A. flower patterns
B. varied hues
C. varied light scents
D. sizes of elephants

Answer: B


A puppy was uneducated on how to go through a doggy door until

Choices:
A. the mom did it
B. it read how to
C. it went to school
D. it made a plan

animals learn some behaviors from watching their parents

Answer: A


Choices:
A. has lost status as whole
B. lacks any real mass
C. is completely intact now
D. is a whole book

tearing means changing a whole into pieces

Answer: A


A radio that takes batteries can make that energy into

Choices:
A. fire
B. video
C. water
D. sound

electrical devices convert electricity into other forms of energy

Answer: D


Choices:
A. balloons
B. stars
C. sunshine
D. air

gravitational force causes objects that have mass to be pulled down on a planet

Answer: C


What happens to a living thing if it becomes too cold?

Choices:
A. pass away
B. joy
C. increased energy
D. warmth

if a living thing becomes too cold then that living thing will die

Answer: A


As a flower becomes more aromatic it will bring in a growing crowd of

Choices:
A. lazy tourists
B. leaf miners
C. pollinators
D. caterpillars

as the amount of fragrance of a flower increases , the number of pollinators it will attract increases

Answer: C


Choices:
A. lizard droppings
B. bearded dragons
C. cows
D. grass

Answer: B


A puppy has a kink in his tail, but he lacked it yesterday. The puppy ______ a broken tail.

Choices:
A. inherited
B. absorbed
C. wanted
D. acquired

the condition of the parts of an organism are acquired characteristics

Answer: D


Who would find an arctic environment most pleasant?

Choices:
A. iguanas
B. parka squirrels
C. tiger sharks
D. Burmese pythons

the arctic environment is cold in temperature from being at a northern lattitude below 0 degrees celsius during most of the year

Answer: B


Choices:
A. beetle
B. horse
C. rabbit
D. buffalo

Answer: A


An environmentalist heats their home by using a corn stove. The environmentalist knows that heating this way releases carbon dioxide back into the air, but is unworried about is as a result of

Choices:
A. it promoting plant growth
B. corn is too dangerous
C. corn is actually evil
D. corn grows under the water

biofuel releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Answer: A


Choices:
A. the moon
B. temp change
C. an iceberg
D. a reaction

temperature changing can cause phase changes

Answer: B


Choices:
A. more clear
B. smaller
C. spontaneous combust
D. physically grow

as the size of an object appears larger , that object will be observed better

Answer: A


positively impact your bodies strength by

Choices:
A. dead-lifting
B. thinking
C. sleeping
D. singing

exercise has a positive impact on a body 's strength

Answer: A


You might support a growing tomato plant with

Choices:
A. yard stick
B. a bench
C. a flashlight
D. candy

a stem is a source of support for a plant

Answer: A


Salt dissolves better in a pot of water after

Choices:
A. drowning in the Atlantic ocean
B. setting the burner to maximum
C. setting the burner to minimum
D. gargling salt-water in the shower

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

Answer: B


A construction team is building a business center where a park used to be. The change in the park will

Choices:
A. cause animals to play
B. cause animals to celebrate
C. cause animals to marry
D. cause animals to suffer

humans changing animal habitats usually causes harm to those animals

Answer: D


Choices:
A. carnivores
B. hard of hearing
C. very large
D. potatoes

Answer: B


There are many protests and outraged people about humans changing the environment of the rain forest because changing even something small in an environment can

Choices:
A. wreck it
B. make it cry
C. make it laugh
D. do nothing

humans changing an environment sometimes causes that environment to be destroyed

Answer: A


A tree must depend upon, for its support

Choices:
A. A large fibrous mass
B. plants on the forest floor
C. the wooden welfare state
D. massive redwoods on the backs of turtles

a trunk is a source of support for a tree

Answer: A


Choices:
A. Air
B. communities
C. darkness
D. Sunlight

explosions can cause harm to an organism

Answer: B


A guy wants to figure out how fast makes it to work every day so he looks up

Choices:
A. how wide the road is
B. how tall the building is
C. how the weather is
D. the space between destinations

calculating speed requires knowing distance travelled

Answer: D


An example of an electrical circuit could be

Choices:
A. Dimming the lights
B. Driving a car
C. Drinking water
D. Riding a bike

a light bulb converts electrical energy into light energy when it is turned on

Answer: A


Choices:
A. another world
B. boiling water
C. candle fragments
D. larger mineral chunks

Answer: D


A thousand new trucks are put on the road carrying produce. As a result

Choices:
A. distant cities burn down
B. things stay the same
C. distant locations build quarries
D. distant locations have greater produce options

as ability to transport food increases around the world , the available types of food in distant locations will increase

Answer: D


Choices:
A. swim
B. eat
C. sleep
D. run

In the food chain process some types of plankton have the role of producer

Answer: B


Tectonic expression can give massive amounts of data to a

Choices:
A. seismograph
B. lie detector
C. geiger counter
D. glass of water

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

Answer: A


Choices:
A. plastic
B. stone
C. plants
D. swords

Answer: D


A mountain is shoved skyward one day, so there must have been

Choices:
A. a clone
B. an emission
C. a flood
D. a mistake

Answer: B


Choices:
A. candy
B. communities thrive
C. cooking
D. bread

Answer: B


Rain at the apex of a pyramid will end up

Choices:
A. on your shoes
B. on the side
C. at the footing
D. at the top

Answer: C


Choices:
A. food
B. music
C. architecture
D. charged electrons

a windmill converts wind energy into electricity

Answer: D


If a plant is going to photosynthesize, it can have all aside from

Choices:
A. water
B. sunlight
C. cake
D. soil

a plant requires sunlight for photosynthesis

Answer: C


A person has a glass of water and a friend pranks them by making their water taste different. They prankster added

Choices:
A. ice
B. water
C. soda
D. air

dissolving a substance in water causes the water to taste like that substance

Answer: C


A green container with white arrows in a circle indicate it's a receptacle for

Choices:
A. trash that can be used for a new purpose
B. excess and unused portions of soylent green
C. radioactive nuclear waste materials
D. hazardous biological materials and waste

recyclable means a material can be recycled

Answer: A


A dead skunk in the middle of the road would be most appealing to

Choices:
A. a giraffe
B. a politician
C. a vulture
D. a whale

Answer: C


In order to grow as a child I should have

Choices:
A. cake
B. cheese
C. candy
D. spinach

a living thing requires nutrients to grow

Answer: D


A flashlight converts chemical energy into what kind of energy?

Choices:
A. light snacks
B. greens
C. food
D. illumination

a flashlight converts chemical energy into light energy

Answer: D


Choices:
A. milk
B. cheese
C. aluminium
D. honey

rocks often contain large amounts of metal

Answer: C


I just read about using cardboard in layers for building, but the surfaces should be waxed to keep out water.  This premise is used by some _____________ to keep water in:

Choices:
A. balloons
B. plastic bottles
C. leaves
D. books

waxy leaves are used for storing water by some plants

Answer: C


Pollution is extremely difficult to contain in a

Choices:
A. refuse facility
B. greenhouse
C. the white house
D. capital building

Answer: A


The Earth is going to be completing a full rotation. A child notes this, and knows that it means that

Choices:
A. a cloud is going to rain
B. the moon is in the sky
C. a day has passed on Jupiter
D. the sun rose, set and rose again

a Rotation of the Earth on itself takes one day

Answer: D


A person paints a white door a different color, so the door is probably now

Choices:
A. still white
B. grey
C. white
D. clear

painting an object a color causes that object to be that color

Answer: B


Additional consistent force on a vehicle moving forward will cause that vehicle to

Choices:
A. slightly accelerate
B. stop
C. slow down
D. turn

a force continually acting on an object in the same direction that the object is moving can cause that object 's speed to increase in a forward motion

Answer: A


rock from deep down creates what as it becomes less hot

Choices:
A. vitamins
B. cracks
C. minerals
D. holes

Answer: C


What displays the movement of electrons from the base atoms?

Choices:
A. venus
B. mercury
C. plasma star
D. pluto

plasma is formed by electrons separating from atoms in stars

Answer: C


A goat in a lush field of dense vegetation will be bestowed

Choices:
A. four lucky hooves
B. poor growth
C. a tin can
D. a shiny coat

an animal being born when food is available has a positive impact on that animal 's health

Answer: D


Salamanders may be unable to survive in a hot, dry location lacking food and water, but if it has food and water in an ideal location

Choices:
A. it is extinguished
B. it may flourish
C. it is financed
D. it may crash

when a habitat can support living things , living things can live in that habitat

Answer: B


A way that scientists determined whether previously known planets truly are still such is based on whether

Choices:
A. they complete rotations
B. they have atmosphere
C. they are glowing
D. they have life

Answer: A


As the Earth crust receives radiation from the sun it

Choices:
A. releases CO2
B. loses mass
C. swells
D. thermally increases

as temperature during the day increases , the temperature in an environment will increase

Answer: D


The earth receives uneven amounts of UV rays due to

Choices:
A. height
B. distance
C. it's axis
D. width

the Earth being tilted on its axis causes ones side of the Earth to receive less energy from the Sun than the other side

Answer: C


Choices:
A. reading novels
B. directing rudder
C. cooking
D. sleeping

An example of navigation is directing a boat

Answer: B


The moon is bright in the night sky, especially when full because

Choices:
A. Earth shines
B. stars absorb it
C. sunlight brightens it
D. batteries power it

the moon reflects sunlight towards the Earth

Answer: C


A person who is unable to hunt for nourishment may still survive and even thrive if they

Choices:
A. harvest human organs
B. burn crops
C. purchase produce
D. spend time alone

Answer: C


Magma pours out a volcano and what off a cliff

Choices:
A. drips
B. suspends
C. freezes
D. sticks

Answer: A


The moon is always illustrated in movies and drawings as being very rough and bumpy due to craters, but there are many areas that are

Choices:
A. smooth
B. Earth
C. rainbow
D. edible

Answer: A


Choices:
A. cannibals
B. Dry
C. Land animals
D. Magic

Answer: A


Choices:
A. Iraqi roadside prime cuisine
B. seats for desert dwellers
C. a popular brand of shoe
D. changing to meet the environment

An example of an adaptation is camel humps

Answer: D


Choices:
A. in circles
B. forward
C. down
D. up

Answer: D


A hermit crab may find good protection from elements in

Choices:
A. a mountain lion
B. a sky color
C. a stone configuration
D. a mouse carcass

rocks are a source of shelter for small animals in an environment

Answer: C


Choices:
A. the highest portion of the ozone layer
B. the rotten idea of a decaying democracy
C. waves of salt-water moving back and forth
D. chemical substances found in every living thing

if some nutrients are in the soil then those nutrients are in the food chain

Answer: D


Choices:
A. grass
B. underground crawlers
C. insecticide
D. trees

Answer: B


Choices:
A. crystal sucrose
B. heat
C. salt
D. pepper

Answer: A


Where could you expect to see a quail sleeping?

Choices:
A. box
B. field
C. ocean
D. tree

Answer: B


Choices:
A. toilet paper
B. cloth pad
C. tampon
D. drugstore pad

something reusable can be used more than once

Answer: B


What orbits the earth 13 times per year?

Choices:
A. night illuminator
B. clouds
C. oceans
D. moon pictures

the moon orbiting the Earth approximately occurs 13 times per year

Answer: A


Choices:
A. make food tasty
B. make food healthier
C. make food wet
D. make food green

Answer: B


Choices:
A. 4 full moon cycles
B. 2 years in deep space
C. a trip to the moon and back
D. one trip around the sun

Answer: D


A boy leaves a circuit in the wall open, then when he goes to turn on the lights

Choices:
A. it fails
B. it succeeds
C. it shines
D. it works

electricity can not flow through an open circuit

Answer: A


Choices:
A. go out
B. dim
C. deflect
D. brighten

objects made of glass cause refraction of light

Answer: C


Because building a house requires a lot of daylight, it's best to do it in

Choices:
A. January
B. December
C. July
D. a cave

the amount of daylight is greatest in the summer

Answer: C


If an electromagnet is active then a nail touching it will become what?

Choices:
A. frozen
B. reactively charged
C. cold
D. magnetic personality

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

Answer: B


Choices:
A. giraffes
B. trees
C. butterflies
D. sea life

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

Answer: D


A pony is living in a small barn and its owner dies and the pony is unable to fend for itself. The pony dies because

Choices:
A. it is elderly
B. it is bored
C. it is vital
D. it required nutriment

Answer: D


Personal protection equipment is essential when

Choices:
A. experimenting with volatile and vaporous liquids
B. dumping lab rats in the incinerator
C. interfacing with tenured professors
D. wearing a sports cup

safety goggles are used for protecting the eyes during experiments

Answer: A


A person wants to signal to another person, but is lacking a flashlight. They can

Choices:
A. shuffle sunlight with mirrors
B. direct sunlight with cones
C. direct others with glass
D. direct shades with hands

Answer: A


Mammals with blow holes can hear signals called

Choices:
A. radio waves
B. air horns
C. people talking
D. clicks

sound can be used for communication by animals

Answer: D


When there is an increase in atmospheric temperature, then

Choices:
A. glaciers become too large
B. global sea level decreases
C. Antartica and Greenland icebergs will melt
D. Earth absorbs less sunlight

if the atmospheric temperature rises then the glaciers will melt

Answer: C


An example of an instinctive behavior could be

Choices:
A. wind
B. fire
C. revenge
D. air

An example of an instinctive behavior is a baby bird pecking at its shell to hatch

Answer: C


Several batteries placed into a radio will make sound after first using

Choices:
A. solar energy
B. wind energy
C. chemical energy
D. elbow grease

a battery converts chemical energy into electrical energy

Answer: C


Choices:
A. raspberries
B. cars
C. buildings
D. wind

Answer: A


Choices:
A. grass
B. winds
C. solar rays
D. oceans

Answer: C


A person takes a bucket full of water and adds it to a full pool. After adding fifty buckets of water to the pool, it

Choices:
A. drains
B. dries
C. bloats
D. sinks

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

Answer: C


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

Answer: A


Choices:
A. clouds
B. stars
C. air
D. worms

Answer: D


Choices:
A. grow
B. fluctuate
C. shrink
D. reverse

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

Answer: A


what determines the number of body parts and organism is born with?

Choices:
A. survival of fittest
B. random chance
C. the organisms creators
D. natural predators

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

Answer: C


When you increase the viability of food, you increase the ability to

Choices:
A. waste it
B. modify it
C. disperse it
D. displace it

as ability to preserve food increases , the ability to transport food increases

Answer: C


An example of an adult animal laying eggs is all aside from

Choices:
A. penguins
B. snakes
C. turtles
D. kittens

Answer: D


A couple having a baby want to guess if the child will share the same eye color as mother and father so they

Choices:
A. chart the likelihood
B. pray for peace
C. take a vacation
D. inject a dye

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 person is able to tell what shape a toy is by holding it in their hands and also

Choices:
A. making
B. eating
C. crying
D. noting

seeing is used for sensing visual things

Answer: D


Choices:
A. pushed directly behind it
B. pushed up and below it
C. evaporated by salt water
D. pushed in front of it

a squid produces thrust by pushing water out of its body

Answer: A


A bunny is desperate for food and happily chows down when offered

Choices:
A. a meatball
B. some oregano
C. cat food
D. a steak

Answer: B


Choices:
A. aluminum
B. stable carbon
C. sunlight
D. mineral water

Answer: B


If an area of land is sloped to the right and a body of water is on that slope, then the river will flow

Choices:
A. pollution
B. to the right
C. species
D. to the left

the slope of the land causes a river to flow in a particular direction

Answer: B


Magnetic media, such as TVs, computer monitors, credit cards and pacemakers can be damaged when exposed to

Choices:
A. neodymium
B. a paper clip
C. copper penny
D. metal nails

Answer: A


Choices:
A. spreads it's leaves
B. has a bite
C. spreads upside down
D. catches rabbits

a leaf absorbs sunlight to perform photosynthesis

Answer: A


A star produces light energy and heat because it has a variety of

Choices:
A. moon rotation causing friction
B. light energy flowing to earth
C. reactions of nuclear form
D. global warming caused by co2

a star is a source of light energy through nuclear reactions

Answer: C


Choices:
A. robins flying from Minneapolis to Miami
B. geese flying to a park to bother the people there
C. bison that belong to a farmer being moved to a different pasture
D. mice running from a fox

migration is when animals move themselves from a cooler climate to a warmer climate for the winter

Answer: A


Choices:
A. humans
B. space
C. chemistry
D. nature

nature is the source of natural resources

Answer: D


A woman needs to check something with binoculars, so it is likely

Choices:
A. very near
B. inside the room
C. a ways away
D. in outer space

binoculars are used for observing distant objects

Answer: C


Compared to an area with farmland, an area with housing developments has more

Choices:
A. crops
B. wilderness
C. light pollution
D. animals

as distance to a city decreases , the amount of light pollution will increase

Answer: C


What does planting native plants has a positive impact on?

Choices:
A. markets
B. territory
C. winds
D. economies

planting native plants has a positive impact on an ecosystem

Answer: B


In order for a fox to catch a chicken it must

Choices:
A. order Kentucky Fried Chicken
B. always move exponentially quicker
C. jump on it from a high tree
D. swim out to it

some predators move quickly to catch prey

Answer: B


Choices:
A. food chain of the monarch butterfly
B. moon tugging on saltwater
C. timeline of all humanity
D. life cycle of land mammals

high tide is a stage in the tide cycle process

Answer: B


A light bulb turns on when it receives energy from

Choices:
A. a cable
B. an oven
C. gasoline
D. a person

when electricity flows to a light bulb , the light bulb will come on

Answer: A


What does a leaf need to do to absorb the most sunlight that it can?

Choices:
A. Hide in shade
B. Remain small
C. Grow very large
D. Change colors

as the size of a leaf increases , the amount of sunlight absorbed by that leaf will increase

Answer: C


Choices:
A. ice
B. combining vulotile ingredients
C. soap and water
D. force

chemical reactions cause chemical change

Answer: B


The thing that is shared between birds, people, snakes, and sharks is that they

Choices:
A. defecate
B. eat beans
C. pray
D. lay eggs

Answer: A


A cat is laying outdoors in the sunlight. Suddenly, a large, dark cloud blocks the sun and the temperature drops several degrees. The cat's physical reaction to this abrupt change will most likely be

Choices:
A. finding someone to dye them pink
B. involuntary body tremors and shudders
C. creating a new telephone system
D. hopping a plane to warmer climates

shivering is when an animal creates heat by shaking to keep the body warm

Answer: B


A person is going to the woods to bag fresh venison. This person is

Choices:
A. fishing
B. gardening
C. stalking
D. building

hunting means humans kill animals in the wild

Answer: C


A person is going to run around a circle and wants to use a stopwatch in order to _____ time

Choices:
A. require
B. enjoy
C. find
D. mark

Answer: D


After a week of storms, the nearby lake now has more

Choices:
A. fish
B. birds
C. liquid
D. plants

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

Answer: C


A dead deer was found partially eaten in a forest. How could it have been caught?

Choices:
A. It was caught by appendages on the feet of a feline
B. A raccoon jumped on the deer's back and killed and ate it
C. It was caught by a horse's mouth
D. It was shot by a bear

claws are used to catch prey by some predators

Answer: A


Choices:
A. ice cubes
B. coffee
C. Popsicles
D. ice cream

Answer: B


A metal sticker remains on a fridge because of

Choices:
A. vibrations in the surface of the fridge door
B. a force that pulls two objects together
C. magic that Juggaloes are unable to explain
D. the entropy of the universe

magnetic attraction pulls two objects together

Answer: B


What happens when man moves into new environment but reproduction ceases to happen?

Choices:
A. native species go wild
B. native species grow large
C. native species loses dwindle
D. native species thrive more

if all members of a species cannot produce offspring then that species will likely become extinct

Answer: C


Large eared, small mammal preferred by bald eagles as prey

Choices:
A. hare
B. dog
C. hawk
D. bear

Answer: A


Choices:
A. flow to space
B. fueling trucks
C. seasoned and devoured
D. drowned alive

Answer: C


A body needs fiber to make healthy bowel movements and this can be absorbed by consuming

Choices:
A. water
B. cheese
C. eggs
D. broccoli

Answer: D


A person wants to take a a mode of transportation out that has two wheels so they will need to

Choices:
A. drive
B. bus
C. cycle
D. run

Answer: C


Combining resin and glass mat with a catalyst will result in

Choices:
A. broken glass
B. a mess
C. toxic fumes
D. fiberglass

chemical reactions cause different substances to form

Answer: D


You may be able to use solar energy to power

Choices:
A. a garden
B. a bike
C. a coffee grinder
D. water pipes

Answer: C


What is present in death at the end of the life cycle

Choices:
A. spirits
B. Bacteria
C. God
D. Food

decomposition is when a decomposer breaks down dead organisms

Answer: B


A sea creature can defend itself easily by using

Choices:
A. hostile smiles
B. malicious kisses
C. toxic pricks
D. noxious caresses

poisonous darts are used for defense by sea anemones

Answer: C


Choices:
A. throwing things in the ocean
B. buying a new solar panel
C. biking instead of driving the car
D. using old food as compost for the plants

burning gasoline is a source of pollution

Answer: A


Which of the following would be an example of tool use in the animal kingdom?

Choices:
A. a wolf using its sense of smell to track down prey
B. a crow displacing water with rocks to get good
C. a giant whale filtering plankton from water
D. An anteater using its long tongue to catch ants

An example of using tools is a chimpanzee digging for insects with a stick

Answer: B


the Earth rotating on its axis causes stars to appear to move across the sky when?

Choices:
A. sleeping hours
B. sun time
C. day
D. daytime

the Earth rotating on its axis causes stars to appear to move across the sky at night

Answer: A


If two objects have the same charge then what will they do to eachother?

Choices:
A. repel attackers
B. approach
C. pull
D. push away

if two objects have the same charge then those two materials will repel each other

Answer: D


A lake is unsafe for swimming because it is a bit below some farmlands that use

Choices:
A. pesticides
B. water
C. soil
D. solar energy

runoff contains pesticides from cropland

Answer: A


Choices:
A. eating
B. smells
C. love
D. protection

coloration is used to find a mate by some animals

Answer: D


Choices:
A. age
B. ancestry
C. shape
D. genus

Answer: C


Bananas spread their chromosomes because of

Choices:
A. bats
B. apples and oranges
C. snakes
D. Jamaican singers

seed dispersal has a positive impact on a plant

Answer: A


Dairy has things in it that would make humans sick, so in order for dairy to be edible, this process has to take place

Choices:
A. mixing
B. boiling
C. freezing
D. pasteurized

pasteurization reduces the amount of bacteria in milk

Answer: D


the nervous system sends observations in the form of electrical signals to what?

Choices:
A. cell towers
B. persons flesh
C. computers
D. plugs

the nervous system sends observations in the form of electrical signals to the rest of the body

Answer: B


Choices:
A. captain crunch
B. rainbows
C. raging infernos
D. pink teddy bears

Answer: C


Choices:
A. thriving communities
B. families
C. love
D. heat

Answer: A


Choices:
A. planted flowers under the moonlight
B. potted flowers in a windowless room
C. planted flowers on a bright, clear day
D. seeds that have just been planted in the ground

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

Answer: C


Choices:
A. ice cream
B. salad
C. lemonade
D. pastries

Answer: D


Galileo Galilei made improvements to the telescope to make better observations of what?

Choices:
A. plants
B. people
C. space games
D. space rocks

Galileo Galilei made improvements to the telescope to make better observations of celestial bodies

Answer: D


Choices:
A. horses
B. butterflies
C. deer
D. raptors

Answer: D


Joe used a flame torch against the side of a bucket and the entire barrel heated up, but didn't burn. What material could the bucket have been made of?

Choices:
A. walnut
B. aluminum
C. ice
D. ceramic

Answer: B


If a new predator begins eating prey, what will happen to the preys population?

Choices:
A. heightening
B. lessening
C. abundance
D. growth

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

Answer: B


A common household item that may be a ferrous metal is

Choices:
A. pans
B. make up
C. books
D. towels

an electromagnet contains cylindrical ferrous metal

Answer: A


Kiln fired clay ingots can insulate from

Choices:
A. ionic discharge
B. falling meteors
C. snowmen
D. underground rivers

Answer: A


Choices:
A. bones
B. sensory system
C. nervous breakdowns
D. food

Answer: B


Choices:
A. the sun
B. opposite
C. through magic
D. the same

Answer: B


A mother is six feet tall and the father is almost seven feet tall. When their son reaches maturation, he will likely

Choices:
A. measure similarly
B. be very short
C. be invisible
D. be under weight

Answer: A


Humans have the ability to change how much they weigh, but we cannot change how tall we are because that is

Choices:
A. expensive
B. impossible
C. hereditary
D. Too hard

Answer: C


Our only satellite is found with the other

Choices:
A. nine planets
B. nebula
C. red giant stars
D. Andromeda galaxy

Answer: A


Cows know there is salt in a mineral lick because

Choices:
A. they have receptors on their tongue that allow them to experience spice and seasonings
B. a cow in the ocean told them it was there
C. it's on their side of the pasture's fence
D. they evolved where there were great redwood trees

Answer: A


Dogs are known to chew their food once or twice, but like all organisms they can

Choices:
A. sense the flavor
B. hate it
C. choke
D. sell it

Answer: A


A person may use water from a treatment plant so that it is

Choices:
A. free from wetness
B. free of chunks
C. free from governments
D. free from ice

treating water is used to remove harmful substances before drinking

Answer: B


A river is moving along a path and a piece of paper falls in it. The paper

Choices:
A. screams
B. flies
C. sinks
D. relocates

Answer: D


Once the grounds frost over and the air grows chilled

Choices:
A. beaches are opened
B. humans go naked
C. birds lay eggs
D. roses die

usually plants die or become dormant during the winter

Answer: D


Most animals have some type of defense mechanism to protect them from predators. The Octopus has

Choices:
A. its ink
B. flying
C. yelling
D. crying

ink is used for hiding from predators by octopuses

Answer: A


A species' habitat is those places where it can find food, shelter, protection and

Choices:
A. predators to escape
B. rivers to cross
C. mountains to climb
D. mates for reproduction

habitat destruction causes animals to move to find shelter in another habitat

Answer: D


A person thinks they see a UFO. They look closely, but the object becomes hard to see in the night sky as

Choices:
A. gets closer to the person
B. buys a new house
C. builds a large park
D. it puts distance between them

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

Answer: D


Glaciers doing what has a negative impact on the glacial environment?

Choices:
A. liquifying
B. growing
C. freezing
D. cooling

glaciers melting has a negative impact on the glaicial environment

Answer: A


Choices:
A. The sidewalk
B. A pool
C. A cat
D. A habitat

Answer: D


One breed of penguins, the Galapagos Penguin lives in the warm waters off the coast of

Choices:
A. Equador
B. India
C. Haiti
D. Australia

warm-weather organisms live in warm climates

Answer: A


Choices:
A. a cold shower
B. holding hands
C. holding ice
D. Antartica

a stove generates heat for cooking usually

Answer: B


What usually happens to animals when humans need new to grow more corn?

Choices:
A. animals become magical
B. animals forced out
C. animals gain habitat
D. animals are happy

humans moving into an environment usually causes native species to lose their habitats

Answer: B


Choices:
A. root hair cells
B. Eukaryotic cells
C. leaf guard cells
D. rose petal cells

Answer: A


Which of these is the most likely to result in a trip to the hospital?

Choices:
A. a flashback explosion inside a container
B. watching a television drama about heart attacks
C. filling a bucket of water with a hose
D. eating waffles that are just the right temperature

when a gas in an open container evaporates, that gas spreads out into the air

Answer: A


When light energy enters a prism it emits all the colors by

Choices:
A. deflecting the light
B. reflecting the light
C. consuming the light
D. refracting the light

a rainbow is formed by refraction of light by splitting light into all different colors

Answer: D


Choices:
A. reading books
B. laying down
C. walking
D. unhatched chicks

An example of reproduction is laying eggs

Answer: D


A person wants to make some tomato plants grow, so they get

Choices:
A. older
B. dirt
C. corn
D. married

soil is a renewable resource for growing plants

Answer: B


Choices:
A. will always cost more than a mountain
B. should be cleaned with mineral water
C. is only found in a kitchen
D. is made of minerals

Answer: D


An animal is likely to be negatively impacted by food with

Choices:
A. animals
B. fungi
C. water
D. plants

food spoiling has a negative impact on the health of the animal that eats that food

Answer: B


A person lost in a maze will need to find their way out alone, but a person lost in a forest may

Choices:
A. rely on television
B. rely on magnets
C. rely on spirits
D. rely on deer

natural magnetism is used for pointing north by a compass

Answer: B


A person wants to conserve toothpaste so they will

Choices:
A. use it generously
B. use it indiscriminately
C. throw it out
D. use it stingily

An example of conservation is avoiding waste

Answer: D


An animal species' population may decrease because of

Choices:
A. construction activity
B. mating
C. more food
D. growth

harming an animal species causes that animal 's population to decrease

Answer: A


Speed is measuring how fast an object is doing what?

Choices:
A. melting
B. evaporating
C. rotating
D. changing location

speed is a measure of how fast an object is moving

Answer: D


Choices:
A. competition among African wild dogs increases
B. predators learn to swim
C. prey communities get larger
D. prey will be more visible

as the population of prey decreases , competition between predators will increase

Answer: A


Squirrels can often be seen storing acorns during the

Choices:
A. summer
B. spring
C. fall
D. winter

squirrels gather nuts in the autumn to eat during the winter

Answer: C


An example of something that contains sugar is

Choices:
A. air
B. cats
C. wind
D. Peppers

Answer: D


What can cause animals to leave an environment?

Choices:
A. grass
B. abundant food
C. earth tremors
D. natural winds

natural disasters can cause animals to leave an environment

Answer: C


what celestial body is after the 8th one in this solar system?

Choices:
A. earth
B. venus
C. pluto
D. jupiter

Pluto is the planet that is ninth closest to the Sun

Answer: C


A landslide is likely to occur on a slope as

Choices:
A. there is less vegetation
B. downward movement is facilitated
C. there is more debris
D. it means more shifting occurs there.

Answer: B


Choices:
A. construction workers
B. mechanical weathering
C. tectonic shifts
D. asteroids

Answer: B


Choices:
A. detect more water
B. carry on without
C. restore it
D. quest for sources

if the amount of available food and water decreases in an environment then animals may leave that environment to find food and water

Answer: D


Spring for north of the equator and Autumn for below the equator are attributed to

Choices:
A. earth's rotors
B. earth's slant
C. earth's games
D. earth's tone

the Earth being tilted on its axis causes seasons

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a fridge
B. hand warmer
C. a plate
D. the new sun

Answer: B


Choices:
A. planets
B. small objects
C. liquids
D. substantial objects

a lever is used for moving heavy objects

Answer: D


Weakened agents are introduced to kids to prevent

Choices:
A. strep
B. common cold
C. measles
D. diarrhea

Answer: C


Choices:
A. on top of a glacier
B. somewhere in the Internet
C. on a mountain top
D. deep within the earth

shale can be metamorphosed into slate by increased pressure

Answer: D


At night stars appear to move relative to the

Choices:
A. moon
B. skyline
C. treetops
D. ocean

stars appear to move relative to the horizon during the night

Answer: B


Some prey animals may elude predators by

Choices:
A. being stinky
B. being friendly
C. being slow
D. being loving

Answer: A


Choices:
A. dihydrogen monoxide
B. carbon monoxide
C. dihydrotestosterone
D. iron sulfate

Answer: A


A flamingo may be able to run across a pond easier than a human, sparrow or a cat because it has

Choices:
A. webbed feet
B. a tail
C. wings
D. a beak

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

Answer: A


What breaks down food to produce energy?

Choices:
A. life forms
B. food packaging
C. refrigerators
D. the sun

cellular respiration is when cells break down food to produce energy

Answer: A


Birds are a vehicle for spreading the seeds of what?

Choices:
A. winds
B. dissent
C. flame
D. oaks

birds are a vehicle for spreading the seeds of a plant

Answer: D


Extreme negative temperatures can cause a gaseous cloud to

Choices:
A. condense to solid
B. expand outwardly
C. disappear all together
D. become a liquid

Answer: A


Choices:
A. it's a lame Turkish professor in a third rate Pennsylvanian college
B. it's covered in polar snow ice
C. it wants to make a Grizzly bear jealous
D. its parents had white fur

the coloration of fur is an inherited characteristic

Answer: D


Choices:
A. large submarines are built
B. new bikes are raced
C. holes in the pathway
D. 2nd story houses are built

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

Answer: C


If a brick is liquefied, then the weight of it

Choices:
A. is electrified
B. is static
C. is changed
D. is removed

Answer: B


The floating arrow on a compass points in the direction of where a group of hikers came from.  In which direction are the hikers hiking?

Choices:
A. south
B. west
C. east
D. north

the floating arrow on a compass always points towards the north

Answer: A


A certain plant is in a field and bees suddenly surround it and climb all over it and fly away. The next year

Choices:
A. there are fewer total plants
B. that plant type rolls out
C. there is an earthquake
D. there is exactly two trees

as the number of pollinators attracted to a flower increases , the ability of that flower to reproduce will increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. cooler
B. warmer
C. heavier
D. harder

radiation is when heat is transferred through waves

Answer: B


Choices:
A. Dogs
B. Leaves
C. Cape elephant sengis
D. Water

pollination requires pollinating animals

Answer: C


As number of organisms in a group increases , how will the chance of survival of each organism change?

Choices:
A. float
B. minimal change
C. augmented
D. lowered

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

Answer: C


By hiding from creatures who crave the taste of their sweet flesh

Choices:
A. mice will be able to free Aslan
B. some mice are able to have offspring
C. predator missiles can hunt their target
D. a field of mice can die of disease

avoiding predators has a positive impact on prey 's ability to reproduce

Answer: B


A beam of sunlight strikes a stained glass window and

Choices:
A. colors all start disappearing
B. hues multiply through it
C. there are broken panes
D. fires are put out

Answer: B


An elephant on the plains and a diamondback in the desert will receive

Choices:
A. zero amounts of precipitation
B. equal amounts of precipitation
C. similar amounts of precipitation
D. different amounts of precipitation

a grassland environment receives more rainfall than a desert

Answer: D


Choices:
A. swim
B. run
C. tidy up
D. shop

birds with beaks of different shapes eat different foods

Answer: C


If two electrical conductors contact eachother, what will flow through them both?

Choices:
A. electrifying looks
B. lightning
C. water
D. wind

if one electrical conductor contacts another electrical conductor then electricity will flow through both conductors

Answer: B


For nutrients to be absorbed from food it needs to

Choices:
A. enter through the ears and exit through the toes
B. be breathed in through the lungs and expelled through the eyes
C. enter the rectum and be excreted out the mouth
D. enter the mouth and be expelled out the rectum

the digestive system digests food for the body

Answer: D


From 2008 to 2018, the concentration of single carbon molecules bonded with two oxygen molecules present in the air has dramatically

Choices:
A. sharply declined
B. grown
C. decreased
D. polluted public opinion

carbon dioxide concentrations in the air have increased over the last decade dramatically

Answer: B


A person gently tosses a ball to a friend who misses the catch so the ball will

Choices:
A. meet the dirt
B. fall down dead
C. reach a cloud
D. reach new heights

An example of hitting something is dropping an object onto that something

Answer: A


A person will make ethanol out of all aside from

Choices:
A. salt
B. grain
C. corn
D. maize

Answer: A


Because people require water to survive, it's good to live near

Choices:
A. a pond
B. a national park
C. a gravel pit
D. a desert

Answer: A


Choices:
A. how much light it emits
B. how much sound it emits
C. the energy needed to harden
D. the speed it travels

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

Answer: C


Choices:
A. petrify
B. freeze
C. wilt
D. cremate

Answer: D


Where would it be most difficult to play a game of ice hockey?

Choices:
A. ice hockey arena
B. the moon
C. a frozen pond
D. an ice rink

the moon 's surface contains many craters

Answer: B


An inherited characteristic from my dad is

Choices:
A. the cat
B. a building
C. moles
D. the bike

the shape of body parts is an inherited characteristic

Answer: C


Fauna will have to flee if their home is

Choices:
A. prepared
B. having renovations done
C. being built
D. demolished

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

Answer: D


To protect yourself from blisters you may try

Choices:
A. a bandaid
B. fur
C. a rainbow
D. a chicken

as the thickness of an object increases , the resistance to damage of that object will increase

Answer: A


A carbonated beverage contains dissolved what?

Choices:
A. steel
B. plastids
C. plastic
D. carbonic anhydride

a carbonated beverage contains dissolved carbon dioxide

Answer: D


Choices:
A. Comfort them
B. Mimic sunlight
C. Keep plants warm
D. Protect from bugs

a plant light is used for help plants by mimicking sunlight

Answer: B


To replenish the shade in a city that had been provided by trees that were felled by a storm, you must

Choices:
A. grow gills and live on a raft
B. use a large lawn mower
C. introduce replacement timber producers
D. get out your weed whacker

a tree can be replaced by planting a new tree

Answer: C


A bunch of seals are about to deliver and need to make sure they have returned to home for

Choices:
A. positive feedback
B. silly nonsense
C. magical purposes
D. reproductive behavior

seals every year return to the same beaches to give birth

Answer: D


What has a positive impact on a living things health?

Choices:
A. dehydration
B. death
C. brawn
D. starvation

being stronger usually has a positive impact on an living thing 's health

Answer: C


A sticky fluid made by insects from nector might kill a very young human because it

Choices:
A. contains uranium
B. is genetically modified
C. contains bees
D. contains botulism

Answer: D


Choices:
A. sink holes
B. erosion
C. water accumulation
D. high traffic

Answer: B


Choices:
A. volcanic eruptions
B. moon cycles
C. prairies
D. planets orbit

Answer: C


December is during the summer in the southern what?

Choices:
A. states
B. division
C. cities
D. counties

December is during the summer in the southern hemisphere

Answer: B


If the Earth revolved around another planet instead of a star, what might it lack?

Choices:
A. continents
B. satellites
C. starry skies
D. seasons

the Earth revolving around the Sun causes the seasons to change on its axis

Answer: D


Once we use all the aluminum in the world we can get more by

Choices:
A. Impossible
B. Watering the grass
C. building a dam
D. Planting soda cans

Answer: A


March in the northern hemisphere is what in the southern hemisphere?

Choices:
A. Spring
B. Summer
C. Winter
D. Fall

winter in the Northern Hemisphere is during the summer in the Southern Hemisphere

Answer: D


Carbon dioxide can be found in what goes through the

Choices:
A. neck
B. ears
C. eyes
D. brain

Answer: A


What object would be most attracted to a magnet?

Choices:
A. A feather
B. A brush
C. A pillow
D. A zipper

if a magnet is attracted to a metal then that magnet will stick to that metal

Answer: D


A bear snacks on a tiny bird and the person watching this will know that the bear may be all aside from

Choices:
A. a herbivore
B. an omnivore
C. a carnivore
D. a predator

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

Answer: A


A metal rod is sitting outside and soaks up a lot of energy from a star, so the metal

Choices:
A. cries
B. wiggles
C. sears
D. dies

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

Answer: C


Choices:
A. grows
B. freezes
C. shrinks
D. incinerates

Answer: D


Choices:
A. leave to town
B. jump for joy
C. recede from warmth
D. burn with acid

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

Answer: C


An example of a flexible container could be

Choices:
A. A car
B. A bird
C. play dough
D. A building

if a flexible container is pushed on then that container will change shape

Answer: C


two women have a baby, it is unlikely to be

Choices:
A. their biological child
B. a human
C. formula fed
D. an adopted child

two females can not usually reproduce with each other

Answer: A


Choices:
A. tree filled
B. ice caps
C. city
D. desert

a forest environment is often green in color

Answer: A


A chemical reaction to vinegar or to baking soda can be caused by adding

Choices:
A. air
B. bees
C. cola
D. sand

baking soda can react chemically with vinegar

Answer: C


Choices:
A. a forest
B. a garden
C. a park
D. a crowded airplane

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

Answer: D


As you go from farther away from an object to closer to it, the object will

Choices:
A. get smaller
B. hit you
C. die
D. get big

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

Answer: D


Adults that go through incomplete metamorphosis may have

Choices:
A. love
B. feelings
C. horns
D. attached flying contraptions

incomplete metamorphosis is when an insect reaches the adult stage without being a pupa

Answer: D


Choices:
A. asteroids
B. moons
C. burning hydrogen ball
D. they are orbitless

Answer: C


Choices:
A. four legs
B. fur
C. teeth
D. wings

Answer: D


What do you have if you throw chocolate chips, peanuts, coconut, and dried strawberry into a bag?

Choices:
A. recipe for dynamite
B. a trail mix
C. a birthday cake
D. a cookie recipe

An example of a mixture is clay mixed together

Answer: B


Choices:
A. Where dogs live
B. frequented by lightening
C. Have more rivers
D. Where cats live

a plateau is formed by a buildup of cooled lava

Answer: B


Pressing the power button on an mp3 player

Choices:
A. turns on the dishwasher
B. switches a simple series circuit on or off
C. fills the bathtub with water
D. turns on the microwave

when a switch in a simple series circuit is closed , electricity will flow through the circuit

Answer: B


Choices:
A. N
B. fire
C. clouds
D. wind

Answer: A


A plant will be able to photosynthesize even better when

Choices:
A. it spreads out leaves flat
B. leaves leaves on fire
C. it makes leaves curl up
D. opens leaves inside out

as flatness of a leaf increases , the amount of sunlight that leaf can absorb will increase

Answer: A


Choices:
A. smelted silica
B. granite
C. diamonds
D. steel

Answer: A


An organism is a source of what kind of matter?

Choices:
A. biotic
B. inanimate
C. dead
D. live action

an organism is a source of organic matter

Answer: A


Choices:
A. dryness
B. droughts
C. sunlight
D. deluges

Answer: D


A person eats some berries in them while camping in one location. In another location, miles away, they defecate outdoors. A result of this is

Choices:
A. seeds dying
B. berry pips relocating
C. crows hoarding
D. people coughing

seed dispersal is when the seeds of a plant are spread from the parent plant to another area

Answer: B


Offspring receive genes from their parents via what?

Choices:
A. gene therapy
B. documents
C. double helix
D. paperwork

offspring receive genes from their parents through DNA

Answer: C


Choices:
A. crystal carbohydrates
B. iron
C. oil
D. plastic

sugar dissolves in water when they are combined

Answer: A


A frog will hibernate by burying itself in mud, freezing, then thawing again in the spring. The only of these that also go through a somewhat similar process in cold times is

Choices:
A. doves
B. grizzlies
C. rats
D. people

An example of hibernation is a frog burying itself in mud

Answer: B


A bird such as a penguin can survive in arctic weather due to

Choices:
A. sunlight
B. bears
C. weather
D. feathers

thick feathers can be used for keeping warm

Answer: D


Ways to create reuseable energy could be:

Choices:
A. reading books
B. eating candy
C. bodies
D. touching things

a solar panel converts sunlight into electricity

Answer: C


Which type of cell must perform all life functions?

Choices:
A. candida
B. sea turtle
C. dragonfly
D. daisy

if a cell can not specialize then that cell must perform all life functions

Answer: A


Choices:
A. cats
B. birds
C. tomatoes
D. dolphins

the formation of peat occurs at the bottom of swamps

Answer: C


To explore the regions of a super nova you will need

Choices:
A. take a picture
B. to look up
C. great vision
D. cylinder with mirrors

detailed observation of celestial objects requires a telescope

Answer: D


A large elephant is put on a device that can measure how much force is being applied based on its mass amount. That device is:

Choices:
A. atomic mass
B. a weighter
C. kilograms
D. a scale

Answer: D


If one was to cease perspiration, what would they be most at risk for

Choices:
A. hypothermia
B. seizure
C. overheating
D. cramps

when the body is hot , sweat is produced to cool the body

Answer: C


Due to camouflage, you are less likely to be able to see a polar bear in

Choices:
A. a church
B. the zoo
C. alaska
D. africa

mimicry is used for avoiding predators by animals by camouflaging as a dangerous animal

Answer: C


Plant population would fail to maintain it's size if

Choices:
A. fertilizer is applied
B. gets more sun
C. H2O depletes
D. grows

as available water decreases , the population of plants will decrease

Answer: C


A level area near a steady flow of water is

Choices:
A. large salt-water ocean
B. a mountain peak
C. a fjord
D. a flood plain

when a river floods , that river deposits sediment in flood plains

Answer: D


The excretory system removes waste from what?

Choices:
A. fire
B. persons insides
C. oceans
D. body of paragraph

the excretory system removes waste from the body

Answer: B


A puppy wakes up and needs to to for a walk. In order to have the ability to do this, he will require

Choices:
A. pebbles
B. lunch
C. toys
D. wheels

Answer: B


Choices:
A. hyenas
B. lions
C. honey makers
D. rhinos

Answer: C


Choices:
A. stoned
B. markers
C. diamonds
D. ground material

Answer: D


A glacier moved through an area years and years ago, and scientists can tell this by

Choices:
A. looking at the moon
B. looking at the dogs
C. looking at the sky conditions
D. glancing at nearby stone

Answer: D


Alloies are made of multiple metals an example is

Choices:
A. brass
B. steel
C. aluminum
D. tin

Answer: A


Choices:
A. precipitation destroys
B. clouds float
C. precipitation condenses
D. precipitation falls

condensation is a stage in the water cycle process

Answer: C


Some birds use their beaks for the same purpose as their

Choices:
A. eggs
B. feathers
C. feet
D. wings

sharp beaks are a kind of adaptation for catching prey

Answer: C


Where would sponges most likely be found making their home?

Choices:
A. a great pyramid
B. a rotting ship
C. a ski lift
D. a skyscraper

Answer: B


One arctic animal, the polar bear may spend their time doing what

Choices:
A. racing
B. swimming
C. creating
D. reading

arctic animals live in an arctic environment

Answer: B


Choices:
A. the grocery store
B. call a friend
C. track a moth
D. a concert

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

Answer: C


Electricity causes less pollution than what?

Choices:
A. sound
B. car propellant
C. water
D. sunlight

electricity causes less pollution than gasoline

Answer: B


Choices:
A. Canadian nightcrawlers
B. clouds
C. satellites
D. robots

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

Answer: A


How many divisions of particular weather patterns and hours of daylight is a year divided into?

Choices:
A. 4
B. long
C. 3
D. 12

Answer: A


Choices:
A. gravel
B. other herbivores
C. crustaceans
D. chlorophyll

Answer: D


the color of an object can be discovered by

Choices:
A. seeing it
B. touching it
C. sniffing it
D. licking it

the color of an object can be discovered by looking at that object

Answer: A


Choices:
A. a metric ton of marbles
B. a blue whale and its calf
C. Jupiter and all its moons
D. a ball of burning gas in our solar system

non-contact forces can affect objects that are not touching

Answer: D


You can scuff your socked feet on a shag carpet and shock a friend because of

Choices:
A. electromagnetism
B. electric youth
C. bad breeding
D. gravity

Answer: A


Which land type is covered in snow for the largest portion of the year?

Choices:
A. tiaga and
B. prairie
C. deciduous forest
D. desert

cold environments are usually white in color from being covered in snow

Answer: A


How might a dresser crab avoid attention in an aquarium containing pieces of velvet and necklaces made of colorful stones?

Choices:
A. hold a vibrant piece of cloth and wave it rapidly back and forth
B. display bright colors to stand out to the fish
C. transform into a bureau replete with clothing
D. disguise itself as just some junk on the bottom of the tank

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

Answer: D


A child smacks another child, causing hurt, which causes the smacked child to

Choices:
A. play
B. eat
C. rejoice
D. sob

harming something has a negative effect on that something

Answer: D


Choices:
A. mp3s
B. H2O
C. sand
D. seeds

Answer: B


An animal will become thicker if it does all aside from

Choices:
A. gorge
B. refuse food
C. feed
D. eat food

as the amount of food an animal eats decreases , that organism will become thinner

Answer: B


If you want to bottle your own pop, you should invest in

Choices:
A. Andy Warhol paintings
B. an aluminum mine
C. blonde dye bottles
D. a telescope

Answer: B


Choices:
A. leather harnesses
B. jockeys
C. black stallions
D. the sun

the sun is the source of energy for life on Earth

Answer: D


dead organisms are the source of what for decomposers?

Choices:
A. place to sleep
B. art
C. friendship
D. sustenance

dead organisms are the source of nutrients for decomposers

Answer: D


Friction is used to stop what using brakes?

Choices:
A. dogs
B. birds
C. pickups
D. car toys

friction is used for stopping a vehicle by brakes

Answer: C


A person will go through many stages in life, some more fun than others. Considering these stages, all are real aside from

Choices:
A. physical maturation
B. infancy
C. fishinghood
D. childhood

adulthood is a stage in the life cycle process

Answer: C


A person knows that a place always has blue skies, warm weather and a light breeze because

Choices:
A. that is the beach
B. that is the meaning
C. that is the religion
D. climate is fairly reliable

climate is the usual kind of weather in a location

Answer: D


Choices:
A. a dog sled team to pull it
B. a stronger person to push it
C. a large vat of chocolate syrup to dump on it
D. a group of blind Eskimos to move it

as the mass of an object increases , the force required to push that object will increase

Answer: B


Choices:
A. in several farmers markets
B. in fruit bat caves
C. on the stems of trees or vines
D. in organic food stores

Answer: C


To discover how durable a certain mineral may be, one could

Choices:
A. crush it in a vise
B. view the atomic weight of it
C. attempt to leave a mark on it
D. melt it down and pour

measuring the hardness of minerals requires scratching those materials

Answer: C


An environment is likely to change when humans

Choices:
A. make a building taller than before
B. remodel and existing house
C. clear hillside brush for houses
D. have more people living in one house

humans building homes in an ecosystem causes that environment to change

Answer: C


One component of rock formations in caves is

Choices:
A. liberal tears
B. bat urine
C. salty ocean water
D. granite statues

Answer: B


Dormant cane toads emerges from mud to ended their

Choices:
A. long slumber
B. day
C. life
D. meeting

when a hibernating frog emergest from mud , that frog has ended its hibernation

Answer: A


Choices:
A. red velvet cupcakes
B. Greek yogurt
C. ceviche
D. Caesar salad

if food is cooked then heat energy is added to that food

Answer: A


Where might you find the primary ingredient for making grilled rabbit in a spicy marinade?

Choices:
A. a spacious area mostly covered with trees and undergrowth
B. inside of an AA battery
C. an enclosed bank vault
D. at the bottom of a bleached coral reef

Answer: A


A bird in an arid place can find water, despite a lack of puddles, lakes or rainfall if it

Choices:
A. pokes a tough plant
B. eats a small stone
C. takes out a loan
D. cries for a minute

Answer: A


Choices:
A. to a cow
B. to a moon
C. to a jail
D. to a duplex

Answer: D


There are many changes that can occur to the earth, quickly or overtime. Which would occur over millions of years?

Choices:
A. earthquake
B. canyon
C. tornado
D. Tsunami

a canyon forming occurs over a period of millions of years

Answer: B


Choices:
A. pollywogs
B. sharks
C. princes
D. French people

metamorphosis is a stage in the life cycle process of some animals

Answer: A


Steve's ears alerted him to something. It was

Choices:
A. the taste of his lunch
B. waves in the air
C. the light streaming through the window
D. the feeling of his hair on his neck

Answer: B


The planet got warmer and warmer, and now the atmosphere is warm as well with the greenhouse effect

Choices:
A. holding elements near
B. locking acid in
C. locking in dogs
D. gassing in carton

the greenhouse effect is when carbon in the air heats a planet 's atmosphere

Answer: A


the best way to improve production in future yields on the farm is

Choices:
A. planting cabbage one year and spinach the next
B. chemical fertilizers and salts
C. rotating water schedules daily
D. over watering each field

crop rotation has a positive impact on soil quality

Answer: A


A being may have more of a chance of survival if it can

Choices:
A. dance like people are looking
B. climb up to tall places
C. hang out in large, loud groups
D. skateboard for long periods of time

the ability to find resources has a positive impact on an organism 's survival

Answer: B


A person wants to find chloroplasts in great amounts, so they check

Choices:
A. stems
B. buds
C. extended portions
D. dry seeds

most chloroplasts are found in the leaves of a plant

Answer: C


Choices:
A. animal statues
B. felines
C. extinct species
D. people

Answer: B


Why might wolves a new area where a lot of deer live?

Choices:
A. The wolves eat the same things that the deer eat
B. They wanted to be friends with the deer.
C. The wolves stay near the deer for protection
D. The wolves use the deer for nutrition

most predators live near the same environment as their prey

Answer: D


Lettuce feeds rabbits by creating food with

Choices:
A. hamburgers
B. help from friends
C. chloroplasts
D. ordering out

green plants provide food for consumers by performing photosynthesis

Answer: C


A mechanical device requires 420 J of work to do 230 J of work in lifting a crate. What is the efficiency of the device?

Choices:
A. 65%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 55%

a simple machine requires mechanical energy to function

Answer: D


A piece of talc is rolled over on a black chalkboard and

Choices:
A. burns the board
B. wipes a spill
C. makes a streak
D. makes a dent

when a mineral is rubbed on a streak plate , some of the material breaks off and forms a powder

Answer: C


Choices:
A. bacteria
B. light
C. carrots
D. farrow

Answer: D


Cycles of day and night occur how often in a day?

Choices:
A. 5 times
B. singular instances
C. forty times
D. once a year

cycles of day and night occur once per day

Answer: B


Ice made from which kind of water would melt when the others stay frozen?

Choices:
A. river water
B. swamp water
C. lake water
D. coastal water

adding salt to a liquid decreases the melting point of that liquid

Answer: D


If the temperature is 34 degrees Fahrenheit, what could be put on top of the icy sidewalk to turn the ice to liquid?

Choices:
A. sodium
B. dry leaves
C. pebbles
D. dry ice

Answer: A


A shark is looking for a quick bite, so it

Choices:
A. eats some seeds
B. eats a sandbar
C. eats some seaweed
D. eats an eel

Answer: D


A person buys a cheap hammer and it breaks a month later. The person invests in an expensive hammer and

Choices:
A. it endures
B. died
C. baked it
D. ate it

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

Answer: A


What prohibits cells from contorting into deformed shapes?

Choices:
A. helpful viruses help them retain their function
B. a prison cell wall contains them
C. the thin membrane which surrounds them
D. they have a Chilton's manual to guide them

the cell membrane provides support for a cell

Answer: C


A horse in a field under the summer sun was glistening wet even though it hadn't rained.

Choices:
A. the other horses were licking that horse
B. sweat glands released liquid to cool off the horse
C. sweat glands dried up
D. The horse needed a shower and was getting oily

sweat is used for adjusting to hot temperatures by some animals

Answer: B


A person is going to freeze on a cold night. The person looks for something to ignite for a source of warmth, and chooses the best option,

Choices:
A. live frogs
B. old stones
C. dry switches
D. dry cheese

Answer: C


A person notes that the moon goes through various phases and eventually repeats these phases over the course of

Choices:
A. every other new month
B. about six more days
C. just over a month
D. just under a month

a revolution of the moon around the Earth takes 1 month

Answer: D


A vehicle rounds a corner and slips, squealing. The tires at that point experienced

Choices:
A. less friction
B. more friction
C. free falling
D. zero friction

Answer: B


A rainy day leaves a lot of moisture in the air and rainbows occur

Choices:
A. when light is burned
B. when light proceeds through
C. when light is black
D. when light is dim

refracting sunlight causes light to split into different colors

Answer: B


A plant will have difficulty growing larger if it is held away from

Choices:
A. corn
B. poison
C. ice
D. liquid

Answer: D


Choices:
A. weak
B. stubby
C. elongated
D. short

long ears are used for releasing heat by a jackrabbit

Answer: C


If an anteater eats an ant, where is that ant contained?

Choices:
A. outside the anteater
B. inside the anteater
C. in the sky
D. underground

if something absorbs something else then that something will contain that something else

Answer: B


A kitten in a hot environment has little to zero ability to

Choices:
A. take a short nap
B. be very warmed up
C. adjust its internal temperature
D. lap up some water

Answer: C


Squirrels eat a variety of foods including

Choices:
A. beef
B. tender leaf buds
C. pork
D. cotton candy

Answer: B


join a negative and a positive charge through a rare metal in a gas filled globe is known as

Choices:
A. led
B. High Pressure Sodium
C. incandescence
D. compact florescence

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

Answer: C


insulation for the purposes of moving electrons involves

Choices:
A. conductor wrapped wire
B. insulator wrapped insulator
C. non coated metal
D. insulation encompassed wire

electrical insulation requires wrapping a conductor in an insulator

Answer: D


Choices:
A. bimonthly
B. biweekly
C. every two months
D. every four weeks

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

Answer: D


Due to plates gliding over our planet's mantle, why is Vancouver likely to be destroyed?

Choices:
A. it sits on an active fault line
B. it's located in Canada
C. it has French people
D. the Pacific Ocean is only half as blue as the Atlantic

a tectonic plate moves along a fault line

Answer: A


What are some of the risks of using fertilizer?

Choices:
A. Making potatoes
B. Helping food grow
C. Fertilizing the crops
D. Damaging the planet

Answer: D


Choices:
A. a cat
B. A penny
C. a cloud
D. wood

sending electricity through a conductor causes electric current to flow through that conductor

Answer: B


A farmer needs to change up his crops. He has planted grains for the last five years. He plants something different this year, so his crop is probably

Choices:
A. oats
B. rice
C. watermelon
D. grain

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

Answer: C


A dart frog is eaten by a pelican, who promptly

Choices:
A. passes away
B. wakes up
C. eats birds
D. flies home

Answer: A


Choices:
A. genetic
B. learned attributes
C. naturally occurring
D. taught

preferences are generally learned characteristics

Answer: B


Choices:
A. buy products that can be reused
B. drive a gas guzzling car
C. throw aluminum cans in the trash
D. litter in public parks

recycling has a positive impact on the environment

Answer: A


Choices:
A. are born with teeth
B. leave their young to fend for themselves like turtle babies
C. provide direct sustenance to their newborn puppies
D. lay eggs to sit on

Answer: C


When you start to drive away from your house, the longer you drive, your house will eventually look

Choices:
A. dead
B. bigger
C. smaller
D. icier

as distance to an object increases , that object will appear smaller

Answer: C


A bee will seek out a plant that advertises its

Choices:
A. bright stem
B. tantalizing liquid
C. nice friend
D. green leaves

nectar is used for attracting pollinators by plants

Answer: B


What can you use to protect your eyes from the sun?

Choices:
A. shoes
B. pants
C. nails
D. sheet of paper

looking directly at an eclipse of the Sun causes harm to the eyes

Answer: D


Fog is formed by water vapor condensing in what?

Choices:
A. plants
B. air heads
C. empty space
D. animals

fog is formed by water vapor condensing in the air

Answer: C


A Bald Eagle's ability to build it's nest is

Choices:
A. observed trough observation of others
B. a biological trait passed down in it's genes
C. learned through trial and error
D. learned from watching its mom

An example of an inherited behavior is a bird building a nest

Answer: B


Choices:
A. locale
B. elements
C. minerals
D. mass

sonar is used to find the location of an object

Answer: A


Choices:
A. watch the sports team the Colorado Avalanches
B. play a strenuous game of beach ball
C. go downhill with wooden planks attached to boots
D. dive into an Olympic-sized swimming pool

Answer: C


This two letter company had a structure in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded causing coastal animals to be coated in

Choices:
A. dirt
B. foam
C. natural gas
D. oil

offshore oil platforms might cause oil to leak into the water

Answer: D


Which might need warm asphalt to help regulate its body temperature?

Choices:
A. whales
B. dolphins
C. rattlesnakes
D. squid

Answer: C


Woody organisms that produce plants like oak tree seeds and leaves are a source of energy for

Choices:
A. decomposed waste
B. consumers like deer
C. other producers
D. producer organisms

a producer is a source of energy for consumers

Answer: B


Scraping the side of a cliff may result in

Choices:
A. ice
B. snow
C. sand
D. wood chips

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

Answer: C


A shark is hunting prey, and the prey is an underwater creature with eight arms. The prey escapes by

Choices:
A. flying away
B. releasing dark fluid
C. crying loudly
D. being friendly

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

Answer: B


Sunlight is a source of light from what?

Choices:
A. lamps
B. lightbulbs
C. local star
D. star actor

the sun is a source of light called sunlight

Answer: C


Choices:
A. buildings
B. cars
C. silverware
D. ancient poo

fossil fuels are formed by dead organisms over time

Answer: D


When warm winds blow across an area from off of the sea,

Choices:
A. snow is gone
B. beaches are littered
C. storms are imminent
D. clouds are scarce

a warm front causes cloudy and rainy weather

Answer: C


A good conductor of electricity would be

Choices:
A. tree
B. coke bottle
C. your finger
D. coke can

An electrical conductor is a vehicle for the flow of electricity

Answer: D


The process of building a log cabin for a dream getaway deep in the mountains near an idyllic stream requires

Choices:
A. processed cheese
B. metal panels
C. drywall
D. wood beams

if something is a raw material in a process then that something is required for that process

Answer: D


A person wants to fix up a fan so that it can run electrically, and finds that in order to do so they require

Choices:
A. music
B. paper
C. distractions
D. copper

Answer: D


Choices:
A. gather things
B. build things
C. relocate things
D. destroy things

Answer: C


A car rounds a corner and the driver taps the breaks. The breaks being tapped causes

Choices:
A. the car to slip
B. the car to float
C. the car to die
D. the car to speed up

Answer: A


A person decides to reproduce with another person, so beforehand they

Choices:
A. find some friends
B. consider genetic implications
C. consider eating dinner
D. make a dollar

reproduction is when an organism passes genetic information from itself to its offspring

Answer: B


Choices:
A. the trees it came from
B. Johnny Appleseed in a pouch
C. the birds in the trees
D. the surrounding leaves and bushes

the type of seed of a plant is an inherited characteristic

Answer: A


As an individual is forced to pedal harder on a bicycle their pulse rate

Choices:
A. stays the same
B. decreases
C. stops
D. increases

as energy required for an activity increases , pulse will increase

Answer: D


Choices:
A. plantlife
B. bug microphones
C. mayflies
D. minerals

Answer: C


A person is going to go to the beach and plans on getting some items for swimming, so they buy

Choices:
A. wetsuit
B. canes
C. bricks
D. hats

swimming is when humans can move in water

Answer: A


something that can negatively impact an organisms health is

Choices:
A. graduation
B. a placebo
C. chickenpox
D. chemistry

illness has a negative impact on an organism 's health

Answer: C


Choices:
A. water
B. bleach
C. air
D. computers

chemical splashing can cause harm to the eyes

Answer: B


Soil is produced naturally when, over a period of many years

Choices:
A. stones are rock solid
B. stones are blown up
C. stones are vaporized by storms
D. stones are worn down

Answer: D


Choices:
A. tools
B. nutrition
C. soul
D. clothes

Answer: B


the strength of a hurricane will increase when

Choices:
A. it hits the arctic circle
B. it meets a tornado
C. it from South Africa to Mexico
D. it travels around Antarctica

as heat and moisture increases , the strength of a hurricane will increase

Answer: C


A sandbar is in the shallow portion of water where

Choices:
A. water is bloody
B. water is harder
C. water is falling
D. water adjusts things

a sandbar is formed by water moving sediment downstream

Answer: D


What can cause objects to repel each other?

Choices:
A. fake magnets
B. smell
C. identical charges
D. sunlight

magnetism can cause objects to repel each other

Answer: C


Choices:
A. metal
B. the sun
C. leaves
D. the wind

biofuel is used to produce electricity by burning

Answer: C


A person playing a song on a string instrument makes strings

Choices:
A. mold
B. bawl
C. tear
D. shudder

strumming a string can cause that string to vibrate

Answer: D


A ferromagnetic metal, such as in paper clips, can stick to other paper clips without hooking together

Choices:
A. when outside
B. when iron touches
C. when floating
D. when burned

a paper clip is often made of ferromagnetic metals

Answer: B


Choices:
A. sand
B. liquids
C. fire
D. carrots

dew is formed when water vapor condenses over night

Answer: B


This famous mountain range in Europe came about due to

Choices:
A. rocks floating on underground water sources
B. the work of an intelligent force
C. the folding of numerous layers of rock
D. the accumulation of soil over millions of years

Answer: C


Choices:
A. turned into canned meat
B. taken to a hospital
C. run out of the pact
D. taken care with two parents

Answer: D


Choices:
A. cars
B. the sun
C. wind
D. communities

a landslide is when gravity rapidly moves rocks or soil downhill especially after a rain storm

Answer: D


If you hold the compass sideways while at the south pole, where do the needles point?

Choices:
A. to the side
B. both down
C. both up
D. up and down

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

Answer: D


Choices:
A. can take snapshots of friends wearing snapbacks
B. can be used for their microscopic properties
C. can be used for solving mysteries
D. can take friends on an adventure

Answer: A


Evaporation of a pond can happen and will lead to what?

Choices:
A. a pond with more fish
B. a pond of less size
C. water level fluctuations constantly
D. frogs in the pond

if a body of water loses all water then that body of water does not exist any more

Answer: B


Reducing bacteria in food prevents what?

Choices:
A. electricity
B. maladies
C. observation
D. signals

reducing bacteria in food prevents illness in people

Answer: B


A comet is falling from the sky, a boy is watching and can tell that the light is brightest

Choices:
A. when it is far away
B. when it is under water
C. when it is upside down
D. when it is about to crash

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

Answer: D


A person takes a page out of a book and crumples it, so the page is

Choices:
A. flat
B. smooth
C. torn
D. round

crumple means change shape from smooth into compacted by physical force

Answer: D


Choices:
A. blood
B. waste
C. snot
D. feces

Answer: B


Materials that react with other substances to delivery energy, and derived from the remains of living organisms are

Choices:
A. excellent for the environment
B. a resource being depleted
C. never going to run out
D. hardly used anywhere by anyone

Answer: B


What happens when available water decreases in an environment?

Choices:
A. growth
B. flooding
C. rain
D. dry spell

drought means available water decreases in an environment

Answer: D


Choices:
A. rain and ice
B. milk
C. seaweed
D. candy

Answer: A


When a wildfire happens what catches fire?

Choices:
A. rocks
B. timberland
C. water
D. rivers

Answer: B


Lisa was hiking in a rocky area and in a rock, she saw what looked like footprints made by a bird. But weirdly, they were in a rock. Where did they come from?

Choices:
A. The footprints were originally in mud or peat, but after a lot of time, the substance had been changed into rock
B. The rock was actually an asteroid
C. a very heavy bird made imprints in the rock.
D. a spaceship used a laser to make the etches in the rock

An example of a fossil is a footprint in a rock

Answer: A


You may be able to make musical instruments from

Choices:
A. A paperclip
B. air
C. water
D. grass

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

Answer: A


Choices:
A. dew point
B. raindrops
C. flooding
D. barometric pressure

rainfall is the amount of rain an area receives

Answer: B


Choices:
A. go naked
B. drink wine
C. avoid it occasionally
D. wear a coat

if something is outside during the day then that something will receive sunlight

Answer: C


In the intermediary before rain falls, observers may note

Choices:
A. beach weather
B. bright days
C. menacing skies
D. large moons

Answer: C


Oceans cover 70% of the surface of what?

Choices:
A. the moon
B. the sun
C. wet planet
D. cities

oceans cover 70% of the surface of the earth

Answer: C


Choices:
A. plastic
B. water
C. green organelles
D. paper

Answer: C


Choices:
A. use as window cleaner
B. make a new dress
C. make a new shoe
D. build a new home

creating paper requires cutting down trees

Answer: A


an area of low-lying ground near to a river is at risk of

Choices:
A. over fishing
B. balloon landings
C. droughts
D. H20 accumulation

Answer: D


A pollinating entity is one that move pollen from flower to flower and can be done by?

Choices:
A. a tiger
B. good for food
C. six legged entity
D. a heat source

Answer: C


An animal that perhaps uses light to it's advantage is

Choices:
A. comb jellies
B. dolphins
C. cats
D. whales

producing light is used for attracting prey by some deep sea animals

Answer: A


Choices:
A. has heat removed
B. is made hollow
C. is burned black
D. has heat applied

cooking food requires adding heat energy

Answer: D


Choices:
A. the sun on the leaves of a plant
B. clothes on the thighs
C. water running in a river
D. air blowing trees around

feeling is when an living thing senses through touch

Answer: B


Choices:
A. diverse light energy
B. light bacteria
C. air
D. drops of water

Answer: A


Choices:
A. plans a long trip
B. creates a new course
C. takes off into space
D. it travels around a thing

a revolution is when something revolves around something else

Answer: D


A gallon of water in a pot is placed over a fire. After an hour there will be

Choices:
A. a gallon of water
B. a solid ice block
C. two gallons of water
D. less water than before

as the temperature of a liquid increases , the rate of evaporation of that liquid will increase

Answer: D


Choices:
A. the earth is tilting
B. readiness an total alertness
C. extreme fatigue and tiredness
D. of a beautiful sunset

An example of a seasonal change is plants becoming dormant in the winter

Answer: A


A soda can may become hot if it is close to an object used for

Choices:
A. mixing soda
B. cooking food
C. cooling food
D. pouring soda

if an object is exposed to a source of heat then that conductor may become hot

Answer: B


Metamorphosis changes an animal to a form in which it can

Choices:
A. communicate with others
B. eat
C. reproduce
D. hunt for food

metamorphosis is when an animal changes from an immature form to an adult form

Answer: C


Metal things are made of metal, glass things are made of glass, iron things, however, are made of what material?

Choices:
A. Iron
B. Plastic
C. candy
D. milk

Answer: A


Choices:
A. birds flapping their wings
B. birds leaving a state
C. cows chewing their cud
D. horses being saddled up

An example of a seasonal change is an animal growing thick fur for keeping warm in the winter

Answer: B


Choices:
A. salty
B. silly
C. sweet
D. seared

Answer: D


In order for food to keep safely, chemicals are used on them. This makes them what?

Choices:
A. be saltier
B. longer lasting
C. grow faster
D. taste sweeter

Answer: B


What is used by the gas given off by plants?

Choices:
A. computers
B. the respiratory system
C. helium balloons
D. other plants

the respiratory system takes in oxygen from the air

Answer: B


Choices:
A. sunrise
B. earthquakes
C. sunset
D. matter to approach

the mass of a planet causes the pull of gravity on that planet

Answer: D


In a single year, a giant globe will do this to a giant star.

Choices:
A. fight
B. burn
C. circle
D. explode

Answer: C


Choices:
A. their water level will stay steady
B. the less H2O they need to stay hydrated
C. the more H20 they should take in
D. the less likely they are to sweat or pant

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

Answer: C


A boy wants to collect clams for supper and must therefore spend time

Choices:
A. in lake shallows
B. in desert sands
C. in rocky hills
D. in sea depths

Answer: D


A good candidate for putting sticking a reflector to is

Choices:
A. a peaceful guru
B. a sedan
C. a steak
D. a cat

a reflector is used to reflect light especially on vehicles

Answer: B


Choices:
A. abandon their offspring
B. hatch their young
C. lay eggs
D. nurse their offspring

Answer: D


Diverting overflow from a reservoir through pipes generates

Choices:
A. The Colorado River
B. hydropower
C. The Hoover Dam
D. solar power

Answer: B


Choices:
A. communities
B. pollution
C. space
D. bats

the sun transfers solar energy from itself to the Earth through sunlight

Answer: A


When ice is heated in a pan to 100 degrees Fahrenheit it will melt and then

Choices:
A. be agitated
B. refreeze
C. spin
D. do nothing

boiling is when liquids are heated above their boiling point

Answer: A


Choices:
A. sand clay
B. fossil fuels
C. cars
D. metals

Answer: A


Choices:
A. rocks
B. heat
C. food
D. sand

a desert environment contains very little food

Answer: C


What does a desert environment receive less of than a forest?

Choices:
A. visitors
B. H2O fall
C. wind
D. recognition

a forest environment receives more rainfall than a desert

Answer: B


Light can easily be seen bouncing off of a

Choices:
A. paper bag
B. pencil
C. overhead sign
D. cardboard box

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

Answer: C


an animal that moves quickly through the water is a

Choices:
A. swordfish
B. snail
C. tadpole
D. sea horses

large fins can be used to move quickly through water

Answer: A


High humidity can damage materials which

Choices:
A. must remain dry to function
B. will dry out unless they are soaked in water
C. depend on abundance amounts of water vapor
D. need to be kept wet

An example of moisture is water vapor in the atmosphere

Answer: A


A creature can hide in plain sight from predators because

Choices:
A. it burns
B. it misdirects
C. it cries
D. it stinks

camouflage is a kind of protection against predators

Answer: B


A person puts a potato in some embers on the edge of a campfire. The embers are

Choices:
A. hording thermal energy for later
B. taking in the warmth
C. meant for staying cool
D. doing a thermal release

an exothermic reaction increases the amount of heat

Answer: D


A person rescues a small chipmunk and it requires nourishment. The person obtains

Choices:
A. cold cuts
B. turkey legs
C. tree pips
D. red sauce

Answer: C


A pot of potatoes is left on a stove at medium heat. The person cooking forgets that the potatoes are cooking and they cook for twelve hours. When the person checks on them after half a day,

Choices:
A. they are cold
B. they are fine
C. they are singed
D. they are lukewarm

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

Answer: C


F field mouse touched a special type of fence made for cattle and was killed instantly. The fence had a source of power. What happened?

Choices:
A. The mouse was frightened to death
B. The mouse had a heart attack
C. The mouse was electrocuted
D. The mouse had cancer

electrocution causes harm to an organism

Answer: C


A thing needs to be placed on a balance in order to determine

Choices:
A. hunger
B. shape
C. pressure
D. age

a balance is used for measuring weight of a substance

Answer: C


A chemical reaction may occur when _____ is added to an object.

Choices:
A. interest
B. warmth
C. puppies
D. loss

adding heat to an object sometimes causes chemical reactions

Answer: B


If a person is lost in an arid space with little rainfall, they can live longer if they

Choices:
A. use water barely
B. use water freely
C. use water liberally
D. use water gratefully

conserving water can be used for survival in a dry environment

Answer: A


Choices:
A. in a liquid
B. in a field
C. in a tree
D. in a cage

Answer: A


Choices:
A. metal
B. old silt
C. grass
D. hay

nearly all fossils are found in sedimentary rock

Answer: B


Unlike trees in the forest or a pond full of fish, metal is only available until

Choices:
A. it is depleted for good
B. it is found on catfish scales
C. it becomes necessary to conduct electricity long distances
D. it is used to make diamond rings

Answer: A


The quickness of this animal is a key change that allows it to escape attacks from feasting animals:

Choices:
A. the praying mantis
B. the potato bug
C. antelope
D. the eagle

Answer: C


A rose bush photosynthesizes and nearby people

Choices:
A. are stung by bees
B. visit a foreign country
C. get new fresh air
D. drink more iced tea

In the photosynthesis process oxygen has the role of waste product

Answer: C


Choices:
A. when a raccoon scurries up it's trunk
B. when a beaver uses it to a stop up a flowing river
C. when a possum hides in its branches
D. when an owl lives in it

Answer: B


A dead body will become what if exposed to the air

Choices:
A. hot remains
B. fresh remains
C. wet remains
D. skeletal remains

In the food chain process bacteria have the role of decomposer

Answer: D


Choices:
A. grumpy
B. brainless
C. magical
D. pea brained

Answer: D


Choices:
A. grains
B. air
C. space
D. sunlight

Answer: A


Choices:
A. change the source
B. rearrange the pitch
C. hum the tune
D. perceive the rhythm

when sound reaches the ear , that sound can be heard

Answer: D


Certain countries make it illegal to bring in certain species of animals that breed very fast because that will lead to

Choices:
A. extinction
B. milk
C. underpopulation
D. overpopulation

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

Answer: D


An object inside a freezer will become less excited with energy an therefore become

Choices:
A. cold
B. round
C. warm
D. nervous

Answer: A


Perspiration leaving the torso through evaporation helps

Choices:
A. quench it's thirst
B. heat it up
C. cool it down
D. wash it off

Answer: C


Choices:
A. frog
B. monkey
C. chicken
D. salmon

Answer: B


A boy puts some vinegar in a glass of some bleach and finds

Choices:
A. both are frozen
B. bother taste good
C. both are dry
D. both are adjusted

combining two substances chemically causes chemical reactions

Answer: D


Choices:
A. is a control method for fertilizer in roses
B. is a control mechanism for root growth in sunflowers
C. is a control mechanism for H20 in daffodils
D. is a control method for argon in peonies

plants control the amount of water in their leaves through transpiration

Answer: C


Someone who's starving can be saved with

Choices:
A. some water
B. apple stems
C. a dried leaf
D. a coconut

an animal requires nutrients for survival

Answer: D


A plastic bag is filled with milk and is placed in a chest. The chest has a device which takes all of the warm air away, so eventually, the milk will

Choices:
A. quake
B. be seared
C. be solid
D. melt

freezing point means temperature below which a liquid freezes

Answer: C


Seasonal changes are made in response to changes in what?

Choices:
A. mentality
B. buildings
C. environment safety
D. locales

seasonal changes are made in response to changes in the environment

Answer: D


If you are feeling cold, its a good idea to go for a run or even a brisk walk because as you move, your energy is turned into what?

Choices:
A. Dogs
B. warmth
C. icicles
D. money

moving changes stored energy into motion and heat

Answer: B


All organism require food to satiate themselves, grow big and strong, and also

Choices:
A. heal
B. make money
C. have fun
D. cry

an animal requires nutrients to grow and heal

Answer: A


A plant's roots break down rocks as the roots do what?

Choices:
A. decay
B. grow old
C. develop
D. dcerease

a plant 's roots slowly break down rocks as the roots grow

Answer: C


Choices:
A. lay eggs
B. give live birth
C. reframe from reproduction
D. give live aid

Answer: B


A deer is killed and the body is broken down by worms and bacteria. The deer's body is

Choices:
A. bigger
B. has less mass
C. invisible
D. the same shape

breaking down an object changes that object 's shape and mass

Answer: B


Choices:
A. Brownies
B. Envrionments
C. Buildings
D. Cars

a planet is exposed to the heat of the star around which it revolves

Answer: B


The lunar face appears to change 52 times

Choices:
A. a millennium
B. a month
C. a day
D. annually

a different moon phase occurs once per week

Answer: D


How many times does the Earth complete a revolution around the sun in a decade?

Choices:
A. twelve
B. one
C. ten
D. two

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

Answer: C


Choices:
A. melting
B. freezing
C. ascension
D. cooling

if gas is heated then that gas will rise

Answer: C


If an animal is trained to do something, that is a learned what?

Choices:
A. mode of conduct
B. sensation
C. emotion
D. feeling

if an animal is trained to do something then that something is a learned behavior

Answer: A


A cloud gets fat and heavy and dark. The sky gets darker. The next step to expect is

Choices:
A. ice
B. precipitation
C. sunshine
D. flowers

water vapor condensing in clouds causes rain

Answer: B


How long might a bear likely to remain its den without eating, drinking, or excreting after November?

Choices:
A. The first few weeks of December
B. Until it hears the call of the wild
C. For around twenty weeks
D. until hunters kill it for its pelt

hibernation is used for conserving resources by some animals

Answer: C


Choices:
A. makes friends
B. has multiple uses
C. works together
D. exists solitary

a single-cell organism can survive without the help of other cells

Answer: D


Compost, small rocks, and organic material make up

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

Answer: C


Choices:
A. wind vanes
B. sunlight
C. concrete
D. drafts

Answer: D


A cow eats some hay, an apple and a piece of bread. In its tummy

Choices:
A. the food rots
B. the food dissolves
C. the food melts
D. the food grows

the digestive system breaks food into nutrients for the body

Answer: B


the Earth rotating on its axis causes the sun to appear to move across the sky during what?

Choices:
A. dark hours
B. sunlight deficient
C. night
D. waking hours

the Earth rotating on its axis causes the sun to appear to move across the sky during the day

Answer: D


In the photosynthesis process what has the role of raw material?

Choices:
A. water
B. CO2
C. wind
D. dirt

In the photosynthesis process carbon dioxide has the role of raw material

Answer: B


Choices:
A. straw
B. organic material
C. dairy
D. buttons

an organism is a source of organic material

Answer: B


Choices:
A. a persona
B. good decisions
C. UV rays
D. the stars

Answer: C


A cat is shown that food is placed on a high surface. The cat needs to eat the food to live, so the cat

Choices:
A. learns to wear clothes
B. learns to eat bees
C. learns to jump higher
D. learns to cook food

adaptation is when an organism develops a trait over time for survival

Answer: C


Choices:
A. bees wax
B. small extinct birds
C. rhinos
D. windy air

pollination is when wind carry pollen from one flower to another flower

Answer: D


The national symbol for the US would most likely eat

Choices:
A. roaches
B. birds
C. mosquitoes
D. salmon

Answer: D


What is used to catch prey by some birds?

Choices:
A. a bill
B. fire
C. nets
D. cups

a beak is used for catching prey by some birds

Answer: A


If you build it they will come also works for aquatic animals, as when there is more water:

Choices:
A. there are less aquatic animals
B. they increase with human intervention
C. their numbers will increase
D. they will remain stagnant

as water increases in an environment , the population of aquatic animals will increase

Answer: C