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Which of these is an important part of how most soil forms?
a) Sun hitting the crust
b) weathering of rocks
c) pressure building within the Earth
d) magma rising inside a volcano

Which of these will transmit sound the fastest?
a) Water in a pool
b) Air in a balloon
c) a metal rod
d) empty space

Which of these only lists insulators?
a) silver, wood, cotton
b) wood, cotton, water, gold
c) cotton, styrofoam, plastic
d) glass, copper, wood

Where does reproduction in flowering plants occur?
a) Roots
b) Stem
c) Leaves
d) Flower

Which of these is the most responsible for the changes of the seasons on Earth?
a) Position of the Moon
b) TIlt of the Earth on it's axis
c) Temperature of the Sun
d) Distance to Mars

Earth is composed of four layers. Many scientists believe that as Earth cooled, the denser materials sank to the center and the less dense materials rose to the top. The least dense layer is the
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Inner core
d) Outer core

What causes the Earth's plates to move?
a) Convection of the Earth's mantle
b) Gravity
c) Magnetic field
d) Rotation of the Earth

The solid part of the Earth's crust is called
a) asthenosphere
b) lithosphere
c) hydrosphere
d) atmosphere

When plants turn towards the light coming from the window, this is called
a) photosynthesis
b) phototropism
c) thigmatropism
d) hydrotropism

In order for photosynthesis to occur, plants need all of the following
a) water, sunlight and oxygen
b) water, sunlight, glucose and oxygen
c) carbon dioxide, water and glucose
d) carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight

Mass is
a) How heavy something is
b) How much matter or stuff is inside
c) How much space something takes up
d) How close the molecule are for its size

Volume is
a) How heavy something is
b) HOw much matter or stuff is inside something
c) How much space something takes up
d) How much mass is in something for its size.

Jan puts ice into a hot cup of tea. Which explains how the energy correctly travels?
a) The coldness from the ice cools down the tea
b) the ice and tea equally affect one another
c) The ice and the tea have no effect on one another
d) The heat from the tea melts the ice

Which of the following defines wavelength?
a) The distance between crests of adjacent waves
b) The height of a wave
c) The number of times a wave occurs in a given time
d) The distance a wave travels in a given amount of time

What will likely happen to a species that cannot adapt to changing environmental conditions?
a) It will seek help from another organism
b) it will thrive in any new condition
c) it will make it's own environment
d) it will not survive

______________ is the heat transfer between materials that are touching; ___________ is heat transfer through empty space; and _____________ is heat transfer by the movement of warm particles.
a) conduction, convection, radiation
b) conduction, radiation, convection
c) radiation, conduction, convection
d) convection, radiation,conduction

Which can be a component of soil?
a) air
b) weathered Rock
c) Dead organic matter
d) all of these are

George has a large piece of and splits it into three equal parts. How do the densities of the smaller parts compare to the original sample?
a) They are one third the density
b) They are three times as dense
c) The densities are the same
d) The density has doubled

Which of these shows a chemical change in matter?
a) baking a cake in the oven
b) crushing a soda can
c) melting chocolate chips
d) Dissolving sugar in water

The purpose of the Apollo space missions was to
a) get a man into orbit around the Earth
b) get a man into space before the Russians
c) get a man onto the moon
d) Learn about all the planets in our solar system

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