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Chelsea wants to know which brand of potting soil is most nutritious for plants. She decides to design an experiment to test different types of soil. Which of the following is an important step in designing her reliable experiment?
a) making sure there have not been experiments like it
b) making a guess as to the outcome, without prior research
c) making sure that the outcome matches the expected results
d) making sure to test one variable while controlling all others

Which is a decomposer?
a) mushroom
b) grass
c) cricket
d) fish

Which statement is true about how day and night occur on Earth?
a) Day and night occur when Earth tilts on its axis.
b) The Sun revolves around the Earth, causing day and night.
c) Night occurs when the Moon gets between the Earth and the Sun.
d) The rotation of Earth on its axis causes day and night to occur.

Which helps to explain how global wind systems are formed?
a) The South Pole receives more of the Sun’s rays than the equator.
b) The North Pole receives more of the Sun’s rays than the equator.
c) The Sun’s rays create colder, denser air near the equator.
d) The equator receives more of the Sun’s rays than areas to the north or south.

There is energy stored inside the molecules of food that we eat. This energy is classified as
a) chemical potential energy
b) eating potential energy
c) nuclear potential energy
d) kinetic potential energy

Doug wanted to find out what kind of food his dog preferred. If he designed an experiment to answer this question, what would the independent variable be?
a) what type of dog he has
b) how many times a day his dog eats
c) the different types of dog food
d) how many days he did his experiment

A science class has studied the characteristics of different asteroids. Which is the best explanation for an asteroid with many craters?
a) Craters are revealed when an asteroid’s crust burns up in the atmosphere
b) Craters were made when the asteroid was collected by scientists.
c) The asteroid has had many collisions over a long period of time.
d) The asteroid is composed of very fragile materials.

The Moon is visible to us because the Moon
a) reflects light from the Sun.
b) reflects light from Earth.
c) produces light through fusion.
d) produces light through combustion

An organism that makes its own food from sunlight is called a(n)
a) consumer
b) producer
c) decomposer
d) scavenger

A scientist observes the sunlight coming through pine trees and shining on a lake that is full of fish. Which of these elements are abiotic factors?
a) the sunlight and the water
b) the sunlight and the fish
c) the fish and the pine trees
d) the fish and the water

If Earth’s Moon were as far away from Earth as the Sun is,
a) we would not be able to see the Moon
b) the Moon would look the same as it does now
c) the Moon would appear to be bigger than the Sun
d) the Sun and the Moon would appear to be the same size

In the amount of time that it takes Earth to orbit the Sun, how many times has the Moon orbited Earth?
a) about 1
b) about 12
c) about 24
d) about 365

The amount of time between a full Moon and a new Moon is about
a) a quarter of a month
b) half a month
c) one month
d) six months

Which object has elastic potential energy?
a) a hanging leaf
b) a stretched bow
c) burning coal
d) a rolling ball

Which statement contradicts the law of conservation of energy?
a) Some of the chemical energy in the food you eat changes to heat.
b) Some of the thermal energy in hot soup is created by the stove burner.
c) Some of the kinetic energy in a rolling ball is lost to friction.
d) Some of the electricity in a light bulb is converted to light.

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