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The use of which of the following resources would be most affected by changes in weather?
a) Wind
b) Geothermal
c) Natural Gas
d) Nuclear

Which of the following renergy resources would be the ost environmentally friendly way to add the electrial power system?
a) Solar panels on the roof
b) hydroelectric power from a school pond
c) Nuclear power plant in the utility room.
d) Diesel powered generator outside the building.

When plants undergo photosynthesis, what type of energy is converted into chemical energy?
a) Heat energy
b) Light Energy
c) Electrical Energy
d)

When a hawk eats a mouse and then uses the energy from the mouse to fly, The hawks body converts what?
a) Mechanical energy to chemical energy
b) Thermal energy to mechanical energy
c) chemical energy to mechanical
d) mechanical energy to thermal energy

Which of the following is Less dense than water?
a) the glass
b) the spoon
c) the tablets
d) bubbles

What task requires the use of a meter stick and a stop watch?
a) measuring the growth of a plant
b) determining how fast a toy car rolls down a ramp.
c) recording the results of mixing two liquids.
d) creating a model of the solar system.

Wind power is used to pump water from the ground and generate electricity, the most likely postiive environment impact of using wind power is what?
a) A reduction in the use of fossil fuels
b) The release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
c) disturbing native plant and animal populations
d)

Mr. Guinn had two clear liquds, Liquid A and Liquid B. He filled one beaker with Liquid A, and added Liquid B, drop by drop, until solid crystals suddenly formed on the botton of the beaker, What is the explanation?
a) Liquid A changed phases from liquid to a solid state.
b) Liquid B evaporated, leaving behind solids that had been dissolved in it.
c) Liquid A and Liquid B combined to form a new solid substance.
d) Liquid A and Liquid B did not mix because they had different properties.

Which of the following would be a chemical change of iron?
a) Melting
b) Sticking to a magnet
c) rusting over time
d) conducting electricity

During a science class experiment, a teacher places a small amount of sugar in a spoon and heats it over a candle. Which of the following would be the best evidence that a change in the chemical properties of the sugar has taken place?
a) The sugar gets hotter
b) The sugar gets black
c) The sugar gets larger.
d) The sugar turns into a colorless liquid.

Water can be represented by the chemical formula H20. What does the letter 0 represent?
a) Oxygen
b) Oxide
c) Ozone
d)

What is the denfinition of a chemical change?
a) A reaction that results in a new substance
b) A chemical combustion that causes fire
c) An element that can't be created nor destroyed.
d) A chemical that does not react with another substance.

What is the smallest part of an element?
a) Element
b) Atom
c) Particle
d) Electron

A group of students are determining the density of a solid cube of plastic. The most appropriate set of tools for this activity would be what?
a) A centimeter ruler and beaker
b) Centimeter ruler and a balance
c) graduated cylinder and a thermometer
d) graduated cylinder and a centimeter ruler.

The independent variable is most found on which part of the graph?
a) x axis
b) Y axis
c) B axis
d) C axis

Which of the following data would be most suitable to show in a line graph?
a) The process of change between types of rocks in the rock cycle.
b) The difference types of minerals in a rock sample.
c) The shape and arrangement of leaves from different types of trees.
d) The daily growth of a tadpole over a 1 week period.

The chamical symbol Ca represents what?
a) California
b) Calcite
c) Calcium
d) Chloride

Phillip throws a basketball in the air and through a hoop. Because the ball is acted on the force of gravity, the ball will do what?
a) slow down, change direction, and then speed up until it hits the ground
b) speed up, change direction, and then slow down until it hits the ground
c) travel at the same speed and direction until it hits the ground
d) travel at the same speed and same direction until it hits the ground.

As a boulder rolls from the top of a hill to the bottom, how does its potential and kinetic energy change?
a) potential increases ad the kinetic decreases
b) potential decreases as the kinetic increases
c) Kinetic and potential stay the same
d)

What measurement, instrument, and unit would you use to measure the amount of matter in an object?
a) Mass, Triple beam balance, gram
b) Graduated cylinder, meter stick, beaker, and test tube
c) Triple beam balance, inches, test tube, and googles
d)

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