General Science - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Pahoehoe is

cooler, slower moving lava

fast moving lava

volcanic ash

lava with a rough, chunky surface

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Igneous Rock that cools very quickly when it forms may have a texture that is

smooth and shiny with no visible rain

multicolored and banded

course grained

made up of jagged grains

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

An earthquake is –

crust through which lava escapes

a sudden movement in the earth's crust

a kind of chemical weathering that changes the earth

a huge wave that washes over the earth

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What do atoms contain?

elements, neutrons, and bonds

protons, neutrons, and electrons

protons, molecules, and elements

electrons, protons, and bonds

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Earth would not have seasons if—

it did not rotate

it was slightly closer to the sun

it was no tilted on its axis

it had more than one moon

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of these is the best measure of how much space an object or substance takes up?

mass

length

volume

density

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Conductor or insulator? Plastic toy car

Conductor

Insulator

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Conductor or insulator? Metal wire

Conductor

Insulator

9.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

A food web is a more realistic model of the flow of energy through an ecosystem than a food chain because -

most organisms depend on more than one species for food

each organism in a food chain represents multiple feedings

most organisms depend on just one species for food

each organism in a food web represents a single feeding

10.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Why are coal, oil, and natural gas considered nonrenewable resources?

There is a limited supply, and they can be replaced in a short period of time.

There is not a limited supply, and they cannot be replenished in a short period of time.

There is a limited supply, and they cannot be replenished in a short period of time.

There is not a limited supply, and they can be replaced in a short period of time.

11.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Students want to write a summary statement explaining how the sun and oceans interact in the water cycle. Evidence could be used to prove which of these claims about the water cycle?

Water rains down as precipitation from the clouds and returns to the oceans as runoff.

Water evaporates from the oceans and returns to Earth as precipitation.

Water is heated by the sun and cycles through the oceans, the atmosphere, and Earth's freshwater systems.

All of the above

12.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

After observing an outdoor ecosystem, a student writes this conclusion in a science notebook.
Is the student's conclusion logical?

Yes, because ecosystems are made of living things that interact.

No, because ecosystems are made of biotic and abiotic components that interact.

Yes, because ecosystem is another name for habitat.

No, because an ecosystem has nothing to do with biotic components.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

what is a hypothesis?

an educated guess

a theory
a theory

hot dog

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What has the greatest potential energy?

a rock on the ground

a rock twenty feet off the ground

a rock falling

a rock being tossed

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What's a herbivore

Eats meat

Eats plants

eats meat and plants

decomposes

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What kinetic energy?

Energy of Motion

Potential Energy

Food Energy

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Liquids have -

no definite shape or volume

a fixed or definite shape but no definite volume

a fixed/definite shape and volume

a definite/fixed volume but no definite shape

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Energy determines/changes the state of matter.

True

False

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The beads on this glass are caused by -

evaporation

condensation

precipitation

sweaty hands

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

1.When the sugar and water in the beaker are combined, they will create a solution because -

the water will now turn into a gas

the sugar will dissolve into the water

. the water will dissolve into the sugar

the two substances are chemically combining and chemically changing their properties

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