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1 Increasing Achievement for Schools, Teachers, & Students United Learning Center. All rights reserved. 1,000 Series

2 Begin with Question #113 on your Answer Sheet for the Science Portion of the Assessment Tom is testing the movement of molecules into and out of a cell. He hypothesizes that if he places a drop of salt water on a plant cell, the cell wall will shrink. What materials should he use to test the hypothesis? A. a microscope, slide, and pipette B. a petri dish and stirring rod C. a magnifying glass, probe, and calculator D. a dropper, telescope, and paper towel 114. Budding in a sponge represents: A. sexual reproduction B. fertilization C. ovulation D. asexual reproduction 115. Angiosperms and gymnosperms are related because: A. They are both vascular plants. B. They are terms used with animals. C. They both have seeds. D. They are both non-vascular plants When using the steps of the Scientific Method to figure out why your car will not start, the first step would be to: A. hypothesize B. experiment C. state the problem D. analyze the data 1

3 117. Which activity is not a science process skill? A. plotting information on a graph B. observing C. holding a test tube D. measuring 118. What percentage of the earth is covered in water? A. 70% B. 25% C. 60% D. 40% 119. The levels of organization in the human body from the smallest unit to the largest unit are: A. tissue, organ, cell, organ system B. organ, tissue, cell, organ system C. cell, tissue, organ, organ system D. cell, organ, tissue, organ system 120. The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is: A. oxygen B. hydrogen C. carbon dioxide D. nitrogen 121. Air pressure decreases with an increase in: A. density B. altitude C. mass D. weight 122. The stages of a tree life cycle in order from birth to death are: A. sprout, sapling, seed, mature tree, dead, rotting B. sapling, seed, sprout, mature tree, dead, rotting C. sapling, sprout, seed, mature tree, dead, rotting D. seed, sprout, sapling, mature tree, dead, rotting 2

4 123. Depletion of the ozone layer could be caused by all of the following except: A. chlorofluorocarbons B. humans C. air conditioners D. plants 124. Properties of matter include all of the following except: A. shape B. color C. mass D. hardness 125. Matter is classified into what two categories? A. mixtures and compounds B. mixtures and pure substances C. compounds and pure substances D. mixtures and liquids 126. In one-half hour, a boat traveled 110 km. What was the boat s average speed? A. 50 km/hr B. 220 km/hr C. 55 km D. 55 km/hr 127. Which of the following represents mechanical energy? A. a solar flare erupting from the sun B. blood flowing through vessels C. a laser beam D. an ice-cream cone melting 3

5 128. A force can do all of the following except: A. change the mass of an object B. start or stop motion C. change the direction of a moving object D. give energy to an object 129. The eyepiece on a microscope is called a(n): A. knob B. iris diaphragm C. ocular D. nosepiece 130. When using a triple beam balance, you must all beams to find the mass of an object. A. subtract B. add C. multiply D. convert 131. To find the volume of an irregular solid, you would use: A. a graduated cylinder and water B. a metric ruler C. a triple beam balance D. a graduated cylinder 132. Rocks formed when magma reaches the surface of the earth are called: A. sedimentary rocks B. extrusive rocks C. metamorphic rocks D. minerals 4

6 Size of Bacteria Population Over Time No. of Bacteria Time (Hours) 133. Judging from the graph above, bacteria: A. grows slowly B. grows fairly rapidly up to about six hours C. continues growing at the same rate for the entire eight hours D. does not reproduce 134. Look at the pie chart below. What is the most abundant reptile at the aquarium? A. turtles B. fish C. snakes D. other 5 Other 10% Turtles 25% Snakes 20% Fish 45%

7 135. A properly designed experiment would test: A. 3 variables B. 1 variable C. it depends on the experiment D. variables that have never been tested 136. Look at the graph below. What is the acceleration of the ball between 0 and 3 seconds? A. 0 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 1 m/s D. 3 m/s 5 The Acceleration of a Ball Speed (m/s) Time 6

8 137. Water vapor in the air turns to liquid water in the form of rain. This is an example of: A. physical change B. chemical change C. chemical equation D. chemical formula 138. When an inflated balloon is exposed to cold air: A. the volume of the balloon decreases B. the volume of the balloon increases C. the pressure inside the balloon rises D. the temperature inside the balloon rises 139. The growth rings of a tree allow a scientist to determine: A. the age of the tree B. which years produced the greatest growth C. the amount of rain during the growing season D. all of the above 140. The relative age of rock is: A. the age compared with the ages of other rocks B. less than the age of the fossils the rock contains C. the number of years since the rock formed D. the age based on how much carbon 14 the rock contains 141. The two factors that combine to keep the planets in orbit are: A. gravity and orbital speed B. orbital speed and mass C. mass and inertia D. gravity and inertia 142. A light year is: A. 365 days B. the distance light travels in a year C. the distance from Earth to Proxima Centauri D. the amount of light the sun produces in a year 7

9 143. In weather, high pressure is most likely to bring: A. warm, sunny weather B. rain C. clouds and storms D. snow 144. Matt s portable CD player always skips when someone bumps into his desk. He sees that it skips because it slides too easily on smooth surfaces. What could Matt do in order to solve the sliding problem? A. He could add a board to widen the area of the desk. B. He could add rubber circles to the bottom of the CD player. C. He could attach an adapter that would allow him to plug the CD player into a wall socket. D. He could attach felt cushions to the bottom of his desk legs in order to keep the desk from rocking What is the essential difference between natural quartz and synthetic quartz crystals? A. Natural quartz crystals are heavier than synthetic quartz crystals. B. Natural quartz crystals occur in nature, and synthetic quartz crystals do not occur in nature. C. Natural quartz crystals are worth more than synthetic quartz crystals. D. Natural quartz crystals are larger than synthetic quartz crystals Hybrid solar-powered vehicles have come a long way in recent years. What was an earlier problem with vehicles that used solar power as their only power source? A. They were safer for the environment. B. The batteries could not be charged from sunlight on cloudy days. C. They helped reserve our fossil fuels. D. Consumers saved money, which would have otherwise been spent on gas Which body system is responsible for the transportation of nutrients? A. the skeletal system B. the respiratory system C. the circulatory system D. the nervous system 8

10 148. Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system? A. It protects internal organs. B. It removes waste products. C. It protects the body from infection. D. It supplies oxygen to the blood and removes carbon dioxide What type of radiation is harmful to our food supply? A. gamma B. irradiation C. radio D. sonic 150. Scientists use telescopes on satellites to detect of gamma rays. A. wavelengths B. time of appearance C. year discovered D. color 151. Ice melts as a result of thermal energy flowing from the: A. ice to its surroundings B. surroundings to the ice C. solid to the liquid D. inside of the ice to the outside of the ice 152. One common application of thermal expansion is: A. a toaster oven B. a microwave oven C. a refrigerator D. a thermometer 153. Which process involves a gas changing into a liquid? A. melting B. freezing C. vaporization D. condensation 9

11 154. If an SUV travels 100 miles in 2 hours, you can find its: A. velocity B. direction C. motion D. volume 155. Speed equals distance divided by: A. motion B. size C. time D. volume 156. An object that is moving at a constant speed will be accelerating if it is: A. moving toward you B. moving away from you C. moving in a curved line D. moving in a straight line 157. The energy content of food is measured in: A. ounces B. degrees C. grams D. calories 158. A force can do all of the following EXCEPT: A. change the mass of an object B. start or stop motion C. change the direction of a moving object D. give energy to an object 159. Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because they: A. burn so quickly B. are in such high demand C. take hundreds of millions of years to form D. pollute the air 160. Wind energy is actually an indirection form of: A. electricity B. magnetic energy C. solar energy D. nuclear energy 10